After over fifty years, ending in a sort of drawn-out drama not unlike watching a goldfish flop around amidst the broken shards of its shattered bowl, there will no longer be a company called Midway Games. As of Monday, July 13th, the company name will be changing, following its acquisition by Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment. The news was confirmed via the twitter accounts of employees Hector Sanchez and Hans Lo
That's all that appears to be changing, at least as of this point. Development continues on Mortal Kombat 9 as normal. No word yet on what the studio is going to be called as of Monday, but speculation suggests that it will probably just fall under the new parent company's moniker.
It's really quite a shame, as the Midway name is such a good one. It's evocative of leisure-time activities and gives the sense of being on a boardwalk or at a carnival but without all of those sleazy gypsys or grungy panhandlers. I'm sorry to see it go.
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4:00 AM on 07.12.2009
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Mortal Kombat IX?? You've already lost a sale, Midway. Nothing about it interests me at all. Same shit, different day. Continue to oblivion.
If I was Atari, I'd now be pissed because in my opinion they are now at the bottom (although to be fair, I am enjoying Ghostbusters). That title used to be held by Acclaim prior to them going bankrupt then the hole was filled by Midway.
/me pours out some liquor for his homie Midway.
And Midway wonders why they went bankrupt.
Isn't it ironic, that Midway still managed to get a recent Hydro Thunder type game into arcades, even when arcades are dead or dying. Just shows how badly run they are, by the very fact, that they didn't focus that energy, into a console game instead.
How many boat based action games, are there on sale? Like none. And how many beat em ups, better than MK? Plenty. Its not rocket science, Midway. MK is still junk and no one wants it, except a small minority and Midway.
On a more positive note, WB could be their saviour. WB have a few TV license that would make cracking games. Babylon 5 would be a great one to use, as there was going to be a B5 game a few years back, but it got cancelled, Terminator TSCC would also be another cool one to use, since the series was just getting interesting. I'd love to explore that universe and its possibilties, away from the film time line, and that awful T4 Salvation game.