Midway Continues Hot Streak as MLB SlugFest: Loaded Touches Home for PlayStation2 and Xbox; On-Fire, In-Depth and Online; MLB SlugFest: Loaded Aims for the Fences

Business Wire, June 21, 2004

CHICAGO -- Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, announced today that MLB SlugFest(R): Loaded(TM), the newest title in the company's exclusive, adrenaline-style baseball series, has shipped for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft.

MLB SlugFest: Loaded is the only baseball videogame for the 2004 season featuring Midway's classic fast and furious gameplay with hard tags and over-the-top animations. This year's SlugFest features today's greatest baseball players and is "loaded" with over-the-top abilities, including turbo-speed running, highlight reel-worthy fielding, earth-shaking collisions and, as one would expect from a Midway Sports(TM) title, the ability for a player to catch fire and turbo charge the game action. The game also features online play for both PlayStation 2 and Xbox and Loaded is the first ever game to incorporate Microsoft's new Xbox Live 3.0 features.

"MLB SlugFest: Loaded is the most in-depth product in our successful baseball franchise," said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. "By adding the deepest franchise engine available with Baseball Mogul(R), a full online mode, and even more classic, over-the-top gameplay than ever before, this year's SlugFest truly lives up to its 'Loaded' name."

MLB SlugFest: Loaded Accolades From Game Enthusiast and Men's Lifestyle Press:

--"Baseball season just wouldn't be right without a dose of over-the-top arcade action from the good folks at Midway." - PLAY! (Received an 'A' grade)

--"The most versatile baseball game ever." - PSM (8 out of 10)

--"Another round of bean balls, hard tags and 'on-fire' home run action? We're psyched." - Maxim (4 out of 5)

--"...SlugFest Loaded is a fantasy-fueled blast." - KING Magazine

About Midway Games, Inc.

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.

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.

Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. Baseball Mogul is a registered trademark of Sports Mogul, Inc. SlugFest and SlugFest: Loaded are trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC. You can reach Major League Baseball on the web at MLB.com. (C) MLBPA-Official Licensee, Major League Baseball Players Association. Visit the Players Choice on the Web at www.bigleaguers.com. The MLBPA logo is a trademark of the Major League Baseball Players Association. "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. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Midway has provided the www.bigleaguers.com, ign.com, www.xbox.com and MLB.com links solely as a convenience for you. The information on these sites has been prepared by third parties, and Midway does not monitor, endorse or accept responsibility for the content on non-Midway sites.

"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."