MORTAL KOMBAT FANS EVERYWHERE PREPARE
FOR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED LAUNCH OF MORTAL KOMBAT®:
DEADLY ALLIANCE™
ON NOVEMBER 22 – “FATALITY FRIDAY”
Midway Dubs Nov. 22 “Fatality Friday” for Street
Date of Next-Generation Iteration in the Million-Selling
Mortal Kombat Franchise
CHICAGO – October 31, 2002 – Midway
Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading software industry publisher and developer,
names Nov. 22, 2002, as ‘Fatality Friday’ to signify the day Mortal Kombat:
Deadly AllianceTM is available for the PlayStation
2 computer entertainment system, the XboxTM
video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCubeTM and
Game Boy
Advance.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance delivers the
highly acclaimed series to the next-generation consoles with a lethal dose of
unparalleled brutality, supernatural mystique and a reinvented fighting system.
Beginning the next chapter in the battle of good versus evil, two powerful
sorcerers – Shang Tsung™ and Quan Chi™ – join forces to
deliver unrivaled fighting action in their quest for supreme mortality.
“‘Fatality Friday’ is the official street date of
the much-anticipated next-generation version of Mortal Kombat,” said
Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. “Mortal Kombat: Deadly
Alliance is poised to shock the world and awaken the fighting game genre,
with an all-new fighting system and gory fatalities.”
In the game, players engage in hand-to-hand and
special-weapon combat, executing secret moves and combinations with new
fatalities and deadly body blows. Lethal new warriors are added to the mix along
with the return of Mortal Kombat classics — Scorpion™, Raiden™,
Sub-Zero™ and Sonya Blade™. Hyper-realistic, Mortal
Kombat: Deadly Alliance features progressive physical damage that allows
players to view the inevitable demise of their opponents while utilizing three
unique fighting styles for each warrior, creating nearly unlimited fighting
possibilities.
Adding to the punishing action in Mortal Kombat:
Deadly Alliance is Arista Records’ Adema, which has recorded a
hard-driving, heavy, yet melodic, modern rock theme song titled “Immortal,” done
exclusively for this new Mortal Kombat videogame and featured as the lead
track in the follow-up EP to its self-titled debut album. The album is in stores
now. “Immortal” was made available on radio Oct. 14 while the music video for
the track began airing on MTV2’s Extreme Rock on the same date and is currently
live on
www.MTV.com.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance’s DVD content
will include the “Immortal” song and music video. Also featured in the DVD
section is the history of Mortal Kombat and behind-the-scenes interviews
with the game’s development team.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance marks the next
chapter in the Mortal Kombat series with an all-new engine delivering
punishing action that will reward longtime fans of the franchise as well as
next-generation game lovers. Hyper-realistic, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
features progressive physical damage that allows players to view the inevitable
demise of their opponents while utilizing three unique fighting styles for each
warrior, creating nearly unlimited fighting possibilities. The game also
features intense hand-to-hand and special-weapon combat, secret hidden moves and
combinations with deadly body blows and fatalities. The Mortal Kombat
series is one of the best-selling
franchises in videogame history with more than 19 million home games sold.
In addition, on
more than 5,000 movie screens across the country, R-rated moviegoers will have a
chance to preview a 35 mm Dolby Surround sound cinema spot of the latest
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance trailer. The spot began airing Sept. 27 and
will run through Nov. 21, and is expected to reach an estimated 18 million
viewers.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
PlayStation®
2, XboxTM and
Nintendo GameCubeTM
Key Features:
-
The first execution of the
Mortal Kombat franchise on the next-generation systems, allowing for
incredible detail and innovative gameplay, taking the series where it has
never gone before -
A completely new fighting system
delivering intense combat with three unique fighting styles for each character
— including hand-to-hand and deadly-weapon combat, combined with progressive
physical damage — making this the most detailed fighting experience in the
series -
Favorite warriors from the past
return, including Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Sonya Blade and more; new human
and supernatural fighters appear, too, each with their own lethal special
attacks -
Brutal new fatalities let players
finish off and humiliate their opponents in true Mortal Kombat fashion -
In-depth and engaging storyline
continues the mythology and supernatural mystique of the series -
DVD content including Adema’s
“Immortal” music video, the history of Mortal Kombat and
behind-the-scenes with the development team of Mortal Kombat -
35 mm Dolby Surround sound cinema spot
in R-rated previews on over 5,000 movie screens across the country
Midway Games
Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment
software. Midway videogames are available for play on all major videogame
platforms including the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system,
the XboxTM video game system from Microsoft,
Nintendo GameCubeTM and
Game Boy® Advance.
For more
information about Midway Games and Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance visit
mortalkombatdeadlyalliance.com.
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interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and
the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, technological
changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other risks more fully
described under "Item 1. Business – Risk Factors" in the Company’s current
Transition Report on Form 10-K and the other filings made by the Company with
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