MIDWAY AND
EPIC GAMES
ANNOUNCE
UNREAL
TOURNAMENT 3
COMING TO
XBOX 360®
THIS SUMMER
Award-Winning
and
Top-Selling
Epic
Franchise
Brings New
Characters
and Content
to Xbox 360®
CHICAGO -
April 18 ,
2008 –
Midway Games
Inc. (NYSE:
MWY), a
leading
interactive
entertainment
software
publisher
and
developer,
and world
renowned
developer
Epic Games
Inc., today
announced
that the
highly
anticipated
and
award-winning,
first-person
shooter
Unreal
Tournament 3
is scheduled
to ship for
the Xbox
360® video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft in
Summer 2008.
Utilizing
Epic's world
class Unreal
Engine 3,
Unreal
Tournament 3
will feature
two new
characters,
five new
expansive
maps and
split screen
capability,
all
exclusive to
Xbox 360.
Unreal
Tournament 3
has already
shipped more
than one
million
units
worldwide
for the
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system and
Windows PC.
"We're very
excited to
be bringing
Unreal
Tournament 3
to Xbox
360," said
Mark Rein,
vice
president,
Epic Games.
"Whether
playing
against our
fantastic AI
'bots' or
playing
online with
friends over
Xbox LIVE,
UT3 is a
great
fast-paced
game with
spectacular
environments,
weaponry and
vehicles.
Its
comprehensive
multiplayer
offerings
are truly
going to
shine on
Xbox LIVE."
"We are
extremely
happy to
expect to
put Unreal
Tournament 3
in the hands
of Xbox 360
owners this
summer,"
said Mona
Hamilton,
vice
president of
marketing,
Midway Home
Entertainment.
"The
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system and
PC versions
have shipped
over a
million
units
worldwide
thus far,
and soon
Xbox 360
owners will
be able to
experience
FPS action
at its best
with Unreal
Tournament
3, complete
with new
characters,
new maps and
split screen
capability."
Unreal
Tournament 3
is currently
available
worldwide
for the
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system and
Windows-based
PC.
About Unreal
Tournament 3
Unreal
Tournament
3, the
world's
premier PC
first-person
shooter,
will make
its debut on
Xbox 360®.
Unreal
Tournament 3
unleashes
the full
power of
Unreal
Engine 3,
taking
graphics,
gameplay,
and
challenge to
a whole new
level.
Players
engage in
intense
battles with
other human
players
online, or
against
Unreal
artificial
intelligence
that sets
the industry
standard.
With the
most
powerful
futuristic
weapons and
vehicles
available,
this is FPS
action at
its best!
Unreal
Tournament 3
is rated "M"
for mature
by the ESRB.
More
information
about Unreal
Tournament 3
can be found
online at
www.unrealtournament3.com.
About Epic
Games
Epic Games,
Inc., based
in Cary,
North
Carolina and
established
in 1991,
develops
cutting-edge
games and
cross-platform
game engine
technology.
The company
has created
multiple
million-selling,
award-winning
titles in
its Unreal
series,
recently
shipping
Unreal
Tournament 3
for PC and
PlayStation
3. Epic's
breakthrough
game, Gears
of War, sold
over 4.5
million
copies and
was awarded
overall Game
of the Year
for 2006 by
the Academy
of
Interactive
Arts &
Sciences,
Game
Developers
Choice
Awards,
GameSpot,
GamePro and
many others.
Epic is also
responsible
for the
Unreal
Engine,
which is the
underlying
technology
for a wide
range of
games
including
the Game
Critics
Awards' Best
Console Game
and Spike
TV's 2007
RPG of the
Year Mass
Effect by
BioWare and
the 2007
BAFTA Best
Game and
Spike TV
Game of the
Year
BioShock by
2K Games.
Epic's
Unreal
Engine 3 is
the current
holder, and
three-time
consecutive
winner, of
Game
Developer
magazine's
Front Line
award for
Best Game
Engine. Epic
was also
recognized
as 2006
Studio of
the Year by
Spike TV,
2006
Developer of
the Year by
Official
Xbox
Magazine and
2007 Large
Company of
the Year by
the North
Carolina
Technology
Association.
Additional
information
about Epic
can be
obtained
through the
Epic Games
Web site at
www.epicgames.com.
About Midway
Midway Games
Inc. (NYSE:MWY),
headquartered
in Chicago,
Illinois,
with offices
throughout
the world,
is a leading
developer
and
publisher of
interactive
entertainment
software for
major
videogame
systems and
personal
computers.
More
information
about Midway
and its
products can
be found at
www.midway.com.
Epic, Epic
Games,
Unreal,
Unreal
Tournament
and Gears of
War are
trademarks
or
registered
trademarks
of Epic
Games, Inc.
in the
United
States of
America and
elsewhere.
"PlayStation"
and the "PS"
Family logo
are
registered
trademarks
of Sony
Computer
Entertainment
Inc. Xbox is
a registered
trademark of
Microsoft
Corporation
in the
United
States
and/or other
countries.
All other
trademarks
are the
property of
their
respective
owners.
Midway has
provided the
www.epicgames.com
link solely
as a
convenience
for you. The
information
on this site
has been
prepared by
third
parties, and
Midway does
not monitor,
endorse or
accept
responsibility
for the
content on
non-Midway
sites.
"This press
release
contains
"forward-looking
statements"
within the
meaning of
the Private
Securities
Litigation
Reform Act
of 1995
concerning
future
business
conditions
and the
outlook for
Midway Games
Inc. (the
"Company")
based on
currently
available
information
that
involves
risks and
uncertainties.
The
Company's
actual
results
could differ
materially
from those
anticipated
in the
forward-looking
statements
as a result
of these
risks and
uncertainties,
including,
without
limitation,
the
financial
strength of
the
interactive
entertainment
industry,
dependence
on new
product
introductions
and the
ability to
maintain the
scheduling
of such
introductions,
the current
console
platform
transition
and other
technological
changes,
dependence
on major
platform
manufacturers,
decisions by
Sumner
Redstone or
his
affiliates
with respect
to his
ownership or
trading of
our common
stock and
other risks
more fully
described
under "Item
1A. Business
- Risk
Factors" in
the
Company's
Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the year
ended
December 31,
2007, and in
any more
recent
filings made
by the
Company with
the
Securities
and Exchange
Commission.
Each
forward-looking
statement,
including,
without
limitation,
financial
guidance,
speaks only
as of the
date on
which it is
made, and
Midway
undertakes
no
obligation
to update
any
forward-looking
statement to
reflect
events or
circumstances
after the
date on
which it is
made or to
reflect the
occurrence
of
anticipated
or
unanticipated
events or
circumstances,
except as
required by
law."