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Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment
industry publisher and developer, announced today that Mortal Kombat®:
Armageddon™,
the final chapter of the Mortal Kombat franchise for current generation
gaming systems, has shipped more than one million units to retail stores
worldwide. Battling its way to a fantastic start at retail, Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon joins past games in the award-winning franchise
as a top seller and continues to be a major pop culture phenomenon.
Midway also announced the action/adventure Mortal Kombat: Shaolin
Monks has also shipped more than one million units worldwide. Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon is currently available for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system and the Xbox®
video game system from Microsoft and is expected to release for the
Nintendo Wii in April 2007 with exclusive features and game modes. Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon is now one of the backward compatible titles
available for the Xbox 360, allowing Xbox 360 owners to experience Armageddon.
“For the last Mortal Kombat on current
generation consoles our Chicago studio continues to deliver on amazing
gameplay and intense fighting action that fans have come to expect and
love from this long-standing franchise,” said
David Zucker, president and CEO, Midway. “We’re
extremely pleased to see that Armageddon has received an enormous
amount of praise from both the media and consumers alike.”
In 2006 the Mortal Kombat franchise has received a number of awards and
accolades from critics and media including:
Once again the Mortal Kombat franchise takes home Spike TV’s
Video Game Award for Best Fighting Game of the Year for Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon
GameSpot awarded the Xbox Live downloadable Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
as Best Fighting Game of 2006
IGN.com awarded Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Best Fighting Game of
the Year 2006
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon has received a number of awards,
nominations and top review scores including IGN.com’s
Editors’ Choice Award, 9 out of 10 from
GamesRadar.com, 4.5 out of 5 from GameDaily, 9 out of 10 from Official
Xbox Magazine and many more
1up.com nominated Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for Best Fighting
Game of the Year
About Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Introducing Mortal Kombat: Armageddon -- the latest chapter in
the award-winning and best-selling video game fighting franchise. With
the most complete character roster ever, including every character from
the Mortal Kombat fighting universe, revolutionary create-a-fighter and
create-a-fatality modes, plus a brand-new Konquest 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: SHAOLIN MONKS are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC. Wii
and the Wii logo are trademarks of Nintendo. ©2006
Nintendo. "PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered
trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “Xbox”
and “XBOX 360” are
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective companies. Midway has provided the GameSpot.com, IGN.com,
gamesradar.com and 1up.com links solely as a convenience for you. The
information on these sites has been prepared by third parties, and
Midway does not monitor, endorse or accept responsibility for the
content on non-Midway sites.
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.