WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth Set to Launch for PlayStation 2 Highly Anticipated Next Installment in SmackDown! Series Scheduled to Ship November 13 CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. - Oct. 29, 2002 - THQ®Inc. and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. today announced that development on its highly anticipated title, WWE(TM) SmackDown!(TM) Shut Your Mouth(TM) for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system is complete and now in manufacturing. Created exclusively for PlayStation 2 by Yuke's Co., Ltd. of Japan, WWE(TM) SmackDown!(TM) Shut Your Mouth(TM) is the next installment in one of the most successful video game franchises of all time. World Wrestling Entertainment(TM) licensed videogames have sold more than $300 million in the U.S. since 1999 and according to a recent survey of top retailers conducted at PlayDate 2002, WWE(TM) SmackDown!(TM) Shut Your Mouth(TM) is considered one of the top ten most wanted video games for the 2002 holiday selling season. WWE(TM) SmackDown!(TM) Shut Your Mouth(TM) is scheduled to ship November 13. WWE(TM) SmackDown!(TM) Shut Your Mouth(TM) has been receiving high praise from the videogame press in anticipation of its holiday release: "You may never need to shell out for Pay-Per-View again!" - GamePro "...Shut Your Mouth is going to break down your door, chock-full of double - and now triple team moves..." -Official PlayStation Magazine "...Shut Your Mouth is the next-gen evolution we have been hoping for." - Game Informer "...What we saw of SmackDown! was most impressive, and we were left wanting more.." - GameSpot "With improved animations and better story lines, Shut Your Mouth is ready to rumble." - Independent PlayStation 2 Magazine About WWE(TM) SmackDown!(TM) Shut Your Mouth(TM) WWE(TM) SmackDown!(TM) Shut Your Mouth is the fourth installment in the critically acclaimed SmackDown! franchise and is developed by Yuke's Co., Ltd. of Japan. WWE(TM) SmackDown!(TM) Shut Your Mouth boasts the most robust and in-depth Season mode ever with an all-new draft feature that allows players to choose from more than 55 WWE(TM) Superstars including Booker T(TM), Rob Van Dam(TM) and Hollywood Hulk Hogan(TM). The Season mode also includes multiple character paths that follow the most exciting events from the last year of WWE(TM) programming. Seventeen photo-realistic backstage environments allow gamers to take the action backstage in areas that are full of interactive weapons and destructible items. WWE(TM) SmackDown! (TM) Shut Your Mouth features an enhanced multiplayer option that utilizes two multi-tap controllers allowing six players in the ring at once. The Create-A-Superstar mode in WWE(TM) SmackDown! (TM) Shut Your Mouth is the deepest yet, with a brand new morphing system that gives gamers the ability to freelance facial features, life-like tattoo/lettering and customizable animations as well as specific stances. With all-new matches, enhanced story mode and TV-style presentation, WWE(TM) SmackDown! (TM) Shut Your Mouth is the most in-depth WWE(TM) title to date. For more information about the THQ/JAKKS Pacific World Wrestling Entertainment(TM) videogame franchise including WWE(TM) SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system and the rest of THQ's 2002 holiday line-up, visit www.thq.com.