Games Based on Popular Television Show Now Available for Windows PC
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- Aug. 28, 2007 THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced the launch of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? for Windows PC, a new game based on the popular television show Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? The show debuted on television in February 2007 and marked the largest TV premiere in the United States in more than eight years. With authentic commentary from host Jeff Foxworthy, the game features all of the classmate peer-pressure and wisecracks that fans of the TV show have come to love.
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, which is published by THQ's ValuSoft division, is rated E for everyone and is now available for Windows PC, and via major online gaming portals, for a suggested retail price of $19.99. The Nintendo DS(TM) version of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? is slated for release this fall, with versions for the Sony PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo's Wii(TM) home video game system expected to release in 2008.
In Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, players will answer up to 11 questions to win one million virtual dollars. The game consists of more than 3,000 challenging questions in 28 subjects, all from grade school textbooks. Similar to the show, players can choose to receive help from one of their five classmates and use "Peek" and "Copy" cheats in order to advance to the next round. If players cannot answer all 11 questions correctly, they must "drop out of school" admitting: "I am NOT smarter than a 5th grader".
For more information about Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? and the rest of THQ's lineup of games, please visit http://www.thq.com.
About Mark Burnett Productions (MBP)
Mark Burnett Productions (MBP) is a leading production company in content for both primetime television and the Internet. MBP revolutionized television with hits such as Eco-Challenge, Survivor, The Apprentice, The Contender, Rock Star: INXS and Rock Star: Supernova. MBP also partnered with AOL on the highly successful adventure Gold Rush, the first-ever unscripted project to be produced exclusively for the Internet. Mark Burnett was listed as the #1 Most Valuable Player by TV Guide and was named one of the Top 100 most influential people in the world today by Time Magazine. Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? and all related logos and slogans are trademarks of JMBP, Inc. (C) 2007 JMBP, Inc. All rights reserved.
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