WWE Smakdown! Here Comes The Pain! Wins Best Fighting Game At Spike TV's First Annual Videogame Awards

WWE SMACKDOWN! HERE COMES THE PAIN! WINS BEST FIGHTING GAME AT SPIKE TV’S FIRST ANNUAL VIDEOGAME AWARDS

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif., December 4, 2003 – THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc (NASDAQ:JAKK) today announced that WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain! brought home the “Best Fighting Game” award at Spike TV’s first annual Video Game Awards show held Tuesday evening at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Developed by Yuke’s Co., Ltd. of Japan, WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain! beat out other fighting category nominees SoulCaliber II and Def Jam Vendetta.

The award show will be televised on Spike TV tonight at 9 p.m. et/pt.

“We’re thrilled that the nomination process called on gamers across the globe to cast their votes,” said Philip Holt, Vice President of Product Development, THQ. “Knowing that the award came directly from the fans makes this a huge honor for the SmackDown! team.”

THQ’s upcoming Full Spectrum Warrior was also honored at the show as a nominee in the “Most Anticipated Game” category.

For more information about WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain, Full Spectrum Warrior and the rest of THQ’s line-up, please visit www.thq.com.

About WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment company headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto and London. Additional information on the company can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For additional information on WrestleMania xx, to be broadcast live on pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 14, 2004, go to wrestlemania.wwe.com. Information on television ratings and community activities can be found at parents.wwe.com.

About JAKKS Pacific

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. is a multi-brand company that designs and markets a broad range of toys and leisure products. The product categories include: Action Figures, Arts & Crafts Activity Kits, Stationery, Writing Instruments, Performance Kites, Water Toys, Sports Activity Toys, Vehicles, Infant/Pre-School, Plush and Dolls. The products are sold under various brand names including Flying Colors®, Road Champs®, Remco®, Child Guidance®, Pentech®, Trendmasters®, Toymax®, Funnoodle®, Go Fly a Kite® and JPI Color Workshop™. The Company also participates in a joint venture with THQ Inc. that has exclusive worldwide rights to publish and market World Wrestling Entertainment™ video games. For further information, visit www.jakkspacific.com.

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. THQ is a registered trademark of THQ Inc.