Midway's Mortal Kombat(R): Armageddon(TM) Ships More Than One Million Units
09 January 2007 - 12:00AM
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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
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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
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