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ADVISORY/Most Talked About and Controversial Mortal Kombat Fighting Videogame Franchise Makes Next-Generation Debut With Shocking Brutality and Supernatural Mystique.


News/Assignment/Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week.  (Nov. 21)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:

    --  The next-generation debut of the most talked about and
        controversial fighting videogame franchise

    --  Best known for shocking the world and revolutionizing the
        fighting videogame genre with its hardcore fighting style, use
        of bloody graphics and fatalities, the all-new Mortal
        Kombat(R): Deadly Alliance is rated "Mature" (the videogame
        industry's equivalent to an R-rated movie) and delivers the
        highly acclaimed series to the next level with a lethal dose
        of brutality, supernatural mystique and a reinvented fighting
        system.

WHO:

    --  Watch WWE Superstar Randy Orton in "mortal combat" against Ben
        Dukes, a fan who won a chance to compete in the Mortal Kombat:
        Deadly Alliance videogame competition, taking place the
        evening before the game's official launch date of Fatality
        Friday (Fri., Nov. 22)

INTERVIEW/PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES:

    --  Ed Boon, creator of the original franchise as well as the
        all-new Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

    --  Get a chance to play the most anticipated game of the year the
        evening before its launch date

    --  B-roll of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance gameplay footage is
        available upon request

SATELLITE COORDINATES:

    Thursday, Nov. 21:

    --  21:15-21:30 (9:15-9:30PM) ET     Telstar 5/c16 downlink 4020
                                         horiz.

    --  22:15-22:30 (10:15-10:30PM) ET   Telstar 5/c16 downlink 4020
                                         horiz.

    Friday, Nov. 22:

    --  14:00-14:15 (1:00-1:15PM) ET     Telstar 5/c16 downlink 4020
                                         horiz.

WHERE:

THE WORLD(TM) ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX
Times Square, New York City
1501 Broadway
(Enter through WWE retail store)

WHEN:

Thursday, November 21 @ 6:30 p.m.
(The evening before the game's Fatality Friday launch date)


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 concerning future business conditions and the outlook for Midway Games Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American video game publisher. Midway's legacy includes landmark titles such as Ms. Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Mortal Kombat, and NBA Jam.  Inc. (the "Company") based on currently available information that involve 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, 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 Form 10-K

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 and the other filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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