Rumor: Three companies looking to purchase Midway

by David Hinkle on Apr 7th 2009 6:30PM

The sharks are circling! According to a rumor at Kotaku, Midway could get bought by one of three different companies. Like the belle of the ball, Midway is being closely examined by each of these potential suitors, who are evaluating the company's potential and examining IPs. These three companies are supposedly Ubisoft, Warner Bros., and a private Chicago investor, all of whom could receive a bounty of IPs upon acquisition of ... oh, who are we kidding? They just want the rights to San Francisco Rush.

The rumor also states that Warner Bros. is the most likely candidate, with a representative having already made the trek to Midway for a visit.

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Tags: business, midway, mortal-kombat, rumor, rumors, san-francisco-rush

Reader Comments (22)

I heard the private investor in Chicago is zombie Mordecai '3 fingers' Brown. Really wants those IPs for himself for some reason.

"They just want the rights to San Francisco Rush."

Good game, there's one arcade near me that has Rush The Rock and two more with linked Rush 2049 units.

There's also a CiCi's Pizzeria near me with a CART Fury cab, too.

my school has a 2049 machine :)

How are your times on that machine?

atrocious lol

Actually, you can see who wrote each post under the headline. This is the only Midway post I wrote today so, yeah, not me. :)

Also, hasn't Mortal Kombat been effed up enough already? I don't know if WB would totally destroy it myself. /2 cents

My money's on the Chicago investor.

that post was about a supoena Silicon Knights sent to Midway over their case against Epic.

Mortal Kombat Kart Racing
Mortal Kombat RPG
Mortal Kombat FPS
Mortal Kombat Puzzle Game
Mortal Kombat RTS
Mortal Kombat Reloaded
Mortal Kombat VS Dragonball Z
Mortal Kombat Rail Shooter
Mortal Kombat Baseball
Mortal Kombat Hoops
Mortal Kombat: Jax Cook-off
Mortal Kombat: Origins
Mortal Kombat 2099
Mortal Kombat Adventure
Mortal Kombat VS Everything you can think of

2 thumbs way up for Jax Cook Off!

Agreed. Jax Cook-off would be a day-1 purchase!

FACT

Mortal Kombat vs. Capcom vs. King of Fighters vs. Marvel vs. DC would be the greatest video game ever released.

Oh yeah, almost forgot;

Mortal Kombat Dodgeball Mania
Mortal Kombat VS Looney Toons
Mortal Kombat Koin Kollectors Klub
Mortal Kombat Kard Game
Mortal Kombat Monopoly
Mortal Kombat VS Raving Rabbids
Mortal Kombat Kids
Mortal Kombat X-treme Fitness
Mortal Kombat: Goro Chronicles
Mortal Kombat: Party Games
Mortal Kombat: Who Wants to be a Kombatant?
Mortal Kombat: Barakas Music Jam
Mortl Kombat: Where in the World is Noob Saibot?