I-play and Elephant Entertainment Announce Second James Patterson Interactive Gaming Release

I-play, Oberon Media’s publishing division and the world’s leading multi-platform casual games publisher, along with Elephant Entertainment, a division of THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI), today announced the second interactive gaming title based on James Patterson’s book series: Women’s Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey. Created by best-selling author James Patterson, in collaboration with award-winning game designer Jane Jensen, this new game follows the success of its predecessor, Women’s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet. It is a casual adventure game based on Patterson’s massively popular Women’s Murder Club novels and is scheduled to be available online in February 2009, with the retail version for Windows PC and Mac scheduled to be available in stores in March 2009.

"Women’s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet’s success is a testament to I-play’s ability to capture the essence of a brand and convey it as an exciting interactive offering that resonates with fans,” said Don Ryan, Chief Operating Officer, Oberon Media, I-play’s parent company. "With this new game, Women’s Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey, we hope to elevate the franchise further through a new, deeper storyline, as well as a more adventurous style of gameplay.”

"Thanks to the brilliant story-telling of James Patterson and backed by an innovative style of play, our first game engaged millions of players and established a new standard for the genre,” said Wim Stocks, president of Elephant Entertainment and corporate vice president of strategic partnerships for THQ. "We are excited to build on that legacy with the introduction of Women’s Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey.”

Women’s Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey, the sequel to the tremendously successful Women’s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet seek-and-find mystery, is a suspenseful casual adventure game with new features including dialogue with characters, a point system and greater adventures. The game is being developed and published online by I-play and will be published at retail by Elephant Entertainment.

About Elephant Entertainment

Elephant Entertainment (www.elephant-entertainment.com) is a division of THQ Inc., a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. Under the Elephant Entertainment brand, THQ publishes new casual and online games for mass-market platforms, and provides retail support to custom online casual game communities and platforms for select retailers. THQ, Elephant Entertainment and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.

About I-play

I-play, the publishing division of Oberon Media, Inc., is the world’s leading multi-platform casual games publisher. With powerful franchises and massive distribution across PC, Mobile, and Interactive TV, I-play content reaches global consumers across the three most popular entertainment screens, and delivers fun, entertaining, accessible content to casual gamers of all ages. I-play’s PC publishing division (formerly known as Oberon Games) is based in Seattle and created the hit Dream Day Series, as well as the first casual games for bestselling author James Patterson and legendary mystery author Agatha Christie, including the Zeeby’s Awards 2007 Game of the Year, Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile. I-play’s mobile division has delivered some of the biggest selling franchises in the mobile space, including the world’s #1 best-selling racing franchise, The Fast & the Furious, based on the blockbuster movies. I-play’s interactive TV group (formerly PixelPlay) creates and distributes games featuring many top brands including Centipede^™, Missile Command^®, Asteroids^™, Monopoly^®, Scrabble^®, Boggle^®, and Yahtzee^™. I-play is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Seattle, San Mateo, London, and Dunfermline, Scotland.

About Oberon Media

Oberon Media, the world’s leading multi-platform casual games company, is the first company to deliver global, integrated casual games solutions across three platforms-online, mobile and interactive television - and at retail. The Oberon Gaming Platform has become the industry standard and been adopted by the world’s leading digital and media companies, such as Microsoft, Comcast, Verizon, MTV Networks, Electronic Arts, MySpace, France Telecom and NHN. The Oberon Media Gaming Platform consists of a full gaming experience that includes a full suite of casual game content, services and features tailored to each partners’ specific needs. Oberon Media’s game publishing division, I-play, works with the industry’s best and award-winning game developers to produce the top selling casual games, which are played across online, mobile, console and iTV platforms in more than a dozen languages. Founded in 2003, Oberon Media is headquartered in New York with offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and is backed by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Oak Investment Partners.

About James Patterson

James Patterson is the best selling author in the world with more NY Times #1 best sellers than any author in history. He has also written more best sellers in different genres than any other author… young adult adventures, romances, non fiction, as well as his trademark mystery/thrillers that include Alex Cross and The Women’s Murder Club, respectively the #1 and #2 best selling detective series in the US over the last fifteen years. He has had feature films and tv series developed based on his work, with several currently in development in Hollywood. Prior to his unprecedented storytelling success, James Patterson was the youngest CEO of J Walter Thompson USA, the global ad agency.

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