Last Year’s No. 1 Selling Kids Video Game Brand is Set to Earn a Qualifying Spot in 2007 with the Release of Disney-Pixar’s Cars Mater-National from THQ

Gamers Will Experience an All-New Racing Competition in the Famed Animated World of Radiator Springs

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced plans to bring a new video game based on the highly successful Disney-Pixar’s Cars film to retail this fall. Cars Mater-National is scheduled to ship for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Wii™ video game console, Nintendo DS™ and Game Boy® Advance.

THQ’s relationship with Disney-Pixar has resulted in more than 30 million units shipped worldwide. Last year’s Cars was the fastest selling Disney-Pixar video game to date, with more than seven million units shipped worldwide. In addition to being the no. 1 selling kids video game brand, it was also the overall number two best-selling video game for 2006.

Cars Mater-National will offer fans of the film a fresh adventure set in the super-fueled world of Radiator Springs. The video game will feature all-new international characters vying for their chance to compete against Lightning McQueen in the First Annual Mater-National Race Festival. Players will explore the new and improved open world of Radiator Springs, complete with new tracks, mini-games and more than 10 multiplayer games.

Cars Mater-National is being developed by THQ’s critically acclaimed Rainbow Studios. For more information about this title, as well as THQ’s other video games, please visit www.thq.com or www.rainbowstudios.com.