Dawn of War Expansion Pack to Feature Brand New, Fifth Race

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leader in the development of innovative real-time strategy games for the PC.
Relic's first title, "Homeworld" (1999), was received to widespread acclaim,
garnering several "Game of the Year" and "Strategy Game of the Year" awards
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"The response to Dawn of War has been overwhelming," said Ron Moravek,
general manager, Relic Entertainment.

About Relic Entertainment
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The studio's most recent release, "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War" (2004), won
numerous accolades including "Strategy Game of the Year" from Computer Gaming
World.R.
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We look forward to building on the Dawn of War franchise with
even more visceral combat action throughout both the single and multi-player
experiences.
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About Games Workshop
Games Workshop is the world's largest tabletop wargames company. (PC) (Vivendi)
-- God of War (PS2) (SCEA)
-- Gran Turismo 4 (PS2) (SCEA)
-- GTA: Liberty City Stories (PSP) (Rockstar )
-- Guild Wars (PC) (NCsoft)
-- Guitar Hero (PS2) (Red Indigo Prophecy (PC, PS2, Xbox ) (Atari)
-- King Kong (PS2, Xbox, GC, PC, 360) (Ubisoft)
-- The Movies (PC) (Activision )
-- Perfect Dark Zero (360) (Microsoft)
-- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Xbox, PS2 , GC, PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Project Gotham Racing 3 (360) (Microsoft)
-- Psychonauts (PS2, Xbox ) (Majesco)
-- Resident Evil 4 (PS2, GC) (Capcom)
-- Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) (SCEA )
-- Soul Calibur 3 (PS2) (Namco)
-- Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (PS2, Xbox, PC, GC) (Ubisoft )
-- We Love Katamari (PS2) (Namco)

About Ziff Davis Media Game Group
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publication for core PC gamers.

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Today, Relic is building on this legacy by developing multiple
ground-breaking projects in the RTS genre.com.com, FileFront. We look forward to
seeing which titles the gamers choose as the best of the best.

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-- Indigo Prophecy (PC, Xbox, PS2) (Atari)
-- Infected (PSP) (Majesco)
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-- Meteos (DS) (Nintendo)
-- The Movies (PC) (Activision)
-- Nintendogs (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Pac-Pix (DS) (Namco)
-- Pheonix Wright: Ace Attourney (DS) (Capcom)
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-- WarioWare Twisted (DS) (Nintendo)

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-- Dead or Alive 4 (360) (Tecmo )
-- Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) (Square Enix)
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The company develops its products for all
popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. The 2005 1UP
Award nominees are:

ROLE PLAYING GAME:
-- Digital Devil Saga 2 (PS2) (Atlus)
-- Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) (Square Enix)
-- Freedom Force vs. The Company also
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from the fans with the ability to draw from the seemingly endless, rich
content from the Warhammer 40,000 universe made the decision to create an
expansion easy.
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foremost authorities in the industry, collaborated to select the nominees for
the top video and PC games of the year in 13 distinct categories.

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About THQ
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newscom. Gamers can choose their favorite video and PC games of 2005
online at http://bestof2005.
"We've been blown away by the quality of game titles in 2005," said Sam
Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief of 1UP. Official U.com, ExtremeTech.

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Workshop, the game is scheduled to release in fall 2005.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050215 /LATU009)
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1UP.com Announces Nominees for Third Annual 1UP Awards

com, Ziff Davis Media Game
Group's online home for gamers, announced today the nominees for the third
annual 1UP Awards. (PC) (Vivendi)
-- Far Cry: Instincts (Xbox) (Ubisoft)
-- Half-Life 2 (Xbox ) (EA/Valve)
-- Oddworld Stranger's Wrath (Xbox) (EA)
-- Perfect Dark Zero (360) (Microsoft )
-- Quake 4 (PC, 360) (Activision)
-- Resident Evil 4 (PS2, GC) (Capcom)
-- Serious Sam II (PC) (2K Games)
-- SWAT 4 (PC) (Vivendi)

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-- Amped 3 (360) (2K Games)
-- Blitz: The League (PS2, Xbox) (Midway)
-- Fight Night Round 2 (PS2 , Xbox) (EA Sports)
-- Madden NFL 2006 (360) (EA Sports)
-- Mario Superstar Baseball (GC ) (Nintendo)
-- NBA 2K6 (PS2, Xbox) (2K Sports)
-- NBA Street V3 (PS2, Xbox, GC) (EA Sports )
-- NCAA Football 2006 (PS2, Xbox) (EA Sports)
-- SSX on Tour (PS2, Xbox, GC) (EA Big )
-- Super Mario Strikers (GC) (Nintendo)
-- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (PS2, Xbox , GC, 360) (Activision)
-- Virtua Tennis: World Tour (PSP) (Sega)
-- World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International (PS2, Xbox) (Konami)

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-- Burnout Legends (PSP) (EA)
-- Burnout Revenge (PS2, Xbox) (EA)
-- Forza Motorsport (Xbox) (Microsoft)
-- Gran Turismo 4 (PS2) (SCEA)
-- GTR FIA Racing (PC) (10tacle Studios)
-- Mario Kart DS (DS) (Nintendo)
-- MotoGP 3 (Xbox) (THQ)
-- Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PS2, Xbox, PC, GC , 360) (EA)
-- Project Gotham Racing 3 (360) (Microsoft)
-- Racing Gears Advance (GBA) (Orbital Media)
-- Ridge Racer (PSP) (Namco)
-- Wipeout Pure (PSP) (SCEA)

ACTION:
-- God of War (PS2) (SCEA)
-- Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA) (Sega)
-- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (PS2, Xbox) (Midway)
-- Ninja Gaiden Black (Xbox) (Tecmo)
-- Peter Jackson 's King Kong (Xbox, PS2, GC, PC, 360) (Ubisoft)
-- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Xbox, PS2 , GC, PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2) (SCEA)
-- Sonic Rush (DS) (Sega )
-- Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (Xbox, PS2, GC, PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" (Xbox) (Aspyr)
-- The Warriors (Xbox, PS2) (Rockstar)
-- We Love Katamari (PS2) (Namco)

ADVENTURE:
-- Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Xbox ) (2K Games)
-- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) (Konami)
-- Condemned: Criminal Origins (360) (Sega)
-- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP) (Rockstar)
-- Indigo Prophecy (PC, PS2, Xbox) (Atari)
-- Kameo (360) (Microsoft)
-- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS ) (Capcom)
-- Psychonauts (Xbox, PS2) (Majesco)
-- Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) (SCEA)

FIGHTING/WRESTLING:
-- Dead or Alive 4 (360) (Tecmo)
-- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (PS2) (Atari)
-- Fight Night Round 2 (PS2, Xbox, GC) (EA Sports)
-- Soul Calibur 3 (PS2) (Namco)
-- Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (PS2, Xbox) (Capcom)
-- WWE Day of Reckoning 2 (GC) (THQ)
-- WWE SmackDown! vs.

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THQ and Relic Entertainment Announce Warhammer (R) 40 000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault(TM)

Based in
Nottingham, UK, it designs, manufactures and distributes its range of
Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 games, miniature soldiers, novels, comics and
resin models through more than 300 of its own Hobby centers, mail order,
Internet and independent retail channels in more than 50 countries worldwide.com; voting ends December 31, 2005.S.com, the industry 's most powerful game news and reviews
aggregator.
Ziff Davis Media is a leading integrated media company serving the
technology and videogame markets. PlayStation Magazine.

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Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal period
ended March 31, 2004, and particularly the discussion of risk factors that may
affect results of operations set forth therein. "Game developers have reached a new peak
in their achievements on the current generation of consoles and PCs, and we've
also seen some amazing products on new platforms. The publishers we've
nominated have every right to be proud of their work.

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Liz Pieri
THQ/ Media Relations
818/871-5061

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THQ/ Investor Relations
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The Third Reich (PC) (Irrational Games)
-- Jade Empire (Xbox) (Microsoft)
-- Mario + Luigi: Partners in Time (DS) (Nintendo)
-- PoPoLoCrois (PSP) (Agetec)
-- Radiata Stories (PS2) (Square Enix)
-- Suikoden Tactics (PS2) (Konami)
-- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (PS2, Xbox, GC) (Activision)

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-- Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS ) (Nintendo)
-- Age of Empires III (PC) (Microsoft)
-- Battalion Wars (GC) (Nintendo)
-- Civilization IV (PC) (2K Games)
-- Darwinia (PC) (Pinnacle Software)
-- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC) (Nintendo)
-- Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (DS) (Nintendo)
-- The Movies (PC) (Activision)
-- Nintendogs (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Sid Meier's Pirates! (Xbox) (2K Games)
-- Silent Hunter III (PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Under the Knife: Trauma Center (DS) (Atlus)
-- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War-Winter Assault (PC) (THQ)

SHOOTING:
-- Battlefield 2 (PC) (EA)
-- Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood (PS2, Xbox, PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Call of Duty 2 (PC, 360) (Activision)
-- Doom 3 (Xbox) (Activision)
-- F.A. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo (PSP) (SCEA)
-- Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (Xbox, PS2, GC, PC) (Ubisoft )
-- Star Wars Battlefront II (PS2, Xbox) (LucasArts)

PUZZLE:
-- Dig Dug: Digging Strike (DS) (Namco)
-- Lumines (PSP) (Ubisoft)
-- Meteos (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Polarium (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Zoo Keeper (DS) (Ignition Ent.

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ONLINE/MULTIPLAYER:
-- Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Battlefield 2 (PC) (EA)
-- Mario Kart DS (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Perfect Dark Zero (360) (Microsoft)
-- Project Gotham Racing 3 (360) (Microsoft)
-- SOCOM: U.com and 1UP.