Follow-Up to the Top Selling Videogame Set to Hit Stores This Fall

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif., Feb 01, 2005 – THQ Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI) today announced
a follow-up to the hit videogame based on a Walt Disney Pictures presentation
of a Pixar Animations Studios film, The Incredibles. The follow-up to The Incredibles
is scheduled to release this fall on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment
system and PSPTM handheld entertainment system, the Xbox® videogame system
from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCubeTM, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo DSTM
videogame systems, and PC/Mac.

THQ continues to enjoy enormous success with The Incredibles, which launched
in conjunction with the theatrical release this past November. Shipments of
the game domestically have exceeded 2.5 million units and it finished 2004 as
the overall best-selling new property of the year in the U.S., according to
The NPD Group.

“Our ability to work with Disney and Pixar in creating this all new videogame
based on the extremely popular Incredibles property demonstrates the depth of
THQ’s relationship with the talented teams at Disney and Pixar,” said Jack
Sorensen, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Studios, THQ. “This next
installment in the videogame series will give millions of fans worldwide the
opportunity to interact with Mr. Incredible and many other beloved Incredibles
characters in a brand new adventure this fall.”

“The first game based on The Incredibles truly represented the high action
vision Director Brad Bird had for the film,” said Pixar Animation Studios
John Walker, producer of The Incredibles. “This new game will encompass
all the thrills and intensity of the first while taking players and our favorite
superheroes to an entirely new dimension of The Incredibles world.”

“After the amazing success of The Incredibles film and videogames, we
look forward to BVG, Pixar and THQ joining forces once again to bring fans another
chapter in this action-packed franchise,” said Graham Hopper, Senior Vice
President and General Manager, Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG).

THQ’s Heavy Iron Studios will develop the next console versions of The Incredibles
and the company’s Nintendo handheld studio Helixe, will develop the Game Boy
Advance and Nintendo DS versions. THQ’s PSP exclusive studio, Pacific Coast
Power & Light, will develop the PSP version of the game.

About Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios combines creative and technical artistry to create original
stories in the medium of computer animation. Pixar has created six of the most
successful and beloved animated films of all time: Toy Story, A Bug’s Life,
Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Pixar has won
16 Academy Awards® and its six films have grossed more than $3.2 billion
at the worldwide box office to date. The Northern California studio will release
its next film, Cars, on June 9, 2006.

About Disney Interactive
Disney Interactive is the award-winning publishing label of Buena Vista Games,
Inc. The label produces high quality interactive video games and CD-ROMs. Buena
Vista Games, Inc. is the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company’s
Consumer Products business unit. For more information on Disney Interactive’s
products, visit www.disneyinteractive.com.

About The NPD Group
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.

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.
THQ, Heavy Iron, Helixe, Pacific Coast Power & Light and their respective
logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.

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