THQ AND
MAJESCO SIGN INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AND
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
10 New Titles
Bolster THQ International’s Game Boy®
Advance Line-Up
THQ International
Ltd, a division of THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI)
and Majesco, Inc. today announced an agreement
granting THQ International publishing and
distribution rights for 10 titles from Majesco,
Inc.’s Game Boy® Advance portfolio.
The 10 titles
include Super Nintendo Entertainment System®
classics, Earthworm Jim™ and Pitfall®:
The Mayan Adventure®, as well as the
critically acclaimed Iridion™ 3D. In
addition, THQ also obtained the rights to publish
Fortress™, Caesar’s Palace™,
Dark Arena™, M & M’s® Fun Blast,
Aerial Aces™, F-14 Tomcat™, as well
as a new title to be announced. All of the games
are scheduled for release through 2001.
Territories
covered by the agreement are comprised of the
European and Export markets governed by all four
of THQ International’s territorial offices,
including UK/Export, France, Germany and
Asia-Pacific.
Tim Walsh, Senior
Vice President of International Publishing, THQ,
commented, "The addition of these great
games from Majesco expands our Game Boy Advance
portfolio to more than 25 titles for 2001.
Handheld gaming is one of the most exciting areas
of growth in the industry and we intend to extend
our leading position on Game Boy Color to the
hot, new Game Boy Advance."
"Our
strategic partnership with THQ underscores our
continued growth and expansion as a
publisher," said Jesse Sutton, President of
Majesco, Inc. "The universal appeal of these
titles will certainly reinforce THQ’s
already formidable line-up while providing us
with critical exposure in the European and Asian
marketplace."
About Majesco
Founded in 1986
and based in Edison, NJ, Majesco, Inc. is a
leading developer, publisher and distributor of
interactive entertainment products for a variety
of gaming platforms, including Nintendo,
Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sega
hardware systems. Established as one of the
premier publishers for Nintendo’s
forthcoming Game BoyÒ Advance handheld system,
Majesco is releasing 10 titles for the platform
in 2001. Majesco’s internal development
studio, Pipe Dream Interactive, recently released
the best-selling title, Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
for the Sega DreamcastÔ and is currently
developing Soldier of Fortune and Star Trek
Voyager: Elite Force for the PlayStationÒ2
computer entertainment system. Majesco, Inc and
Pipe Dream Interactive can be found on the World
Wide Web at http://www.majescosales.com/.
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