CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. - Oct. 8, 2004 - THQ^® Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI) today announced exclusive worldwide publishing rights to the "Juiced" franchise, the highly anticipated street racing property by Juice Games. THQ submitted the winning bid for the property, which was approved on October 6, 2004, by an order of the U.S. bankruptcy judge overseeing the Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings of Acclaim Entertainment. Acclaim Entertainment had previously held the rights to the "Juiced" property. Subject to final contract and certain closing conditions, THQ plans to release "Juiced" for the PlayStation^® 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox^® videogame system from Microsoft and PC in summer 2005.

"We are very excited to have secured the rights to this strategic, highly sought after intellectual property," said Jack Sorensen, executive vice president of worldwide studios, THQ. "The team is off to a great start and now has the time to build `Juiced' into one of the premier brands in street racing."

Early critical praise for "Juiced" includes:

"`Juiced' has just as many options, goodies, and features as the highest-profile driving games do and, in several other ways, outperforms." - PSM, November 2004

"Racing fans have a lot to look forward to with `Juiced.' The racing is great, with extremely realistic physics, intelligent opponent AI, and controllable teammates. All of the cars are well represented, as well, and the game looks as good as any other racer in the foreseeable future. You've just gotta respect that." - gamespy.com

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