THQ Partners With KONAMI For Games Launch With NTT DoCoMo, Inc. — The World's Leading Wireless Games Carrier

Business Wire, Jan 14, 2003

Business Editors

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2003

THQ Wireless, a subsidiary of leading videogame publisher THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI), today announced that it has partnered with KONAMI CORPORATION subsidiary, Konami Mobile & Online, Inc. for release of several of its leading wireless games through the NTT DoCoMo, Inc. network -- the number one wireless games carrier in the world.

Through a new co-publishing agreement with mobile game producer and distributor, Konami Mobile & Online, Inc., several of THQ Wireless' games, ring tones and pictures can now be downloaded from Konami's game site 'KONAMI NET' through DoCoMo's popular i-mode service.

Initially, five THQ wireless games will be available including WWE Mobile Madness(TM), MLBPA Homerun Contest(TM), Soccer, Bowling and Rotoball(TM). Twelve MLBPA pictures will also be available as part of the image download service for screen savers accompanied by 'America the Beautiful' as a ring tone. New games and other content from THQ and Konami will be posted on the web site every month with fifteen games scheduled for release by May 2003.

Mr. Amemiya, President of Konami Mobile & Online, Inc., said: "I strongly believe that this new exciting partnership between THQ Wireless and Konami Mobile & Online, Inc. will provide great value to our customers."

Doug Dyer, General Manager, THQ Wireless, said, "I am delighted to announce this agreement with NTT DoCoMo. It represents a significant endorsement of the global appeal of THQ's wireless games."

About Konami Group

KONAMI CORPORATION is a global entertainment company headquartered in Tokyo with a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:KNM). Konami Mobile & Online, Inc. is a 100% subsidiary of KONAMI CORPORATION focusing on production and distribution of mobile games.

About NTT DoCoMo

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. is Japan's premier mobile communications company providing wireless voice and data communications, and the groundbreaking i-mode service, to tens of millions of subscribers.

About THQ Wireless

THQ Wireless is a world-leading publisher and distributor of games for mobile phones with a current catalogue of more than fifty titles. The company is a subsidiary of THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI).

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.

Note: i-mode is a trademark or registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.

THQ is a registered trademark of THQ Inc.

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 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, 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 Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2002. 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.