THQ
Announces
Big beach
Sports
Exclusively
For Wii
AGOURA
HILLS,
Calif. –
February 21,
2007 – THQ
Inc.
(NASDAQ:
THQI) today
announced
Big Beach
Sports™ is
anticipated
to bring
outdoor
sports
action to
beach goers
worldwide in
summer 2008.
Currently in
development
exclusively
for the Wii™
system, Big
Beach Sports
will let
gamers
compete in a
number of
exciting
outdoor
sports
including
American
football,
volleyball,
soccer,
cricket,
disc golf
and bocce
right on the
beach.
“Big Beach
Sports drops
players into
a seaside
resort
setting with
a wide
variety of
compelling
outdoor
sports to
play and
master,”
said Randy
Shoemaker,
director,
global brand
management,
THQ. “Sports
including
bocce,
cricket and
disc golf
are making
their Wii
debuts and
combined
with the
inclusion of
more
traditional
games like
soccer,
American
football and
volleyball,
Big Beach
Sports will
be an
appealing
title for
the growing
audience of
Wii gamers.”
“The
innovative
Wii Remote™
controller
has
revolutionized
sports
gaming,
letting us
involve the
player like
never
before,”
said Steve
Dauterman,
senior vice
president of
product
development,
THQ. “Big
Beach Sports
applies the
control
scheme to
each of the
varied
sports
featured,
letting
players pick
up and play
the games
they know
and learn
the ones
they don’t
know.”
About Big
Beach Sports
Developed by
HB Studios
Multimedia,
Big Beach
Sports drops
players into
a seaside
resort
setting
where up to
four players
can compete
in sports
including
volleyball,
soccer,
American
football,
bocce, disc
golf and
cricket. The
single
player
tournament
structure
encourages
players to
master each
sport
through the
use of
creative
control
combinations
and
real-life
sport
motions.
About THQ
THQ Inc.
(NASDAQ:
THQI) is a
leading
worldwide
developer
and
publisher of
interactive
entertainment
software.
The company
develops its
products for
all popular
game
systems,
personal
computers
and wireless
devices.
Headquartered
in Los
Angeles
County,
California,
THQ sells
product
through its
global
network of
offices
located
throughout
North
America,
Europe and
Asia
Pacific.
More
information
about THQ
and its
products may
be found at
www.thq.com
and
www.thqwireless.com.
THQ, THQ
Wireless,
Big Beach
Sports and
their
respective
logos are
trademarks
and/or
registered
trademarks
of THQ Inc.
Wii and Wii
Remote are
trademarks
of Nintendo.
All other
trademarks
are the
property of
their
respective
owners.
The
statements
contained in
this press
release that
are not
historical
facts may be
“forward-looking
statements”
within the
meaning of
the Private
Securities
Litigation
Reform Act
of 1995.
These
forward-looking
statements
are based on
current
expectations,
estimates
and
projections
about the
business of
THQ Inc. and
its
subsidiaries
(collectively
referred to
as “THQ”),
including,
but not
limited to,
expectations
and
projections
related to
the Big
Beach Sports
video game,
and are
based upon
management’s
current
beliefs and
certain
assumptions
made by
management.
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forward-looking
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should
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that could
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affect THQ’s
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files from
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Securities
and Exchange
Commission,
including
its Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the
fiscal
period ended
March 31,
2007, and
particularly
the
discussion
of risk
factors set
forth
therein.
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