THQ Ranked No. 2 Independent Publisher for 2003; Portfolio Strategy Drives Consistent
Market Leadership

THQ Inc. today announced that it achieved the #2 independent videogame
publisher ranking with 6.6% market share for the 2003 calendar year, according
to The NPD Group, Inc./ NPD Funworld / TRSTS Video Games Service.

According to NPD, the Company’s top-selling titles for the year were Disney/Pixar’s
Finding Nemo, SpongeBob Square Pantsâ„¢: Battle for Bikini Bottom, WWEâ„¢
SmackDown!â„¢ Here Comes the Pain! and the new original property, Tak and
the Power Jujuâ„¢. During 2003, THQ was one of only two publishers to consistently
rank among the top four independent publishers each month. . .

“THQ’s consistent market leadership in 2003 was achieved through execution
on our strategy of publishing a portfolio of both proven franchises and new
brands,” said Brian Farrell, President and CEO, THQ. “In addition to driving
strong results from some of our established brands, we were very pleased to
successfully launch a new franchise with Tak and the Power of JuJu, the first
release under THQ and Nickelodeon’s `Game First’ agreement. We look forward
to building on these franchises in the future.”

NPD Funworld®, a division of The NPD Group, provides sales and marketing
information for manufacturers and retailers in the toy and video game industries.
NPD Funworld provides the most accurate market intelligence available, including
what is selling, where, to whom and why. All of this information is delivered
online in a secure, Web-based environment by easy-to-use tools that make information
accessible and actionable to a wide range of users from executives to sales
and marketing to research. Today a host of market-leading companies in the
industry rely on NPD Funworld for the knowledge they need to drive better,
more fact-based decision making.

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 is a registered
trademark of THQ Inc.

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