THQ Races Onto New Course With "Ray Tracers" for Sony PlayStation.CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1997--THQ Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS:THQI) Wednesday announced that it intends to publish and distribute the unique 3-D combat racing game A racing game is any game that involves competing in races through a surrogate playing piece or vehicle, either getting it from one point to another or completing a number of circuits in the shortest time. , "Ray Tracers Tracers Refers to investment trusts which are populated by corporate bonds. In October 2001, Morgan Stanley's Tradable Custodial Receipts (Tracers) was launched. Tracers contain a number of coporate bonds and credit default swaps which are selected for liquidity and diversity. ," in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in the first quarter of 1998. The game, which takes on the exhilarating dimension of ramming and exploding cars for points, is being developed by Taito Corp. for the Sony PlayStation. In "Ray Tracers," players speed through six courses, including sewers, underground tunnels, treacherous canyons and grassy retreats, crashing into any vehicle that gets in their way. While building up points, gamers must also race through tricky courses, saving enough time to beat clever bosses waiting at every turn. "THQ THQ Toy Headquarters THQ Territorial Headquarters THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan) THQ The Holy Quran THQ Theater Headquarters is exploding into the car-racing genre with a new twist on a very popular genre," said Brian Farrell, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , THQ. "With the unique racing-for-points feature, THQ is giving the enormous racing fan base a new dimension to the game, increasing the replay value and sending players screaming through six challenging courses." "We are thrilled to be working with a company like THQ in bringing this combat driving game to the huge installed base of hungry PlayStation fans nationwide," said Seizo Matsutaka, general manager, TG Division, Taito Corp. "The addictive racing for time and points aspects, combined with the beautiful graphics and levels of difficulty, makes `Ray Tracers' an adrenaline-rush gaming experience." Taito is a publicly traded worldwide developer of consumer and arcade entertainment products, based in Tokyo. The Taito Web site is located at www.taito.co.jp . THQ develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of hardware platforms, 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 Nintendo, Sony and Sega. THQ has headquarters in Calabasas. The THQ Web site is located at www.thq.com . CONTACT: THQ Inc., Calabasas Aimee Greenholtz, 818/223-3116 (media relations) or Coffin Communications Michael Manahan, 818/789-0100 (investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. ) |
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