MIDWAY
DECLASSIFIES
BLACKSITE:
AREA 51™ TO
RETAIL
STORES
Politically-Inspired
First-Person-Shooter
Sees Aliens
Battle in
the Streets
of
Small-Town
America
CHICAGO -
November 12,
2007 –
Midway Games
Inc. (NYSE:
MWY), a
leading
interactive
entertainment
publisher
and
developer,
today
announced
that
BlackSite:
Area 51™ is
now shipping
to retail
outlets
nationwide.
Combining
cutting-edge
technology
and smart
game design,
BlackSite:
Area 51 is a
first-person
shooter that
brings
squad-based
and intense
combat
action to
the streets
of
small-town
America.
BlackSite:
Area 51 is
scheduled to
be available
for a U.S.
suggested
retail price
of $59.99
for the Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and $49.99
for PCs. A
version for
the
PlayStationŽ3
computer
entertainment
system is
scheduled to
be released
in December.
BlackSite:
Area 51 is
rated "T"
for Teen by
Entertainment
Software
Ratings
Board (ESRB).
"BlackSite:
Area 51
delivers a
fast-paced
first-person-shooter
experience
while
weaving a
politically-inspired
storyline
that
examines
modern-day
issues
ripped from
the
headlines,"
said Steve
Allison,
chief
marketing
officer,
Midway.
"With an
easy to use
one-button
squad
command
feature,
players can
easily
direct their
delta force
squadmates
to assist
them as they
travel
through
small town
America and
the high
desert into
the heart of
Area 51."
BlackSite:
Area 51
gives gamers
a chance to
direct their
living,
breathing
squad mates
with a
context-sensitive
"One-Button
Squad
Command"
control as
they make
their way
through the
game's
storyline.
Throughout
the way,
destructible
environments
can be
reduced to
rubble,
creating
interactive
cover points
that can be
blown away
with enough
firepower.
The
BlackSite
teaser demo
on Xbox LIVE
Marketplace
has been
downloaded
more than a
million
times, and
Midway plans
to soon
release a
new, updated
demo that
allows
players to
take to the
streets in
Rachel, NV,
controlling
their squad
and blasting
through
fully-realistic
and
interactive
environments
using the
latest in
military
weaponry. A
PlayStation
3 demo is
also
scheduled to
be released
soon after
the game's
North
American
launch.
Visit
blacksitegame.com
or
midway.com
for more
information.
Additional
screens,
videos and
fact sheets
can be found
on Midway's
press site,
login
information
below.
About
BlackSite:
Area 51
Developed by
Midway
Studios -
Austin using
a
fully-customized
version of
UnrealŽ
Engine 3.0,
BlackSite:
Area 51
features a
powerful
single-player
campaign,
along with
numerous
multiplayer
modes.
BlackSite:
Area 51
delivers
vicious
combat
action, next
generation
graphics and
A.I., and a
powerful
arsenal of
weapons and
vehicles.
Set in
present day,
players take
the role of
decorated
military
veteran,
Aeran
Pierce,
charged by
the
government
to lead a
squad of
secret
soldiers,
into the
Rachel,
Nevada, area
to fight off
the invasion
of
unidentified
enemy races.
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.
BLACKSITE:
AREA 51 is a
trademark of
Midway Games
West Inc.
UNREAL is a
registered
trademark of
Epic Games,
Inc.
"PlayStation",
"PLAYSTATION"
and "PS"
Family logo
are
registered
trademarks
of Sony
Computer
Entertainment
Inc. "Xbox"
and "XBOX
360" are
registered
trademarks
of Microsoft
Corporation
in the
United
States
and/or other
countries.
All other
trademarks
are the
property of
their
respective
companies.
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
and other
risks more
fully
described
under "Item
1. Business
- Risk
Factors" in
the
Company's
Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the year
ended
December 31,
2006, 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.