THQs American Girl: Mia Goes for Great Skates onto Store Shelves

February 4, 2008

THQ’s
American Girl: Mia Goes for Great Skates onto Store Shelves

Young Girls Can Create Their Dreams and
Realize Their Potential in Newest American Girl Windows PC Installment

THQ Inc. today announced the launch of American
Girl: Mia Goes For Great into retail outlets throughout North America. Based on
American Girl’s new 2008 Girl of the Year character, this entertaining and
challenging Windows PC game will delight mothers and daughters alike. American
Girl: Mia Goes For Great is rated E for everyone and is now available for a
suggested retail price of $19.99.

American Girl: Mia Goes For Great centers around
Mia St. Clair, a courageous and perseverant ten-year-old growing up in upstate
New York. As the youngest and only daughter in the St. Clair family, Mia has
grown up playing ice hockey with her three older brothers on the pond behind
their house. While she has the skills needed to be a star hockey player, Mia
resolves to pursue her dream of becoming a world-class figure skater. Throughout
the process, Mia learns valuable lessons about winning—and losing—with grace,
being a good sport, and believing in herself.

In American Girl: Mia Goes For Great, players
will help Mia prepare her solo appearance at the Lucerne’s Winter Show by
choosing a costume, designing and practicing a skating program and selecting
music for her performance. The Program Builder allows players to choose fancy
twists and jumps to practice, and players can find helpful hints at the library
for all the tips and requirements needed to help Mia skate her way to the
challenging Regionals. American Girl: Mia Goes For Great also features two
strategy-based mini-games, “Rink Sweep” and “Snowflakes,” that challenge the
skills of players.

In addition to American Girl: Mia Goes For Great,
THQ is scheduled to release two new titles for Windows PC and Nintendo DS based
on the first-ever American Girl feature film, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Story, scheduled to debut this July. For more information on American Girl: Mia
Goes for Great and the rest of THQ’s line-up of games, please visit
www.thq.com.