“Austin 3:16” Collector’s Edition Scheduled to Hit the “Stunner” with Exclusive In-Game Offerings,

Collectible Autographed Item, Career Highlights Video Content and Unique Cover Packaging  

Melbourne, VIC. – July 19, 2012 – THQ Inc. today announced WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin® will be featured through the “Austin 3:16” Collector’s Edition of WWE® 13, the forthcoming release from the revolutionary WWE flagship videogame franchise.  Renowned for his unrelenting, antihero behaviour, Austin is often celebrated for revolutionizing the WWE landscape during one of the company’s most prominent time periods in history: the “Attitude Era.”  Available exclusively in Australia and New Zealand for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system through EB Games, the “Austin 3:16” Collector’s Edition is currently scheduled to offer the following items:

• Exclusive      foil packaging featuring embossed Stone Cold Steve Austin skull
• Exclusive      collectible art card personally autographed by Stone Cold Steve Austin
• Exclusive      Stone Cold Steve Austin in-game attire: red skull t-shirt (circa 2001)
• Exclusive      Stone Cold Steve Austin in-game ATV ring entrance
• “Stone      Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All      Time”     (DVD)
  • Disc       #4 in series
• Copy      of WWE ’13 videogame
• Access      to WWE Hall of Famer and WWE ’13 global pre-order offer Mike Tyson      playable character

WWE ’13 is currently in development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii™ system from Nintendo, with a scheduled release date of November 1, 2012 in Australia and November 2 in New Zealand.  For more information, please visit wwe.thq.com, facebook.com/WWEgames and twitter.com/WWEgames.