Brian J. Farrell,
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer of
THQ Inc., and
Jeff Dunn,
President of
Nickelodeon Enterprises,
opened
The NASDAQ Stock Market

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

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THQ Inc.

THQ Inc. and Nickelodeon Enterprises

The NASDAQ Stock Market proudly welcomes THQ Inc. [THQI] and its CEO, Brian Farrell, and Nickelodeon Enterprises and its President, Jeff Dunn, to the Market Open. This week, the two companies are launching the new icon Tak and the Power of Juju, made available for PlayStation 2, GameCube and Game Boy Advance. This marks the first release under the companies' totally unique "Game First" agreement to create cross-media intellectual properties for initial release in the game space with the express intent of migrating the properties to TV and other media.

About THQ Inc. [THQI]

THQ Inc. is a leading, worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms including those manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Nintendo and Microsoft as well as PC CD-ROM and wireless devices. The THQ web site is located at www.thq.com. THQ is a registered trademark of THQ Inc.

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 24th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 86 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for more than eight consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.