MIDWAY ANNOUNCES ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT® HAS SHIPPED TO RETAIL

Ultimate Mortal Kombat® is the First Mortal Kombat Game Available on the Nintendo DS™

CHICAGO - November 12, 2007 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, announced today that Ultimate Mortal Kombat® has shipped for the Nintendo DS™. Ultimate Mortal Kombat brings the lighting fast fighting technique found in the arcade version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat® 3, along with Puzzle Kombat from the critically acclaimed Mortal Kombat: Deception® to the handheld Nintendo DS. Gamers can perfect their fighting skills in single-player mode or challenge friends and enemies alike via multi-player over the Nintendo Wireless network. Ultimate Mortal Kombat is rated M for Mature by the ESRB and is available for the U.S. suggested retail price of $29.95.

"Midway is excited in bringing the award-winning Mortal Kombat franchise to the Nintendo DS," said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. "Ultimate Mortal Kombat enables gamers the opportunity to take their fighting on the go, with both single-player and multi-player online options playable anywhere at any time."

Ultimate Mortal Kombat

Ultimate Mortal Kombat combines the visceral thrills of the classic Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and the addictive puzzle action of the Puzzle Kombat component of Midway's award-winning Mortal Kombat: Deception in a single DS-friendly package. With new record-keeping capability, and Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection multiplayer, players will be able to take UMK anywhere for fighting action on the go.

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.

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