Los Angeles, Calif., - Electronic Entertainment Expo, May 16, 2001 - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI) today announced Dark Summit™, the first ever mission-based snowboarding title, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. The game is scheduled to ship winter 2001 for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and be among the first wave of titles for the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft in fall 2001. Dark Summit will be available for live demonstrations during show hours at THQ 's booth, located at #4001, Petree Hall.

Currently in development by Radical Entertainment, Dark Summit will allow gamers a completely unique experience, as the only action adventure snowboarding video game with an in depth story line and mission-based objectives. Dark Summit features a plethora of tactical challenges, from Half Pipe Hero to Backcountry Helicopter. More than 45 mountain based challenges await on massively sized runs, as players must earn reputation points on the mysterious Mt. Garrick. However, it 's going to take every bit of strategy and skill to defeat the formidable Chief O 'Leary and reach the summit.

"Dark Summit is a revolutionary game design in that it 's the first snowboarding game to incorporate mission-based objectives and a compelling story line," said Michael Rubinelli, vice president, product development, THQ. "It combines high flying, crazy, big air tricks with tactical challenges and a compelling story line to keep gamers hooked from beginning to end, yet it never loses sight of the tight physics and gorgeous graphics you 'd expect from a ground breaking Xbox title."

Dark Summit takes place on Mt. Garrick, a once quiet and peaceful ski resort where snowboarders have never felt welcome. Chief O 'Leary, the resident ranger, has always led the charge against boarders and limited their access to certain sections of the mountain. Now he has mysteriously closed the summit to all boarders and is trying desperately to drive them off the mountain altogether. Gamers will shred, jib and stomp their way toward earning reputation points and unlocking restricted areas of the mountain in order to discover the true secret behind Dark Summit.

Xbox is Microsoft 's future-generation video game system that delivers new and unforseen gameplay experiences. With more than three times the graphics performance of the newest generation of game systems, Xbox unleashes game designers ' creativity to produce games that are challenging, exhilarating, surprising, and fun.

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THQ Inc. develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM, and those manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo and Microsoft. The THQ site is located at www.thq.com.

Radical Entertainment is one of North America 's leading developers of interactive entertainment. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Radical creates top-selling entertainment products for the industry 's most powerful publishers, such as Fox Interactive, Microsoft and THQ. Recent high-grossing titles include MTV Snowboarding, Jackie Chan Stuntmaster and Independence Day. Titles in the works include Simpons Road Rage and Dark Summit. Committed to bringing creativity, imagination and passion to every aspect of business, the company maintains an in-house Research and Development team run by industry leaders in 3D graphics and real time technology. Radical was recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies in 2000. For more information about Radical, visit the company 's web site at www.radical.ca.

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