THQ Inc announced today that it has topped sales charts for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft and Game Boy Advance according to independent retail data from NPD Funworld. ``WWF Raw®,'' the company's latest World Wrestling Federation® licensed video game in partnership with JAKKS Pacific Inc, was the number one selling Xbox game for the for the week of February 10-16. In its first week, ``WWF Raw'' sold the most units ever for a third-party Xbox game -- second only to Microsoft's ``Halo(TM).'' THQ's newest Game Boy® Advance release, ``SONIC ADVANCE(TM),'' was also a best seller topping the handheld chart for the week of February 3-9. ``SONIC ADVANCE'' was also the fourth best-selling game overall for the week of February 3-9. ``We are thrilled with the overwhelming response at retail to `WWF Raw' and `SONIC ADVANCE,''' said Alison Locke, executive vice president, North American Publishing, THQ. ``Both of these titles truly demonstrate the power of these new systems as well as the continued strengths of the World Wrestling Federation and Sega brands.'' ``The sell-through of `WWF Raw' validates our previous expectations for this new Xbox title,'' noted Jennifer Richmond, vice president of licensing, JAKKS Pacific. ``We are proud of the level of realism this World Wrestling Federation video game offers to the most loyal fans in the world.''
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