Three THQ Titles Deliver Top Ten Sales Results for November

Three THQ Titles Deliver Top Ten Sales Results for November The Incredibles, WWE SmackDown vs Raw! and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Rank #5, 6 and 7 for the Month CALABASAS HILLS, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that three of its holiday releases topped the sales charts for the month of November, driving THQ's sales up 26% over the prior-year period and securing its position as the #3 ranked independent videogame software publisher for the month with an 8.4% market share, according to The NPD Group, Inc. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041118/LATH093LOGO ) The cross platform release of The Incredibles, based on the Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system release of WWE SmackDown(TM) vs Raw!(TM) and the cross platform release of Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie(TM) ranked as the #5, 6 and 7 top titles for the month, according to NPD. "To have three top ten brands during the most competitive holiday season in videogame history, including the #5 title overall with SmackDown and the #1 title on the Game Boy(R) Advance with The Incredibles, is tremendous," said Brian Farrell, president and CEO, THQ. "This level of success is a testament to the talented members of our product development and publishing teams." The NPD Group is an independent leading market information provider, which evaluates companies in a wide range of industries. Since 1967, NPD has supplied reliable and comprehensive sales and marketing information in order to help more than 1,300 manufacturers and retailers better understand their customers, product categories, distribution channels and competition in order to help guide their business and positively impact sales and revenues. THQ Inc. is a leading independent publisher of interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms including those manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Nintendo and Microsoft as well as PC CD-ROM and wireless devices. The THQ web site is located at www.thq.com. THQ and the THQ logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc. This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the business of THQ Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as "THQ") and are based upon management's beliefs and certain assumptions made by management. THQ did not retain or otherwise influence The NPD Group, Inc. to make announcements attributed to The NPD Group herein. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements, including, but not limited to economic, competitive and technological factors affecting the operations, markets, products, services and pricing of THQ. Unless otherwise required by law, THQ disclaims any obligation to update its view on any such risks or uncertainties or to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Readers should carefully review the risk factors and the information that could materially affect THQ's financial results, described in other documents that THQ files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2004, and particularly the discussion of risk factors that may affect results of operations set forth therein. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. For further information, please contact: Liz Pieri, Media Relations, +1-818-871-5061, or Julie MacMedan, Investor Relations, +1-818-871-5095, both of THQ. Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041118/LATH093LOGO AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/ PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com Source: THQ Inc. CONTACT: Liz Pieri, Media Relations, +1-818-871-5061, or Julie MacMedan, Investor Relations, +1-818-871-5095, both of THQ Web site: http://www.thq.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment