Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition Arrives to the Game Boy Advance With Brutality, Battles Between Forces of Good Versus Evil and a Tournament of Bloodthirsty Action

Business Wire, August 25, 2003

Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2003

Midway Delivers Gameplay "Karnage" With

the Mortal Kombat(R): Deadly Alliance Sequel

Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that Mortal Kombat(R): Tournament Edition, the Game Boy(R) Advance sequel to Mortal Kombat(R): Deadly Alliance(TM), has shipped.

From Midway's best-selling Mortal Kombat franchise comes Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition, an exclusive videogame for the Game Boy Advance, delivering multi-link play and "karnage" that offers Mortal Kombat's infamous brutality. New bloodthirsty partnership opportunities for the Game Boy Advance will allow up to four players to battle in tournaments and tag team play.

"Game Boy Advance owners will be able to experience the trademark Mortal Kombat brutality in an entirely new way with multi-linked tournament play," said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway.

Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition includes a gambling system where players can place in-game bets on the outcome of linked battles, mini-games and other secret fighting challenges. In addition, two forms of "kurrency" will be available -- red and gold -- to wager with combatants. With red "koins" (new and exclusive to Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition), players can also unlock or purchase hidden characters, backgrounds and other features in the "krypt." New dynamic battlefield environments such as the Lost Tomb, Wu Shi Academy, Sarna Ruins, and Molochs Lair, as well as other popular backgrounds from the original Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, have also been added.

    Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition Key Features:

    --  New Linked Multiplayer Capabilities/Dynamic Modes:

        -- 4-Player Tournaments -- Battle to win the tournament trophy

        --  Tag Team Mode -- Two characters can be selected to fight
            until both have lost in single or multiplayer

        --  "Race To Raiden" -- Arcade style with a twist that enables
            gamers to change fighters after each battle to become the
            first to win as Raiden

        --  Arcade Play -- Make in-game wagers on connected battles

        --  Co-op Mode -- Players can use multiplayer, which is two
            vs. two

    --  New Reverse Compatibility -- Link with Mortal Kombat: Deadly
        Alliance favorites to fight head-to-head as Scorpion, Shang
        Tsung and Quan Chi to earn and wager gold "koins." Combine
        with red "koins" to open even greater secrets and riches.

    --  New Practice Mode -- Wail on fighters while mastering fighting
        styles and special moves.

    --  New Gambling -- Players will be able to bet in-game on the
        outcome of linked battles, mini-games and other secret
        fighting challenges.

    --  New Red "Koins" -- Earn new red "koins" in order to unlock or
        purchase hidden characters, backgrounds and other features in
        the "krypt." Red "koins" can only be earned by playing Mortal
        Kombat: Tournament Edition.

    --  New Battlegrounds -- Fight in new dynamic environments such as
        the Lost Tomb, Wu Shi Academy, Sarna Ruins, or Molochs Lair,
        as well as most popular backgrounds from the original Mortal
        Kombat: Deadly Alliance.

    --  New Warriors -- Test fighting skills as Cyrax, Drahmin, Hsu
        Hao, Johnny Cage, Mavado, Raiden and Reptile or newcomers Bo
        Rai Cho and Nitra.

    --  Exclusive Characters for the Game Boy Advance -- Sareena plus
        two secret fighters.

    --  Improved Extended Player Statistics -- Extended player
        statistics can be viewed for individual characters and player
        profile information can be saved in the game pack.

Midway Games Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software. Midway videogames are available for play on all major videogame platforms including the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance.

For more information about Midway Games visit www.midway.com.

MIDWAY, MORTAL KOMBAT and all character names are trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC. Game Boy Advance is a trademark of Nintendo. (C) 2001 Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future business conditions and the outlook for Midway Games Inc. (the "Company") based on currently available information that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the financial strength of the interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, technological changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other risks more fully described under "Item 1. Business -- Risk Factors" in the Company's current Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.