Sonic Battle Ships For The Game Boy Advance

SONIC BATTLE SHIPS FOR THE GAME
BOY ADVANCE

CALABASAS, Calif., January 7, 2004 –
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) and SEGA of America today announced that Sonic Battle
for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance is now available at retail outlets across
North America. Coinciding with SEGA’s new Sonic Heroes console release, Sonic
Battle will benefit from Sega’s multi-million dollar Sonic Heroes marketing
campaign.

“We’re thrilled to be working with
SEGA to bring another high quality handheld title to Sonic fans, building on the
continued success of the Sonic brand,” said Peter Dille, senior vice president,
worldwide marketing, THQ. “Game Boy Advance owners are in for another
action-packed Sonic experience with this year’s offering.”

“With THQ’s handheld publishing
expertise, we have had tremendous success leveraging the Sonic brand on the Game
Boy Advance platform,” said Hide Irie, President and COO, SEGA of America.
“We’re pleased to bring Sonic Battle to the expanding Game Boy Advance
marketplace.”

About Sonic Battle In Sonic Battle
for the Game Boy Advance, players can enjoy both single and multi-player
gameplay modes — Story, Challenge and Battle — as well as five multi-player
Mini Games. Players will also have the ability to fight as one of eight
characters (plus two hidden) including Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow. Sonic
fans will be able to select one of eleven arenas (plus one hidden), set the
rules and customize attacks. In Story mode, players can develop their own AI
fighting partner. Sonic Battle also features four-player battles using the Game
Boy Advance Game Link Cable.

About Sega SEGA® of America, Inc. is
the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, a $3.5 billion
corporation by market capitalization, recognized as a worldwide leader in
interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company
develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products
for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those
manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. SEGA of
America’s Web site is located at www.SEGA.com
http://www.sega.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.

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 Sonic Battle video games, 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 Sonic Battle, 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 THQ’s March 31, 2003 Form 10-KT filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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.