Ignite Your Engine for a Supercharged Showdown in Midnight Outlaw Illegal Street Drag-Nitro Edition from ValuSoft Sequel to Top Selling PC Racing Game Brings the Underground World of Urban Street Racing to Life MINNEAPOLIS - May 22, 2003 - ValuSoft®, a division of THQ® Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI - News) and a leading global publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and productivity software, today announced the release of Midnight Outlaw Illegal Street Drag-Nitro Edition(TM) for PC. This street-smart racing game is rated "E" for Everyone and will be available at retailers nationwide for $19.99 SRP. Following on the heels of Midnight Outlaw Illegal Street Drag(TM), the industry's top-selling PC racing game for the last two quarters(a), Nitro Edition lets gamers rocket into the night behind the wheel of 10 supercharged dragsters. Wagering their reputation and their hard-earned cash, players will take on the toughest urban racers. Accelerating, shifting and punching the nitrous oxide with perfect timing fattens racers' wallets to pump back into their ride with custom paint, engine enhancements, ground effects and sound systems. Radical new camera angles, including mini hood, fender, wheel and wing cams, change how players race and gain their edge. Players can now live their lives one race at a time risking their cash and reputations with both nighttime and day races. The payoffs may be greater during the day, but so is the chance of getting busted. Hitting the streets ready to out-maneuver cops can save gamers from tickets that wipe out race earnings. Users can engage in multiplayer drag races over the Internet via GameSpy. "Midnight Outlaw Illegal Street Drag totally engrossed gamers in the world of nitro-burning street racing and they made this product a top-seller," states Doug Clemmer, President of ValuSoft "Now with new cars, new challengers and increased stakes, nothing gets players closer to the real thing than Nitro Edition." (a) According to The NPD Group