Full FeedRumor: Warner Bros. had no interest in wrestling game, rights may return to TNA
When Midway filed bankruptcy, one of the potentially lucrative licenses it had was the right to make games based on TNA Wrestling. When Warner Bros. bought the company it picked up the rights to several Midway games but PWInsider said the TNA game wasn’t one of them. PWInsider’s TNA sources… Continue Reading »
More on Midway’s Chapter 11 filing, bondholders’ objections
Cash-strapped Midway Games couldn’t fight the financial realities any longer, announcing on Thursday (Feb. 12, 2009) it is filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The move became a foregone conclusion when Sumner Redstone, who had kept the company afloat with his fortune, ran into financial trouble and had to sell his controlling… Continue Reading »
Vin Diesel’s Wheelman stalls into March
Fans of driving games, Vin Diesel movie buffs and Midway’s creditors are all eagerly anticipating the release of Wheelman, an open world driving game initially slated for a February 2009 release. Diesel lends his voice and likeness to the game’s main character, charged with a number of driving missions that… Continue Reading »
Midway gets one more month to pay off creditors
As we reported last month (December 2008), Midway Games is in dire financial straits. Creditors could have demanded payment this month (January 2009) but have instead opted to extend the payment deadline to February 19, 2009. Finances became even more of an issue for Midway when then majority shareholder Sumner… Continue Reading »
Midway Games opens duo of digital distribution sites
Midway Games is offering a remedy for anyone who has a hankering to play classic titles. Instead of going through the hassle of trying to track down games, most can now be found on Midway’s two new digital distribution stores. These stores will house titles that were released in the… Continue Reading »
Unreal Tournament III confirmed for Xbox 360
After a year of speculation and doubts as to whether or not the latest installment in the popular Unreal Tournament series was going to come to the Xbox 360, Epic Games has finally confirmed that Unreal Tournament III is coming out for the Xbox 360. Already out for the PC… Continue Reading »
Mortal Kombat vs DC comics confirmed
In what can best be describe as, a event that can only take place in a video game, Midway released the surprising video of a game that very few people could have ever thought possible, that being, DC comics vs Mortal Kombat. In a teaser trailer released by Midway Games,… Continue Reading »
Midway Games added to Stock Exchange’s naked short list
Midway Games Inc., has been added to the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list today according to a release from BuyIns.net, a service designed to help bona fide shareholders of publicly traded US companies fight naked short selling. According to Investopedia, the threshold list is “daily public accounting… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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Important Importables
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