Midway Brings Back the Chaos with Rampage: Total Destruction

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2005--Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced the newest addition to the Rampage(R) series with the development of Rampage(R): Total Destruction(TM). This latest installment reinvents the classic arcade series and offers up a wide array of playable monsters that have the ability to perform unique combo attacks and individual super moves. Rampage: Total Destruction is scheduled for release in spring 2006 for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo GameCube(TM). The game is expected to be available for a suggested retail price of $19.95.


"Fans of the Rampage series are in for a whole new level of mayhem in Rampage: Total Destruction" said Steven Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. "While the game retains the core elements that made the Rampage series so popular, new mechanics and play modes make Rampage: Total Destruction a unique game experience for a great price."

About Rampage: Total Destruction:

Rampage: Total Destruction offers a fresh take on an arcade classic complete with everyone's favorite monsters: George, Lizzie, and Ralph, along with a variety of new monsters to collect and play. Virtually everything in the environment can be damaged, broken, and utterly destroyed with plenty of hilarious results. Aided by power-ups, the Rampage: Total Destruction monsters are capable of acquiring a number of upgrades throughout the course of a single campaign. Players can annihilate cities all over the world in either one or two player mode in this reinvention of the Midway classic.

About Midway Games

Headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in San Diego, CA, Seattle, WA, Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA, Munich, Germany, London, UK, and Adelaide, Australia, Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY) is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for major video game systems and personal computers. More information about Midway can be obtained at www.midway.com.

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