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Rejected Mortal Kombat Character Designs
2:40PM Michael McWhertor | Ex-Midway artist Vincent Proce went back to the drawing board for a pitched, but ultimately rejected visual reboot of the developer’s venerable Mortal Kombat franchise, posting the results of that back-to-basics design plan on his personal blog. More »
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Southpeak Grabs TNA From Midway’s Bankruptcy Sale
1:20PM Michael McWhertor | TNA Wrestling fans will get their future fix of dramatic squared circle action courtesy of publisher Southpeak Interactive. The company has apparently looted the TNA Wrestling licence from the corpse of Midway, responsible for TNA iMPACT! (pictured). More »
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Smash TV “Will Rise Again” Says Co-Creator
12:20PM Michael McWhertor | Midway’s seminal twin-stick shooter Smash TV, the bloody, futuristic game show arcade game of yore, may be getting a proper update from Midway. And the guy saying that’s in a position to know. More »
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Midway Unloads San Diego Studio On THQ
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | Congratulations to THQ, new owners of a slightly used San Diego game development studio, previously owned by Midway Games. THQ bought the TNA iMPACT! wrestling game development house for $US200,000 according to a filing with the SEC. More »
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The List Of Midway IP That Warner Bros. Picked Up
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | When Warner Bros. snapped up ailing publisher/developer Midway, it bought most, but not all of the company’s assets, including intellectual properties like Mortal Kombat and This Is Vegas. What else did Warner Bros. grab in the Midway closeout? Lots. More »
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This Is Vegas Publishers: This Is Not Cancelled
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | When you don’t hear about a game for months, you start to presume the worst. Like, that it’s been cancelled. We haven’t heard about This Is Vegas for months, so has it been cancelled? Surprisingly, no, it has not. More »
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The Inside Story Of The Death Of Midway Newcastle
7:00AM Michael McWhertor | Following the sale of most of Midway to new owner Warner Bros., Midway Newcastle was shuttered, its staff given their walking papers. The Wheelman developer never found a buyer for the now defunct studio, nor its original IP, Necessary Force. More »
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The Mortal Kombat / NBA Jam Crossover We Never Saw
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | While Midway have been consigned to the dustbin of history, in the early 1990s, they were gods. Largely because of two games: NBA Jam & Mortal Kombat. Two games that, for all their success, never came together. More »
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Midway Fires 20% Of Workforce, Including CEO, Ahead Of Sale
1:40PM Luke Plunkett | Now that Warner Bros. owns Midway, there’s not much need for Midway’s corporate offices in Chicago. Warner Bros.’ offices can handle that sort of stuff just fine. So all 60 employees there have been laid off. More »
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