"WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain!" Wins Best Fighting Game At Spike
TV’s First Annual Video Game Awards – Dec. 4, 2003–THQ Inc. and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. today announced that “WWEâ„¢
SmackDown!â„¢ Here Comes the Pain!â„¢” won the “Best
Fighting Game” award at Spike TV’s first annual Video
Game Awards show held Tuesday evening at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Developed
by Yuke’s Co., Ltd. of Japan, “WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain!”
beat out other fighting category nominees SoulCaliber® II and Def Jam Vendetta™.
The award show will be televised on Spike TV tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

“We’re thrilled that the nomination process called on gamers across the
globe to cast their votes,” said Philip Holt, Vice President of Product
Development, THQ. “Knowing that the award came directly from the fans makes
this a huge honor for the SmackDown! team.”

THQ’s upcoming “Full Spectrum Warriorâ„¢” was also honored at
the show as a nominee in the “Most Anticipated Game” category.

For more information about “WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain,”
“Full Spectrum Warrior” and the rest of THQ’s line-up, please visit
www.thq.com.

About JAKKS Pacific

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. is a multi-brand company that designs and markets a broad
range of toys and leisure products. The product categories include: Action Figures,
Arts & Crafts Activity Kits, Stationery, Writing Instruments, Performance
Kites, Water Toys, Sports Activity Toys, Vehicles, Infant/Pre-School, Plush
and Dolls. The products are sold under various brand names including Flying
Colors®, Road Champs®, Remco®, Child Guidance®, Pentech®,
Trendmasters®, Toymax®, Funnoodle®, Go Fly a Kite® and JPI Color
Workshopâ„¢. The Company also participates in a joint venture with THQ Inc.
that has exclusive worldwide rights to publish and market World Wrestling Entertainmentâ„¢
video games. For further information, visit www.jakkspacific.com.

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.
THQ is a registered trademark of THQ Inc.

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