January 28^th, 2002 (12:00am) - Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance™ Takes Martial Arts Fighting and the Mortal Kombat Franchise to New Extremes

CHICAGO – January 28, 2002 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading software industry publisher and developer announced today that the official title for the all-new, next-generation version of the popular fighting game franchise will be Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance™. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is currently in development and scheduled to ship fall 2002 for the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube™, Game Boy® Advance and other next-generation gaming systems.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance marks the relaunch of the Mortal Kombat series with an all-new engine delivering punishing action that will reward long-time fans of the franchise as well as next-generation game lovers. The game features intense hand-to-hand and special-weapon combat, secret hidden moves and combinations with deadly body blows and fatalities.

“Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is the next phase of the Mortal Kombat series that gamers have been waiting for,” said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. “With all-new characters and worlds, never-before-seen features and a totally new fighting engine, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance will set a precedent for all other next-generation fighting games to follow.”

One of the best-selling franchises in videogame history – with more than 19 million home games sold – the Mortal Kombat series (first iteration was released in 1992) has generated more than $1.5 billion in revenue through games, movies, music, toys and other merchandise.

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, Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube™ and Game Boy® Advance.