Midway Ships Highly Anticipated Action-Thriller Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy; Innovative Game Design Blends Traditional Weaponry with Psionic Powers

Business Wire, June 14, 2004

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2004

Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, announced today that Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy(TM) has just shipped to retail outlets nationwide for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft. Melding the extensive use of psi (mind) powers and traditional weapons, players take on the role of Nick Scryer, an elite psi-operative soldier capable of wielding six incredible powers; Telekinesis, Pyrokinesis, Mind Control, Mind Drain, Remote View and Aura View.

"Psi-Ops' intense, fast-paced action blended with strategic decision making and challenging puzzle elements, offers gamers a fresh take on the action/adventure genre," said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. "With stunning visuals and smart game design, Psi-Ops truly raises the bar for what a third-person action title should be."

Psi-Ops' blend of Psi powers and traditional weaponry provides gamers with unique gameplay attributes that set it apart from others in the action/adventure genre. As Scryer's Psi powers are reawakened, he must use them to take down The Movement, a terrorist organization set to overthrow world order. Using Telekinesis, Mind Control, Pyrokinesis, Mind Drain, Aura View and Remote View, Scryer must fight strategically against The Movement in order to win a very serious "mind game" against an amassed army of brainwashed terrorist super soldiers and powerful Psi agents.

Psi-Ops has been receiving high accolades from both the game enthusiast and men's lifestyle media:

-- "Extraordinarily satisfying...The feeling of power is just

spectacular..." - Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, 4.5 out

of 5

-- "Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is a truly great

third-person shooter that simply does more than any that has

come before it." "One of the year's must-play experiences."

- PSE2, 99 out of 100

-- "Blowing away foes with bullets is fun; causing their heads to

explode is, well, mind blowing." - Playboy, 3 out of 4

-- "...You truly experience things that you've never done in a

game before...a stroke of genius." - Game Informer, 9 out of

10

-- "Finally, a mind game that isn't about lying to your

girlfriend." - Maxim, 4 out of 5

-- "...one of this year's best games so far." - XXL

Psi-Ops offers players a unique gameplay experience, stellar graphics and a ground-breaking hybrid of the Havok 2 physics engine that allows gamers to manipulate almost any object in the interactive world, when using Psi powers. For more information on Psi-Ops visit www.psiopsgame.com.

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, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance.

PSI-OPS, PSI-OPS: THE MINDGATE CONSPIRACY, and MIDWAY are trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC. "PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. HAVOK is a registered trademark of the Havok and Telekinesis Research Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. Midway has provided the www.xbox.com link solely as a convenience for you. The information on this site has been prepared by third parties, and Midway does not monitor, endorse or accept responsibility for the content on non-Midway sites.

About Xbox

Xbox (http://www.xbox.com) is the video game system from Microsoft that brings people together for the most exhilarating game and entertainment experiences. Xbox delivers an expansive collection of breakthrough games, powerful hardware and the unified Xbox Live online service. The new tagline, "it's good to play together," captures the spirit of Xbox as the social hub of the new digital entertainment lifestyle. Xbox is now available in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

"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 our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, and in the other more recent filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission."