THQ Announces MTV Sports: Pure Ride; MTV Sports: Pure Ride Offers True Free-Ride Experience.Business/Entertainment Editors CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2000 THQ THQ Toy Headquarters THQ Territorial Headquarters THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan) THQ The Holy Quran THQ Theater Headquarters Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI) today announced MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Sports: Pure Ride(TM) for the PlayStation(R) game console See video game console. and Game Boy(R) Color. A true free ride experience, MTV Sports: Pure Ride boasts open terrain in locations scattered throughout the world, thousands of trick combinations and a Create-A-Park feature that allows players to actually design their own runs. Developed by Radical Entertainment, MTV Sports: Pure Ride will give avid snowboarders and game players the freedom they've been longing for on the PlayStation game console in fall 2000. "Snowboarding is all about personal expression and creativity," stated Peter Dille, vice president, marketing, THQ. "Whether in a half-pipe, big air competition, or simply free riding down the mountain, boarders make their mark in new and imaginative ways." MTV Sports: Pure Ride sets a new standard for interactive snowboarding experiences by delivering vast open terrain with kickers and rails that allow players to perform thousands of unique trick combinations creating a true free-ride experience. The Create-A-Park feature gives players the freedom to place rocks, trees, jumps and rails over long open runs on three different mountains. Players will ride boards licensed from MLY, M3, Sims, Salomon and more through Canada, France, Japan, South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Sweden, and the U.S. to the sounds of hot, up-and-coming bands ranging from hardcore to hip-hop. Professional riders will boast the unique tricks and styling that have made them top competitors in one of the fastest growing sports in the country. Snowboarding has quickly become one of the biggest individual sports in the country with more than 100 percent growth in the past three years. In 1999 alone, there were more than six million snowboarders nationwide, with roughly 80 percent under the age of 24. MTV Networks MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of many TV network and Internet brands, including the first MTV channel. The company was established in 1984 after Warner Communications and American Express decided to divest the basic cable , a unit of Viacom Inc., owns and operates five cable television programming services -- MTV: Music Television, MTV2: Music Television, VH1, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, and TV Land -- all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. Information about MTV and MTV2: Music Television is available on MTV Online, on America Online See AOL. (Keyword: MTV) and the World Wide Web (http://mtv.com). THQ Inc. develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. including PC CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , and those manufactured by Sega, Nintendo and Sony. The THQ Web site is located at www.thq.com. The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts may be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in such statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, demand and competition for the company's products and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and as more specifically set forth in our report on form 8-K Form 8-K The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock. Form 8-K See 8-K. , filed on March 21, 2000. |
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