Midway label still up in the air with Warner acquisition
Warner Bros officially owns Midway, along with Mortal Kombat, This Is Vegas and Midway trademarks, which has led some to question whether the Midway brand will continue to exist. “Midway Games Inc....
View ArticleMidway Newcastle has closed its doors
Midway Newcastle has closed its doors, according to an online CV posted by a former staffer. “Yeah, it looks like this is the end for Midway Newcastle,” the staffer replied to commentary. “The last...
View ArticleWarner ended up paying closer to $49 million for Midway
The final numbers have come in for Warner’s buyout of Midway Games. The Chicago headquarters laid-off 60 workers with the last day being September 13, which will not affect the development studio or...
View Article20% of Midway staff given two month’s notice
20 per cent of troubled company Midway’s staff have been given two month’s notice, reports Edge. According to the Chicago Tribune, among those to be let go is chief executive Matt Booty. Hard times...
View ArticleHidden Mortal Kombat ‘Kourt’ unearthered in NBA Jam
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has revealed images of a hidden Mortal Kombat themed basketball ‘kourt’ (Kombat – Kourt – gettit?!) via twitter that was going to be unlockable in NBA Jam and until...
View ArticleMortal Kombat team becomes WB Games Chicago
After being plucked from financial quicksand by Warner Bros., Midway’s been having a bit of an identity crisis. Now though, it seems the drama’s done and over, because according to superannuation, a...
View ArticleMidway’s Mark Cook joins THQ as marketing manager for UK and Europe
THQ has hired former Midway exec Mark Cook as its new marketing manager for UK and Europe and plans to start marketing titles earlier as a new global strategy. Cook will be in charge of marketing for...
View ArticleWarner promotes Jeff Junge to senior VP of business management
Warner has promoted Jeff Junge to senior VP of business management in wake of its acquisition of Midway Games. “Jeff is a tremendous asset to the studio and has been a key contributor to the success...
View ArticleMidway’s This is Vegas probably canceled
According to a report on Action Trip, Midway’s glitz, glamor, and sleaze simulator This is Vegas has probably been canned. Apparently, GameStop has informed preorderers that the game won’t be making...
View ArticleThis is Vegas not canceled after all
This is Vegas canned? Not a chance, says Warner Bros. “This is Vegas has not been cancelled,” a WB spokesperson told G4. “The game is currently in production.” And so, like the nightlife vampires it...
View ArticleEx-Midway Newcastle employee talks studio closure
An ex-Midway Newcastle GUI artist named Steven Pick has detailed the studio’s closure over on his personal blog, stating that work was going on as usual before the doors officially shut. Pick details...
View ArticleTHQ purchases Midway San Diego, German, French studios also sold
An SEC filing indicates that Midway’s San Diego studio has been sold to THQ, and its French and German divisions to holding companies formed by their heads, resulting in what is “effectively a...
View ArticleNew Mortal Kombat looking to dominate the online arena
According to a recent job listing, WB Games Chicago wants the next Mortal Kombat to be the “golden standard for network play.” “WB Games Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Network to help us...
View ArticleMidway France and UK branches sold for 86 pence
A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed that Midway’s managing director for Europe, Martin Spiess, has purchased Midway’s France and UK offices for €1/86 pence. Midway UK...
View ArticleMidway Europe now known as Tradewest Games
Midway Europe head Martin Spiess has bought out the management division of his former employer and will now run the company as Tradewest Games, which published games Double Dragon and Ikari Warriors...
View ArticleEx-Midway producer says sometimes multiplayer’s forced by execs
According to ex-Midway producer John Vignocchi, sometimes it’s not the developers who want to toss in a bit of multiplayer in games, but the executives who run the joint demanding it be part of the...
View ArticleMidway Arcade titles vanish from XBL Marketplace [Update]
Update: Well, that didn’t take long. The Major has tweeted that the Midway titles being pulled from XBL Marketplace can be directly attributed to “publisher evolving rights and permissions”. Don’t...
View ArticleWarner trademarks Netherrealm Studios
Warner Bros. has filed three trademarks for Netherrealm Studios, which if you have played any of the Mortal Kombat games, the name should be very familiar to you. What should also be quite obvious is...
View ArticleMidway liquidation plan approved
A US court has approved plans to liquidate Midway following an IP sale to Warner last year. Midway can be liquidated, a US court has said, approving a plan that provides a recovery for creditors from...
View ArticleRumor: Surreal’s This is Vegas canned by Warner Bros.
Looks like Surreal Software’s This is Vegas may have been canceled after Warner purchased the firm from Midway, if sources close to the developer are correct. Speaking with CVG, a “cast iron source...
View ArticleNew tournament Galaga world record set
According to Examiner, a new tournament world record hi-score for Galaga was set over the New Year weekend. Andrew Laidlaw from Washington set the score of 4,525,150 with five lives on the hardest...
View ArticleMidway’s canned Hero turns up on ex-staffer’s site
The ghosts of what might have been are rattling their chains at Midway. A single piece of concept art for the ill-fated Hero has surfaced, revealing a lone protagonist amidst a devastated metropolis....
View ArticleMidway’s canned Day to Night shown off in art form
Following on from the revealing of a piece of art from Hero, a Midway title canned when the company was sold off, images a horror known as Day to Night have emerged, showing yet another binned project...
View ArticleA couple videos surface for Midway’s canned Hero game
A couple of videos for Midway’s canceled action game, Hero, have surfaced. Hero was designed to be a third-person shooter with fight mechanics. The storyline for the canceled title had a natural...
View ArticlePhosphor Games’ Awakened is based on Midway’s canned open-world game Hero
With Midway Chicago being sold to Warner, the team behind the open-world action game Hero lost all assets, code, art and everything else pertaining to it in the process. So, when the remnants of that...
View ArticleReport – New Line Cinema making film adaptation of arcade classic Rampage
The Hollywood Reporter has word that New Line Cinema has put “into development” an adaptation of the 80′s arcade game, Rampage. According to the report, John Rickard of Final Destination and A...
View ArticleFormer Midway exec feels firms need to kill and greenlight projects faster to...
Former Midway Games VP of business development and licensing, Lee Jacobson, has said companies should be quicker when it comes to greenlighting or killing projects in order avoid sharing Midway and...
View ArticleBlackSite: Area 51 trademark filed by Warner Bros
BlackSite: Area 51 is suddenly back on the radar thanks to a mysterious new trademark filing. Warner Bros. has filed an intent-to-use trademark for the Midway Studios classic, as spotted by NeoGAF....
View ArticleOculus VR Connect 2: Minecraft, Oculus Ready PCs, games, new Gear VR – all...
Oculus VR held its second Oculus Connect event today, and quite a bit came out of it: compatibility with Minecraft on Windows 10, Oculus Ready PCs, games from SEGA, Midway, and Namco and Epic Games...
View ArticleThe Rock announces new Rampage movie writers
The movie adaptation of Midway’s arcade classic Rampage is in the early stages of development. News of New Line Cinema producing a movie based on Rampage, the 80s arcade game from Midway, has been...
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