Midway Ships Mortal Kombat(R): Armageddon(TM) For Wii(TM)Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for the Wii Now Available (Graphic: Business

  
    
  
  
    
      Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment 
      industry publisher and developer, today announced that Mortal Kombat®: 
      Armageddon™ for Nintendo’s 
      Wii™ home video game system has shipped to 
      retail outlets nationwide and is available at a U.S. MSRP of $49.95. Mortal 
      Kombat: Armageddon features a new control scheme, a completely 
      revamped Endurance Mode, and a new kharacter – 
      Female Khameleon.
    
    
      “Mortal Kombat: Armageddon brings 
      Midway’s top-selling and award winning 
      franchise to the Wii expanding the experience to a broader audience with 
      its simple and intuitive gameplay,” said 
      Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. “The 
      new control scheme makes it easy for the novice player or non-gamer to 
      pull off special moves and fatalities just like a master martial artist.”
    
    
      The control scheme in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon has been 
      completely re-tooled to take advantage of the Wii’s 
      unique WiiRemote™ and Nunchuk™ 
      Controllers. With all of the infamous super moves and fatalities 
      executed via the WiiRemote™, even the most 
      novice gamers will be creating their own fatalities. Mortal Kombat: 
      Armageddon also supports the Nintendo GameCube™ 
      Controllers and Classic Controllers.
    
    
      Mortal Kombat: Armageddon boasts new, exciting content for the 
      Wii, including a new character, Female Khameleon, and, appearing for the 
      first time on console, a deeply enhanced Endurance Mode which allows 
      gamers to test their true fighting stamina. An advanced Motor Kombat 
      mode, complete with super moves and death traps, allows players to 
      utilize the latest in WiiRemote driving technology when playing in 
      single-player mode or with up to 4 players. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon also 
      includes a customized Kreate-A-Fighter Mode, a unique Kreate-A-Fatality 
      System, and an entirely revamped and improved Konquest Mode.
    
    
      About Mortal Kombat: Armageddon 
      for the Wii
    
    
      Mortal Kombat®: Armageddon™ 
      arrives on the Wii™ 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 a Kreate-A-Fatality 
      mode. With Konquest mode and a new Endurance Mode, Mortal Kombat®: 
      Armageddon™ promises to be the most 
      complete, intensely lethal, fighting experience ever!
    
    
      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.
    
    
      MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON and MORTAL KOMBAT are trademarks or registered 
      trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC. TM and the Wii logo are 
      trademarks of Nintendo. (C) 2006 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 
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      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.”