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Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment
industry publisher and developer, today announced the development of two
titles for handheld video game systems designed with the casual gamer in
mind. Touchmaster™ for Nintendo DS™,
featuring a wide variety of mini-games popularized in Midway’s
Touchmaster counter-top touch-screen arcade game systems, is
scheduled to be released in June. Later this summer, Midway expects to
release Hot Brain™, a compilation of
brain-teasers, puzzles and challenges, exclusively for the PSP®
(PlayStation® Portable) system.
“With both Touchmaster DS for Nintendo
DS and Hot Brain for PSP, we’re
able to tap into our experience with the casual market to create games
that work perfectly with the unique controls and features of each
portable system,” said Steve Allison, chief
marketing officer, Midway. “Both titles will
be able to provide quick three-minute gameplay experiences or extended
play-session with puzzles, card games, brain teasers, trivia and more.”
Touchmaster DS will feature 23 of Midway’s
classic Touchmaster games, popularized in bars and arcades across
the country. A wide variety of card games, puzzles and skill-based
challenges, such as Solitaire, Mah Jongg, Hot Hoops™
and Trivia, are translated perfectly to make use of the touchscreen and
stylus controls of the Nintendo DS.
Hot Brain will feature the voice of Fred Willard (Best in
Show, Anchorman), and brings brain-training challenges to the PSP.
Players will try and achieve red-hot status with hundreds of timed
challenges in five challenging categories, including logic, memory,
math, language and concentration.
About Touchmaster DS
The wide variety of highly interactive mini-games made Midway’s
Touchmaster™ a favorite
in bars and arcades across the country are will now be available
whenever, wherever with Touchmaster DS, exclusively for
Nintendo DS™. Touchmaster DS 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
DS Wi-Fi connection, players can connect to the Midway Tournament
Network for high scores, tournaments and daily rankings.
About Hot Brain
Fire up your mind with Hot Brain™,
a game that engages the mind through a series of puzzles and challenges
designed to raise the activity and temperature of your brain. Hot
Brain presents challenging and fun mental activities that help
ignite your mind in areas like logic, memory, math, language and
concentration. Exclusive to the PSP®
(PlayStation® Portable) system, the game
allows you to test your skills in several single player modes or you can
play with up to three people via ad-hoc connection. Whether you’re
an expert or a beginner, a robust tutorial mode makes the game
accessible and enjoyable to people of all ages.
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, TOUCHMASTER, HOT HOOPS and GEM SLIDE are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC. HOT BRAIN is a
trademark of Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. “PlayStation",
"PLAYSTATION" and "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony
Computer Entertainment Inc. Nintendo DS is a trademark of Nintendo. ©2001
Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
companies.
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. The Company's actual results could
differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements
as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties, including, without
limitation, the performance 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 1A. Risk
Factors" in the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and in other 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 the
Company 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.