THQ Releases WWF With Authority! No Way Out

 THQ RELEASES WWF WITH
AUTHORITY! NO WAY OUT

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. –
December 12,
2001 – THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: JAKK)
today announced the release of WWF With Authority!™ No Way Out. An
expansion set for THQ’s online PC strategy game, WWF With Authority! No Way
Out adds more than 160 new pages for players to use, as well as seven new
Superstars complete with their trademark moves.  New Superstars such as Stone
Cold Steve Austin™, the Undertaker®, Lita™, Edge™ and the Big Show™ are now
available for players to lay the SmackDown! on their opponents with.

WWF With Authority! No Way Out
also introduces new features for the game, including referees to bring a
little "bias" into the ring. These new capabilities and additions bring a host
of strategies and counter-strategies to the WWF With Authority!
community and tournament scene.

Visit
www.withauthority.com/nowayout 
to download the game for free and begin your quest for the championship.

Developed by Genetic
Anomalies, THQ’s Internet entertainment studio, the WWF With Authority!
online version was released February 2001.  This collectible strategy game
allows players to create and manage custom Superstar playbooks filled with
offensive, defensive and finishing moves, join stables and create new
federations.

About World Wrestling Federation
Entertainment, Inc.

World
Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. is an integrated media and
entertainment company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with sales
offices in New York City, Chicago and Toronto. The company can be found online
at wwf.com and wwfecorpbiz.com.

About JAKKS
Pacific

JAKKS Pacific is a multi-brand
toy company that designs, develops, produces and markets toys and related
products under various brand names (including Flying Colors®, Road
Champs®, Remco®, Child Guidance®, Color Club®, and
Pentech®) in multiple product categories, including: Wheels; Action
Figures; Crafts/Activities/Stationery; Infant/Pre-School; Writing Instruments;
Plush; and Dolls. The Company also participates in a joint venture with THQ
Inc. that has exclusive worldwide rights to publish and market World Wrestling
Federation® video games.

About THQ

THQ Inc. develops and
publishes interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of
hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM, wireless devices, and those
manufactured by Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The THQ web site is located at

www.thq.com.