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THQ SHIPS The Simpsons Road Rage™ FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Crazy car combat comedy is now available for the Game Boy® Advance

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. – July 3, 2003 – THQ® Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) has shipped The Simpsons Road Rage for the Game Boy® Advance. Handheld game players can now control over 15 Springfield residents, including Bart, Homer and Marge, as they drive vehicles inspired by the longest running comedy on television.

“The Simpsons has been a highly successful television show for over a decade,” said Tiffany Ternan, Senior Vice President, North American Sales and Distribution, THQ. “We’re excited to give fans of The Simpsons a videogame with all the fun and humor of the series.”

About The Simpsons Road Rage In The Simpsons Road Rage, Mr. Burns is up to his greedy ways, purchasing Springfield buses, making them radioactive and jacking up the fares. Now, it’s up to the Simpsons and the citizens of Springfield to turn their cars into cabs and explore Springfield’s six huge worlds, including the Nuclear Power Plant, Evergreen Terrace and Downtown Springfield. Featuring 15 Simpsons characters including Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa, Barney, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, Otto, Krusty the Clown and multiplayer madness with two-player racing using the GBA link cable.

About The Simpsons

Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie take traditional comedy and family life and turn them upside down in FOX's critically acclaimed series, THE SIMPSONS. Voted the best show of the 20th Century by TIME magazine, THE SIMPSONS exploded into a cultural phenomenon in 1990 and remains one of the most visible and marketable properties both domestically and internationally. This Emmy Award®-winning series’ successful entry into syndication only added to its appeal, reaching a whole new generation of fans. THE SIMPSONS is also famous for featuring celebrity guest voices such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Mel Gibson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito and musical guests 'NSYNC, Britney Spears and Aerosmith. THE SIMPSONS, currently in production on their 15th season, recently celebrated their 300th episode this past February.

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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 .

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about THQ's business based, in part, on assumptions made by its management. These statements are not guarantees of THQ's future performance or the performance of The Simpsons Road Rage, and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including, but not limited to, those described above and the following: changes in demand for THQ's products, including The Simpsons Road Rage, product mix, the timing of customer orders and deliveries, the impact of competitive products and pricing and difficulties encountered in the integration of acquired businesses. In addition, such statements could be affected by growth rates and market conditions relating to the interactive software industry and general domestic and international economic conditions. Specific information concerning these and other such factors is contained in Form 10-K/T filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2003. A copy of this filing may be obtained by contacting THQ or the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date on which they are made, and THQ does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.