<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment software publisher and developer, today announced a planned global ship date of February 16, 2009, for <font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font>™, the upcoming open-world driving game starring action-film megastar Vin Diesel as an expert driver for hire. </span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">Set in picturesque Barcelona, the game is scheduled to be available in stores everywhere by February 20, 2009, for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and personal computers.
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<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">Co-produced by Vin Diesel and created in close partnership with Diesel's video game production company Tigon Studios, <font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font> is being developed by Midway Studios - Newcastle Ltd., a Midway internal studio that has assembled an international world-class team fusing proven industry veterans with a AAA track record and future emerging talent focused on creating high quality, best-in-breed gaming experiences.</span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">"We're designing <font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font> to play like a Hollywood blockbuster," said Vin Diesel, <font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font> star and executive producer, Tigon Studios. "Playing this game will be just like taking control of the greatest car chases from feature films, except this time you're in the driver's seat."</span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">"Featuring Vin Diesel and set in Barcelona, <font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font> is a title with enormous sales potential," said Martin Spiess, executive vice president, international of Midway Games Ltd. "We're making a multi-million dollar marketing investment to make sure that gamers around the world are ready when <font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font> goes on sale worldwide, which we have planned for February 2009."</span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">Midway is working closely with Vin Diesel and Tigon Studios to create an all-new property that is expected to eventually lead to a feature film, with a script that is already in development.</span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">"This is not just another run-of-the-mill, licensed Hollywood knock-off," said Matt Booty, president and CEO, Midway. "<font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font> features revolutionary new game design mechanics like cinematic super moves and vehicular combat. Once you experience Wheelman's Vehicle Melee, you'll never want to play another driving game without it!"</span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">Vehicle Melee allows gamers to sideswipe pursuing enemies with a simple flick of the joystick Wheelman's devastating "slam-n-ram" maneuvers can be carried out in all directions, just like you'd see in a Hollywood-style car chase.</span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">Inspired by Hollywood's most famous action-sequences, <font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font> will deliver powerful cinematic moments throughout the game's compelling storyline.</span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">For the most up-to-date information, screens and trailers for Wheelman, log onto www.wheelmangame.com.</span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">About Wheelman</span></font><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">
Action film megastar Vin Diesel and his Tigon Studios are again blurring the lines between entertainment mediums, this time collaborating with Midway in the design and production of <font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font> to ensure an edge-of- your-seat gaming experience. Diesel's voice and likeness will appear as the game's main character, expert Wheelman Milo Burik.</span></font>
<font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="">Combining spectacular Hollywood-style stunts with a gripping storyline, <font face="Arial"><span style="">Wheelman</span></font> provides an adrenaline-fueled, cinematic thrill ride guaranteed to leave you breathless. Vin Diesel stars as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs.</span></font>
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