THQ and LucasArts Partnership Announced

LucasArts and THQ have announced a worldwide agreement giving THQ the rights to publish Game Boy titles based on LucasArts properties. Obi-Wan's Adventures and Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine are set for release for the GBC in the fall of 2000 and the spring of 2001, respectively. The agreement also grants THQ the rights to develop and publish four new Game Boy Advance titles based on characters created by LucasArts.

"The LucasArts entertainment properties include some of the most widely recognized motion picture adventures in the world," stated Tim Walsh, senior vice president of international publishing for THQ. "We look forward to adding such high profile properties to our Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance libraries."