CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. - August 20, 2003 - THQ® Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that it has shipped Alter Echo™ for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system as well as Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft. Alter Echo lets players morph between three combat modes and alter time with an innovative Time Dilation technology. Alter Echo is now available at major retail outlets throughout North America.

“With a unique graphic style and innovative gameplay, Alter Echo offers core and casual gamers alike an eclectic and fun action experience unlike any other on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox,” said Jack Sorensen, executive vice president of worldwide studios, THQ.

In Alter Echo, players assume the role of Nevin, sent on a mission he does not yet understand to a planet whose very surface is alive. He discovers that illegal experiments have infected it and now he must fight for survival against a world gone mad. An advanced real-time skeletal morphing system lets players change between sword form, gun form and stealth form on the fly, including during combat. The Outrage-developed Time Dilation system allows players to freeze the action and cue up an unstoppable flurry of moves and special attacks. The groundbreaking PostFX camera system intensifies every action with unique visual effects, camera filters, and screen distortions.

About THQ
THQ Inc. is a leading, worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Nintendo and Microsoft. The THQ web site is located at www.thq.com. The THQ Wireless site is located at www.thqwireless.com.

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about THQ's business based, in part, on assumptions made by its management. These statements are not guarantees of THQ's future performance or the performance of Alter Echo, including the respective media campaign and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including, but not limited to, those described above and the following: changes in demand for THQ's products, including Alter Echo, product mix, the timing of customer orders and deliveries, the impact of competitive products and pricing and difficulties encountered in the integration of acquired businesses. In addition, such statements could be affected by growth rates and market conditions relating to the interactive software industry and general domestic and international economic conditions. Specific information concerning these and other such factors is contained in the company’s transition report on Form 10-KT for the period ended March 31, 2003. A copy of this filing may be obtained by contacting THQ or the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date on which they are made, and THQ does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.

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