THQ Brings Explosive World Championship Wrestling Excitement to the PC
CALABASAS, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct 8, 1998--THQ Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:THQI), publisher of three top-selling and critically acclaimed WCW wrestling titles for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, is climbing the top rope and preparing to slam the explosive "WCW Nitro" onto home PCs.
This first-ever WCW wrestling game for the personal computer features all of the rants, flavor and excitement of the top WCW and NWO superstars. The title is scheduled for launch in December 1998.
"THQ has made its mark by publishing award-winning wrestling titles on other major gaming platforms," said Brian J. Farrell, president and CEO, THQ. "It is time to give wrestling fans with home PCs the chance to experience the phenomenally popular WCW brand of in-your-face wrestling excitement."
"WCW Nitro" features photo-realistic 3-D graphics and is the first WCW PC wrestling game available. Building on the award-winning PlayStation version, "WCW Nitro" for PC features the top WCW and NWO wrestlers, new moves -- such as "Goldberg's Jackhammer" and "Hogan's Leg Drop," and lightning fast four-player action.
Players will be able to control and play as any of the more than 60 grapplers, each with their signature move and personalized rant. In addition to an updated roster of WCW and NWO characters, "WCW Nitro" also features all new intro and winner movies.
Under its agreement with World Championship Wrestling, THQ published "WCW Nitro" for PlayStation, which was voted "Best Fighting Console Game" and was presented "The Platinum Award" by Sony to commemorate the manufacture of more than 500,000 copies of the game for 1998.
THQ also published "WCW vs. NWO: World Tour" for the Nintendo 64 (which was recognized by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences as "1998 Fighting Game of the Year," and by GamePro magazine readers as "Best Fighting Game") and "WCW vs. the World" for the PlayStation (which was presented "The Gold Award" by Sony to commemorate the manufacture of more than 250,000 copies of the game for 1998).
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) is a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System Inc., a Time Warner company (NYSE:TWX). WCW produces and markets television programs and live events featuring wrestling superstars. WCW produces 13 hours of programming seen each week throughout the United States and in more than 25 countries throughout the world. The WCW Web site is located at www.WCW.com.
THQ Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM, and those manufactured by Nintendo and Sony. The THQ Web site is located at www.thq.com.
CONTACT:
THQ Inc., Calabasas
Mark Ellermeyer, 818/223-3135 (media)
mark@thq.com
Deborah Lake, 818/591-1310 (investors)
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