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Mortal Kombat Sale Follow-up
Blue's News —
... will sell the franchise or allow them to continue to develop it. His response to the paid time off issue is more curious: "It's just a matter of the timing of things. ... It's a ridiculous assertion that we're taking money from former employees and filling the pockets [of execs]. The amount of the [paid time off] was much lower than the amount of money that we're paying these key employees that are working so hard to get us through this bankruptcy process." Oh, and then there's this: Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon's $1 million bonus .
Midway To Keep Paying Mortal Kombat Creator To Make New Mortal Kombat [Midway]
Kotaku —
... Boon is the last Ace they've got left up their sleeve. If he took off, investors and other assorted pundits would call it a day on Midway's potential to crank out any decent (or half-decent games). What's also of note is just how much money that is. Boon and Mortal Kombat have a history, but there hasn't been a really good game from either in a long, long time. Imagine the kind of bonus payments people like Ken Levine, Will Wright and Dude Huge are picking up... Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon's $1 million bonus [The Cut Scene] [Image] ...
Midway offering incentive deals to certain employees
Big Download Blog —
... . But Midway is also offering bonuses if they can sell off the Mortal Kombat franchise or submit plans to reorganize or even liquidate Midway. If all the milestones are met, Midway's lucky 29 employees will share in a total bonus package of $3,755,000. We wonder how the rest of Midway's employees and the company's creditors feel about that. Oh, and Variety reports that an unnamed game designer for Midway (who is almost certainly Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon) is getting slightly over $1 milliion in bonuses for the past six months. ...
Report: Midway trying to salvage Ed Boon's promised $1 million bonus
Joystiq —
... As pillars continue to topple all around Midway, the company has begun to search for new ways to stay relevant, reaching out to one of the last remaining assets left in the struggling publisher's corner. Despite reportedly offering up company darling ...
Midway Seeking to Pay Ed Boon's Promised $1 Million Bonus
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed —
Variety is reporting that Ed Boon, co-creator and current lead designer for the Mortal Kombat franchise, is set to receive $900,000 because Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe made its sales estimates. Boon is also apparently owed $105,000 from revenue generated by other properties in the Mortal Kombat franchise during the last half of 2008. Neither Boon nor the Mortal Kombat franchise are mentioned explicitly in the Midway bankruptcy filings uncovered by Variety, but the mentions of a "key designer" that is "responsible for historically the Debtors' most successful video ...
The Daily GameDev.Net
GameDev.Net —
... economic crisis, we're pleased to say that we're still hiring," "We have some open positions for our future Buzz titles and we're also hiring for our self-published Secret Project, more news of which in the coming months." Sounds like an opportunity to get in on something new. What is going on with Midway? Ok, I know its *my* job to report to *you* what exactly is going on, but this one is pretty cryptic. Here is the breakdown: They just gave father of Mortal Combat, Ed Boone a 1 million dollar bonus , they apparently have another ...
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