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Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment
publisher and developer, today announced that five new titles are in
development exclusively for Nintendo systems. Only for Wii, experience
the rebirth of action racing with Cruis’n
and a collection of classic skill games with Game Party. Ultimate
Mortal Kombat, The Bee Game™ and a
title based on Cartoon Network’s top-rated,
kids animated series Foster’s Home for
Imaginary Friends are all in development exclusively for Nintendo
DS. All of the titles are custom designed to take full advantage of the
unique controls and interface of the Wii and Nintendo DS and are
scheduled to be available in 2007. In addition to these newly announced
products, Midway has recently released Mortal Kombat®:
Armageddon™ for Wii and Touchmaster™
for Nintendo DS.
"The Wii and Nintendo DS require games that are innovative and take full
advantage of a unique control scheme to offer a truly different type of
gameplay experience,” said Matt Booty,
executive vice president - worldwide studios, Midway. “We
are very excited to be bringing classic Midway franchises such as Mortal
Kombat and Cruis’n along with
powerful licensed content like Foster’s
Home for Imaginary Friends to the massive installed base of Nintendo
system owners.”
"Nintendo is very excited to be working with Midway to have these great
brands and new products come exclusively to Wii and Nintendo DS,”
said George Harrison, senior vice president, marketing and corporate
communications, Nintendo of America Inc. “These
new games paired with the unique controls of Wii and Nintendo DS will
continue to expand videogames to new audiences.”
Midway’s 2007 Nintendo line up with expected
ship dates include:
Ultimate Mortal Kombat
(Nintendo DS, November) -- Ultimate Mortal Kombat
combines the visceral thrills of the classic Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
and the addictive puzzle action of the Puzzle Kombat component of Midway’s
best-selling Mortal Kombat: Deception®
in a single DS-friendly package. With new record-keeping capability, and
Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection multiplayer,
players will be able take UMK anywhere for fighting action on the
go.
Cruis’n
(Wii, November) -- An all new version of the classic
Midway arcade racer, Cruis’n is coming
exclusively to the Wii. Choose your ride from an impressive lineup of
licensed cars and experience a rush of adrenaline as you race opponents
through twelve different street circuits using the Wii Remote™
to steer and perform outrageous stunts. Win races and earn upgrades
including: turbos, body kits, neon and nitrous, allowing you to create
the ultimate ride.
Game Party (Wii,
November) -- Game Party for the Wii is a collection of
classic skill games from around the world, from American sports venues
to European gathering spots. Using the Wii’s
unique control interface, you can play classics such as darts; modern
favorites such as table hockey and hoop shoot, or participate in
multiplayer trivia contests. More than a half dozen games are available.
It’s the ultimate party game.
Foster’s
Home for Imaginary Friends: Imagination Invaders (Nintendo
DS, November) -- For the first time on the Nintendo DS experience
the fun of Cartoon Network’s hit show in Foster’s
Home for Imaginary Friends: Imagination Invaders, playing as head
mischief-maker Blooregard Q. Kazoo. Goo has done it again…her
overactive imagination has conjured up a group of diabolical cosmic
invaders, the Space Nut Boogies. They’ve
raided Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
and taken Madame Foster hostage in search of The Greatest Thing in the
Universe, and it’s up to you to stop them!
Play as Bloo as you explore the Foster’s
house, sneak past the Space Nut Boogie guards, and gather Mac, Coco,
Eduardo and the rest of the gang to rescue Madame Foster!
The Bee Game (Nintendo
DS & Game Boy® Advance, November)
-- The Bee Game for Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance lets players
experience the adventures of Maya the Bee and her friend Willie as they
search for their friends. A strong storm has blown through corn poppy
meadow and some of the residents of the hive are now missing! Help Maya
and Willie by taking on challenges and completing mini-games to find
clues in the meadow, dark forest, blue pond, deep caverns and the garden
to locate the other bees.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
(Wii, Available Now) – Custom designed
with all new controls and available for the first time ever on the Wii,
players will be able to experience the latest chapter in Midway’s
award-winning, best selling video game fighting franchise, Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon. With the most complete roster ever, including
more than 60 fighters from the entire Mortal Kombat universe
(past, present and future), a revolutionary Kreate-A-Fighter mode and
Kreate-A-Fatality mode, plus Konquest mode and a brand new Endurance
Mode, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon promises to be the most
complete, intensely lethal, fighting experience ever!
Touchmaster (Nintendo
DS, Available Now) -- The wide variety of highly
interactive mini-games made Midway’s Touchmaster
a favorite in bars and arcades across the country are now available
whenever, wherever with Touchmaster, exclusively for
Nintendo DS. Touchmaster is a natural fit for the
touchscreen and stylus of Nintendo DS, and is perfect for a quick
gameplay session. There’s something for
everyone to choose from, with a wide variety of 23 Midway’s
classic Touchmaster games, including Trivia, Solitaire,
Gem Slide™ and Mah Jongg. With the Nintendo
Wi-Fi connection, players can connect to the Midway Tournament Network®
for high scores, tournaments and daily rankings.
About Midway
Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with
offices throughout the world, is a leading developer and publisher of
interactive entertainment software for major videogame systems and
personal computers. More information about Midway and its products can
be found at www.midway.com.
MIDWAY, MORTAL KOMBAT, ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT, MORTAL KOMBAT:
ARMAGEDDON, MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION, TOUCHMASTER, MIDWAY TOURNAMENT
NETWORK, GEM SLIDE and the Midway logos are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC. THE BEE GAME is a trademark
of Midway Home Entertainment Inc. Published by Midway Home Entertainment
Inc. under license from EM Entertainment GMBH. Maya the Bee and the Maya
the Bee logo © and ™
EM Entertainment GMBH. CRUIS’N is a trademark
of Nintendo of America Inc. CARTOON NETWORK, FOSTER’S
HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS and all related characters and elements are
trademarks of and © Cartoon Network. Nintendo
Wii and Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo. Game Boy Advance is a
trademark of Nintendo. ©2001 Nintendo. ©
2001 Nintendo. Nintendo Wii and the Wii logo are trademarks of Nintendo. ©
2006 Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
concerning future business conditions and the outlook for Midway Games
Inc. (the "Company") based on currently available information that
involves risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking
statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, including,
without limitation, the financial strength of the interactive
entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and the
ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, the current
console platform transition and other technological changes, dependence
on major platform manufacturers and other risks more fully described
under "Item 1. Business - Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and in any more
recent filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each forward-looking statement, including, without
limitation, financial guidance, speaks only as of the date on which it
is made, and Midway undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the
date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or
unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by law.