Midway cuts Chicago staff

If I were in charge of Midway at this point, I'd be seriously considering burning it down for the insurance money, so to speak.

Finish him.........Fatality!

Is it just me or does The Joker appear to have flatulation combo/move?

EA Chicago shut down last year. Now this.

Also, to bad those employees can't go across the street and eat lunch at Hot Dougs any more.

It's the only place to get Foie gras on a hot dog.

This game would have been huge.... 5 years ago.

A teen rated Mortal Kombat was a bad move Midway...Fatality

Is anyone really expecting the MK game to do well? Midway first screwed up by thinking people would buy into this lame crossover. Second mistake making it Teen. Third mistake was releasing it during a period when video game releases are at their very best. This game is sure to get lost in the mix. Sorry Midway, you guys seriously didn't pass Business 101.

What's sad is that if this game doesn't do well, they'll see it as people not liking Mortal Kombat. We LOVE MK, just not this sub-par rip off.

Mortal Kombat is my favorite fighting series of all time. The first two iterations were by far the golden years. Most of everything after that has just fell short of Parts 1 & 2.

This game had fail written on it from the start as far as I am concerned. This just feels like a huge sell out - nothing new to the MK series. When the series made the jump from realistic 2-D graphics and fighting to cartoony 3-D fighting and graphics it lost me forever. If they want to be successful with this series they need to go back to their roots and make a true 2-D downloadable version on XBLA, WW & PSN. Anything else and I could care less.

It wouldn't matter to me if this game got all 100's (it won't) because it is just garbage as far as I can see. They should have made ti very dark from the start and had nothing but baddies vs villians in the game.

This game was destined for failure the moment it was conceived.

Fighting games in general are a dying breed and especially good ones. Does everyone see what companies have to do now to make these games viable? They have to add in cameos appearances from Star Wars & DC Universe. I'm not hating on Soul Caliber 4 because that was actually a fantastic fighting game.

I'm really getting sick of that screenshot

They are going to be SO surprised when this bombs.

This is sad, watching the credits on Blitz 2, you can see how cool the development team is. Also, I remember watching the development videos on Deadly Alliance, Midway just had a great team. Sad to see them go.

Am I the only person that is actually looking forward to this game?

Midway is at 37 cents a share, hurry and buy now! Couldn't even type that with a straight face...

hope those renting dollar get takin into account...

Does anyone else besides me think that Midway doomed themselves at the very moment they decided to close their arcade division?

This one boneheaded decision had several huge effects:

1) it played a big part in sending the US arcade business into decline. Midway was the single largest US developer and manufacturer of arcade games. No new games? Not as much reason to go to arcades.

2) it cut off a huge source of material for Midway's home division. Midway used to be able to release more console games because they had plenty of arcade ports. And guess what...some of those were really good games!

3) it forced Midway to completely reinvent itself as a developer. They were born in the arcade, and the arcade was their strength and focus for over 20 years. Did they really think they could simply dump their roots and expertise, and maintain their company for more than a few years?

Look through the Midway Arcade Treasures collection...it's sad to see just how many classic games that company delivered in those 20 years, and now they're on the verge of disappearing forever.