Picked up by Warner Bros. in
the auctioning off of Midway Games' assets, the development studio behind the
Mortal Kombat franchise has seemingly been re-branded by its new corporate overlords.
Superannuation spotted the info in the
LinkedIn profile of Connie Gabelein, a human resources employee currently with Warner Bros. and formerly with Midway (and apparently never part of the
management that was recently let go from the failed publisher). Ms. Gabelein lists her position as a "recruiter/HR generalist for the WB Game family of studios, which includes Monolith Productions, Surreal Software, Snowblind Studios and WB Games Chicago."
Furthermore, former Midway CTO/now "head of WB Games Chicago" Michael Weilbacher's
LinkedIn profile seems to corroborate our suspicions. We've contacted Warner Bros. and Midway for comment and will update this post with more information as we get it.
Source 1 - Superannuation
Source 2 - LinkedIn Profile of Connie Gabelein
Source 3 - LinkedIn Profile of Michael Weilbacher
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Leroy_Octopus @ Jul 27th 2009 4:36PM
Can we get a Mortal Kombat that isn't lit like a bad porno please?
breedalot @ Jul 27th 2009 5:12PM
Mortal Kombat vs Lethal Hardcore
lol
Longhorn @ Jul 27th 2009 4:39PM
Sad
JewUnit666 @ Jul 27th 2009 4:43PM
Mortal Kombat VS. Marvel
Wolverine VS. Barraca
Ghost Rider VS. Scorpion
Ice Man VS. Subzero
Colossus VS. Jax
Iron Man VS. Cyrax(or one of the other robots)
the list just can go on, o and for a ps3 exclusive for the hell of it
Cole(from inFAMOUS) VS. Raiden
Dave @ Jul 27th 2009 4:47PM
Gaaaaahhh...
Akuma FTW @ Jul 27th 2009 4:47PM
I say get the guys formerly associated with Team Ninja involved.
WiredKnight @ Jul 27th 2009 5:07PM
Fuck it.
Mortal Kombat Vs. Looney Tunes.
Reaper man @ Jul 28th 2009 11:10AM
Awesome, I can't wait to rip Bugs Bunny's head off.
El Verde @ Jul 27th 2009 5:21PM
No Dead Space girl?
Patrick McCarron @ Jul 27th 2009 5:32PM
I have heard numerous mentions of this name change from my contacts inside of Midway. I thusly reported a few weeks ago by at my site TRMK.
http://www.trmk.org/news/12662/rip_midway_games_19582009_in_name_only.html
It's a sad end to an era of the Midway name being attached to video games.
ericeman @ Jul 27th 2009 6:30PM
I love that picture- as if all the Mortal Kombat characters put aside their differences and got together to take a group photo. But if that's all of them, who's taking the picture!?
Dance Mofo @ Jul 27th 2009 7:34PM
Noob Saibot probably because I don't see him in the pic.
mindglitch @ Jul 27th 2009 9:15PM
noob saibot is right next to raiden.
i think meat is taking the picture...
Rodrigo @ Jul 28th 2009 12:25AM
The old CEO of Midway was taking the picture and laughing at their faces...