Tag archive: Midway

Announced in December last year, BBC Worldwide has just released a new trailer for Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, the first in a planned series of three video games based on the popular timelord's adventures. Set to be released in March on the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Vita, with a PC version to follow, The Eternity Clock features voice-acting from Matt Smith as the Doctor and Alex Kingston as River Song, but little is known about… Read More

Midway Games—the company that served as home to Mortal Combat, Wheelman, Joust, Gauntlet, Spy Hunter, and many other well-known titles—has had more of its assets acquired by Time Warner for $33 million at bankruptcy auction. The sale was approved on July 2, and will become final within ten days. Under the terms of the arrangement, Time Warner gets the majority of Midway's game properties and assets, although there are a… Read More

Game publisher Midway has announced that it has “optimized” its game licensing, which will result in the cancellation of future games that aren't build on what Midway considers its “core” properties. Although the company did not offer a list of game titles that will be discontinued, the company seems pretty sold on its Unreal and Mortal Kombat franchise, so it would also be safe to assume its partnerships with… Read More

Sticking to the tried-and-true formula of casual mini-games for the Nintendo Wii, Midway Games announced Game Party 2 on Monday, a sequel to its last collection of Wii games. The game revisits the original title with some overlapping diversions along with five all-new minigames. “The success of the original Game Party was a result of consumers looking for fun, family-oriented party games for the Wii,” Midway’s senior VP… Read More

Midway looks like it might have a hit on its hands, trumpeting sales figures from NPD Group and others that list The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar as the top-selling PC game in both North America and Europe. According to NPD, the game's standard edition and special edition managed to capture the top two sales slots last week, bumping perpetual top-seller World of Warcraft and its newer Burning Crusade expansion pack to… Read More

Ubisoft yesterday announced their highly anticipated WWII squadron-based flight action game Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII had been released and was due to appear in stores this week. The title will be available for the Xbox, Xbox 360 and PC. In Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII, said Ubisoft, players will take part in some of the most famous air battles of World War II as they fly up to 38 WWII aircraft in both single player… Read More

Midway Games announced today that AREA 51 the story-driven, first-person action thriller has shipped to retail outlets nationwide for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. AREA 51 will also be available for PC and is scheduled to ship on May 23, 2005. Midway has created an action-thriller that features an intense storyline packed with scripted events, an arsenal of both human and… Read More

Midway said in its complaint, filed on June 24 in US District Court in Delaware, that Sony Ericsson included 'Defender' on some of its cellphones, including its T68 model. Midway, which also named the US unit of Sony Ericsson part owner, Ericsson, in its suit, said it never authorized distribution or copying of 'Defender'. In the complaint, Midway claimed its business and property has been 'severely injured' as a… Read More