THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced plans to unveil the first playable version of the highly anticipated Full Spectrum Warrior for the Xbox videogame system from Microsoft at Microsoft’s annual Xbox gaming event, X03. Developed by Pandemic Studios, Full Spectrum Warrior is an original tactical-action military game scheduled for release in early 2004.

”With its unique tactical-action style of gameplay and roots as an actual U.S. Army training simulator, Full Spectrum Warrior allows players to experience the precision and emotion of modern day military operations,” said Jack Sorensen, executive vice president of worldwide studios, THQ. “We’re delighted with initial press response to the game and believe X03 is the perfect opportunity to give game industry opinion leaders their first hands-on experience with Full Spectrum Warrior.”

About Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior is based on a light infantry-training simulator designed by Pandemic Studios for the U.S. Army as a tool to reinforce Army doctrine and squad tactics among troops. Full Spectrum Warrior is a squad-based, tactical-action game that delivers the experience of squad level command in the heat of battle. The product was developed with expertise from University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, which worked with Pandemic to bring state-of-the-art technology to the game. Designed to simulate today's challenges of urban combat missions, Full Spectrum Warrior delivers a level of realism and accuracy that has never been seen in a military-based game.

About Xbox
Xbox (www.xbox.com) is Microsoft’s future-generation video game system that delivers never before seen gameplay experiences. With more than three times the graphics performance of other game consoles, top-quality DVD playback, Dolby 5.1 surround sound to make games and movies come alive, and a hard disc that opens up new kinds of gameplay, Xbox is the video game system that deliver more of what gamers want. Xbox is now available in Europe for an estimated street price of €199.99/£129.99.

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software — any time, any place and on any device.

About Pandemic
Pandemic Studios, LLC is a premier developer of entertainment software for PlayStation®2, Xbox, GameCube™, and the PC. Over the last 5 years, industry veterans Josh Resnick and Andrew Goldman have built Pandemic into a company of more than 100 highly skilled programmers, designers, and artists working on high-profile titles. Pandemic is a privately held company with development studios in Los Angeles, California and Brisbane, Australia.

About THQ
THQ Inc. (Nasdaq "THQI") 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. THQ is a registered trademark of THQ Inc.

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