THQ Launches Highly Anticipated Full Spectrum Warrior PC Implement Real Combat Tactics, Battling Enemies with Authentic Weapons CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2004--THQ® Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI - News) today announced the release of Full Spectrum Warrior(TM) PC. Developed on a parallel path with the critically-acclaimed and highly successful Microsoft Xbox® game released earlier this summer, the PC version of Full Spectrum Warrior includes a number of game enhancements and features specific to the PC version -- including two bonus levels, enhanced texture and graphic resolution and an intuitive keyboard/mouse control scheme that has been optimized for PC gamers. Developed by Pandemic Studios, Full Spectrum Warrior has shipped to retailers worldwide for a suggested retail price of $39.99. "We believe Full Spectrum Warrior succeeds in creating an immersive, authentic and most importantly original military combat game that is compelling to pick up and play," said Jack Sorensen, executive vice president of worldwide studios, THQ. "It delivers an innovating blending of tactical and strategic squad based combat not seen in many of today's popular military games and carries the genre to a new level of reality and entertainment. Best of all, now PC gamers can enjoy it, better than ever." In the game, players will command and coordinate the actions of two infantry squads leading them through a hostile urban warzone, as they outthink, outmaneuver and battle enemies through thirteen levels of intense combat. In addition, players can also go online and team up with a friend for Two-Player Co-Op gameplay. Full Spectrum Warrior is based on a light infantry-training simulator designed by Pandemic Studios for the U.S. Army as a tool to reinforce Army combat doctrine and squad tactics among troops*. Since its unveiling, the press have been raving about Full Spectrum Warrior PC: Top 10 Games of 2004 -- PC Gamer Top 10 Games of 2004 -- Computer Gaming World Not only is Full Spectrum Warrior a unique title, but -- as our Xbox experts who helped me preview the game were more than happy to explain -- it's looking much sharper and arguably easier to control than its console cousin." -- Gamespy.com "In our first taste of Full Spectrum Warrior on the PC, one thing is clear: as much energy as Pandemic put into designing the game for the Xbox audience and the Xbox controller, the game is a lot more intuitive on the PC because of the control scheme." -- IGN.com For more information on Full Spectrum Warrior PC, please visit www.fullspectrumwarrior.com. About Pandemic Pandemic Studios, LLC is a premier developer of entertainment software for PlayStation® 2, Xbox, GameCube(TM) and the PC. Over the last 6 years, industry veterans Josh Resnick and Andrew Goldman have built Pandemic into a company of nearly 200 highly skilled programmers, designers, and artists working on high-profile titles. Pandemic is a privately held company with development studios in Los Angeles, California, and Brisbane, Australia. For more information about Pandemic please visit www.pandemicstudios.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. THQ and the THQ logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc. The Full Spectrum Warrior game is not sponsored or endorsed by the United States Army.