RIP Midway Games 1958-2009 (In Name Only)
trmk.org 7/10/2009 — We've received confirmation this morning that the name Midway Games is no more after today. The company will drop it's over fifty year old name, and continue operations under a Warner Bros. moniker effective Monday July 13th, 2009. It is likely they ...

Midway Games Europe Gets Shuffled Around
playstationlifestyle.net 8/23/2009 — Midway Games Ltd., formerly a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc., today announced that Spiess Media Holding UG, a company owned by Martin Spiess, Executive Vice President - International of Midway Games Ltd., has purchased the UK and French offices of Midway Games Inc., formerly a developer ...

Midway Games Moniker Will Exist No Longer
realmofgaming.com 7/30/2009 — Since the sale of Midway Games to Warner Bros. The development studio behind games such as the Mortal Kombat series will be rebranded as "WB Games Chicago." Michael Weilbacher's LinkedIn profile now shows himn as the "head of WB Games Chicago." He was formerly called the CTO of Midway Games.  ...

R.I.P. Midway Games (The Name, Anyway)
escapistmagazine.com 7/12/2009 — After more than 50 years of operating under the name Midway, the troubled Mortal Kombat developer will officially adopt a Warner Bros. name this coming Monday.

News - Warner Makes $33 Million Move On Midway Games
gamasutra.com 5/21/2009 — Warner Bros. has made a $33 million bid for the bankrupt Midway Games in a "stalking horse" asset purchase agreement that would include Mortal Kombat and Midway's Chicago and Seattle studios. The amount of the bid is over the target sale amount of ...

News - Warner Makes $33 Million Move On Midway Games
gamasutra.com 5/21/2009 — Warner Bros. has made a $33 million bid for the bankrupt Midway Games in a "stalking horse" asset purchase agreement that would include Mortal Kombat and Midway's Chicago and Seattle studios. The amount of the bid is over the target sale amount of ...

Midway Press Release:PR 2009-01-29
midway.com 1/30/2009 — CHICAGO – January 29, 2009 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Matthew V. Booty as the new Chairman of the Board in addition to his current roles as President and Chief Executive Officer. The ...

Midway Press Release:PR 2008-11-07 A
midway.com 11/8/2008 — CHICAGO - November 7, 2008 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY) today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has appointed Peter C. Brown as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Brown joined Midway's board in 2005, and currently serves as a member of the ...

Bad Day For Midway
forbes.com 10/21/2008 — Market Scan Bad Day For Midway Miriam Marcus , 10.20.08, 8:33 PM ET Sumner Redstone 's videogame publisher Midway Games had a doozy of a day, losing 12% of its market value with the billionaire wrapped up in talks with his creditors. Shares in Midway ...

Midway Games to cut 25 percent of jobs
money.cnn.com 12/16/2008 — NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Midway Games Inc., maker of the popular "Mortal Kombat" video game series, will cut its head count by 180 people, or 25 percent of its work force, close a studio in Austin, Texas, and halt development of "noncore" games, ...

Lawsuit aims to block Mortal Kombat Sale — Computer And Video Games 6/26/2009
MK movie man seeks to scupper Midway sale. Production company Threshold Entertainment - responsible for the 90s Mortal Kombat movies - is suing troubled publisher Midway in an attempt to keep its fighting franchise from being sold. Click here to ...

News: Film producer sues Midway over Mortal Kombat rights — VideoGamer.com - All Updates 6/26/2009
Wants to ensure any future sales of Midway's assets does not result in the unjust loss of his rights.

Warner in pole position to land Midway — play.tm 6/28/2009
Completion of take-over nears According to the LA Times , Warner Bros. are now the only bidder involved in the prospective take-over of struggling US games publisher Midway, meaning that the firm are on the brink of completing a deal. No other ...

Warner Bros. Cleared For Midway Buyout — G4 TV - TheFeed 7/2/2009
It doesn’t quite pack the same kind of punch as the mergers and acquisitions we saw last week (Zenimax/id Software, Mythic/BioWare), but it turns out that Warner Bros. has been cleared to purchase famed publisher Midway for the previously ...

Judge approves Midway sale to Warner Bros. — Gamespot Recent Updates [News] 7/2/2009
Mortal Kombat maker cleared to emerge from bankruptcy thanks to $33 million acquisition offer.