According to recently filed trademarks, the transfer of Midway's various game licenses to Warner Bros. Interactive has begun. Supererogatory spotted the first group of games that have been approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office -- including Robotron 2084, Defender, Joust and Wheelman, among others -- and asserted that the rest have yet to go through.
With the possible re-branding of the ex-Midway Mortal Kombat team to WB Games Chicago and dissolution of Midway's executive ranks a few weeks ago, it appears as though the dismantling of Midway Games as it once was is nearly complete. We'll always have NBA Jam, right Midway?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 4:32PM CaptainProtonX said
And the RUSH series. 2049 was great.
Ugh...so sad.
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Ugh...so sad.
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 4:55PM AmanteDuck said
From Downtown...!
Though that was Hangtime? I forget. Bah, they may as well have been the same game. Remake please?
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Though that was Hangtime? I forget. Bah, they may as well have been the same game. Remake please?
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 5:23PM The Blank Mage Returns said
Anything can be made better with the addition of Pokemon.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 6:01PM incubeezer said
It's almost like the article was created in response to the photo used.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 7:48PM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
Part of me is sad this has happened. Another part of me sees and looks at the retarded mistakes the upper management of midway made and how they fell and screwed themselves over.
In the end I'm not all upset that warner bought them and is taking thing over. At least its IP's being driven and not stashed in some midway locker with sweaty socks hanging on top of them. Midway had a huge number of chances to make games that could have been something but in the end screwed up.
Hopefully warner will have the intelligence to give these games some chances in this generation going on now.
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In the end I'm not all upset that warner bought them and is taking thing over. At least its IP's being driven and not stashed in some midway locker with sweaty socks hanging on top of them. Midway had a huge number of chances to make games that could have been something but in the end screwed up.
Hopefully warner will have the intelligence to give these games some chances in this generation going on now.
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