THQ SHIPS BUFFY THE VAMPIRE
SLAYER: WRATH OF THE DARKHUL KING™ FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE
Hit Television Series Is Now
Available On The Game Boy® Advance
CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. – July. 3,
2003 – THQ® Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) has shipped Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of
the Darkhul King for the Game Boy® Advance. Take control of Buffy as she and
her friends kick, stab and blast their way through some of the baddest vampires,
monsters and demons from the hit TV series.
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of
the best shows on television, combining action with humor and horror,” said
Tiffany Ternan, Senior Vice President, North American Sales and Distribution,
THQ. “We have taken all of the action and thrills of the television show and
placed them in the palm of your hands.”
About Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
Wrath of the Darkhul King Players assume the role as Sunnydale’s hottest vampire
slayer Buffy Summers, as she battles fierce vampires using deadly fighting
tactics and customizable Slayer weaponry. Based on the long-running hit TV show
– all of the favorite characters from the series including Giles, Xander and
Willow will guide Buffy on her journey, as she battles the most fearsome
creatures and rescues the innocent. Players will be able to interact with game
environments – break ceilings to shine sunlight onto vampires, throw monsters
into benches and use environmental objects to beat boss monsters.
About Twentieth Century Fox
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, which airs
Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. on UPN, is produced by Mutant Enemy, Inc., Kuzui
Enterprises, and Sandollar Productions, in association with Twentieth Century
Fox Television. Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, along with
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, comprise the retail-oriented strategic
alliance of Fox Consumer Products. A recognized industry leader, Twentieth
Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising licenses and markets properties
worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth
Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines. The
division is aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, the top supplier of
primetime entertainment programming to the broadcast networks.
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. The THQ Wireless site is located at
www.thqwireless.com .
This press release contains
statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current
expectations, estimates and projections about THQ’s business based, in part, on
assumptions made by its management. These statements are not guarantees of THQ’s
future performance, or performance of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the
Darkhul King and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult
to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from
what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to
numerous factors, including, but not limited to, those described above and the
following: changes in demand for THQ’s products, including Buffy the Vampire
Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King, product mix, the timing of customer orders
and deliveries, the impact of competitive products and pricing and difficulties
encountered in the integration of acquired businesses. In addition, such
statements could be affected by growth rates and market conditions relating to
the interactive software industry and general domestic and international
economic conditions. Specific information concerning these and other such
factors is contained in the Form 10-K/T filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 11, 2003. A copy of this filing may be obtained by contacting
THQ or the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of
the date on which they are made, and THQ does not undertake any obligation to
update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after
the date of this release.
