THQ Announces `Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones' for Game Boy Advance

Exclusive Game Based on ``Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones'' Scheduled to Release Along with Film Premiere

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2002-- THQ Inc. today announced ``Star Wars®: Episode II Attack of the Clones(TM)'' for Game Boy® Advance. ``Attack of the Clones'' will be the only game that follows the storyline of the new movie and is scheduled for release spring 2002 coincident with the theatrical release nationwide.

``We are extremely pleased to be the first publisher involved in bringing a `Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones'-branded product to market for Game Boy Advance,'' said Alison Locke, executive vice president, North American publishing, THQ. ``THQ's track record as the #1 third-party publisher for Game Boy Advance titles makes us an ideal fit with LucasArts in publishing this popular license.''

```Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones' will be the first handheld game that allows fans of the Star Wars saga to experience all the drama of `Episode II' from start to finish,'' stated Mary Bihr, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for LucasArts. ``LucasArts is looking forward to working with THQ to bring this exhilarating title to `Star Wars' game fans everywhere.''