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Start Your Engines as Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora Launches Exclusively for PlayStation(R)2 System
Company: THQ
Date: 11 Mar 2008
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI - News) today announced Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora, the action-packed car racing sequel to the best-selling Sprint Cars: Road to Knoxville, has shipped to retail outlets throughout North America exclusively for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. A hard-hitting action game where players get behind the wheel of their favorite race cars, Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora allows players to speed around the fastest tracks on the circuit at speeds of more than 170 mph. Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora is rated "E" for everyone and is now available for a suggested retail price of $19.99.
In Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora, players will slide and grind around more than 25 racing arenas, including several new tracks such as the real-world Silver Dollar Speedway and Cedar Lake. New vehicle classes - Late Model, Pro Stock and Wingless Sprints - provide players with a wide variety of options to choose from, including for the first time Tony Stewart Racing’s #15 Sprint Car as well as the #20 Sprint and #20 Late Model. Rising stars can also get behind the wheel of their favorite vehicle and go from hometown hero to national star. Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora also features new modes of play including six split-screen Multiplayer modes, 20 Challenge events and the state fair favorite Tractor Pull. Crashes and out-of-control slides also provide heart-thumping excitement with spectacular, all-new damage modeling and physics.
For more information about Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora and the rest of THQ’s lineup of games, please visit www.thq.com.
About THQ
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI - News) 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 and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.
"PlayStation" and "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
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 Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora video game, and are based upon management's current beliefs and certain assumptions made by management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, business, competitive, economic, legal, political and technological factors affecting our industry, operations, markets, products or pricing. Readers should carefully review the risk factors and the information that could materially affect THQ's financial results, described in other documents that THQ files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2007, and particularly the discussion of risk factors set forth therein. Unless otherwise required by law, THQ disclaims any obligation to update its view on any such risks or uncertainties or to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
In Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora, players will slide and grind around more than 25 racing arenas, including several new tracks such as the real-world Silver Dollar Speedway and Cedar Lake. New vehicle classes - Late Model, Pro Stock and Wingless Sprints - provide players with a wide variety of options to choose from, including for the first time Tony Stewart Racing’s #15 Sprint Car as well as the #20 Sprint and #20 Late Model. Rising stars can also get behind the wheel of their favorite vehicle and go from hometown hero to national star. Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora also features new modes of play including six split-screen Multiplayer modes, 20 Challenge events and the state fair favorite Tractor Pull. Crashes and out-of-control slides also provide heart-thumping excitement with spectacular, all-new damage modeling and physics.
For more information about Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora and the rest of THQ’s lineup of games, please visit www.thq.com.
About THQ
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI - News) 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 and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.
"PlayStation" and "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
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 Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora video game, and are based upon management's current beliefs and certain assumptions made by management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, business, competitive, economic, legal, political and technological factors affecting our industry, operations, markets, products or pricing. Readers should carefully review the risk factors and the information that could materially affect THQ's financial results, described in other documents that THQ files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2007, and particularly the discussion of risk factors set forth therein. Unless otherwise required by law, THQ disclaims any obligation to update its view on any such risks or uncertainties or to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
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