MIDWAY ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE VIDEO GAME RIGHTS TO TNA
- 11/08/2005 (4:00:36 pm)
- Press Release
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| MIDWAY ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE VIDEOGAME RIGHTS TO TNA WRESTLING CHICAGO, IL – November 7, 2005 - Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment software publisher and developer, today announced that it has signed an exclusive worldwide, multi-year agreement with TNA Entertainment to publish videogames based on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling™ . Under the terms of the agreement, Midway has the rights to develop and publish games for the console, handheld and PC platforms. The first TNA Wrestling™ product is scheduled to ship in 2007 for current generation game systems. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is the future of sports entertainment. TNA iMPACT!™ airs exclusively on SpikeTV on Saturdays from 11 PM – midnight ET/PT with an encore on Mondays at midnight ET/PT. In addition to the weekly show, TNA Wrestling also produces a monthly pay-per-view special where its top stars such as Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Kevin Nash and Rhino compete in, above and beyond the signature six-sided ring. “TNA Wrestling is one of the fastest growing and most exciting forms of sports entertainment available today,” said David F. Zucker, president and CEO, Midway. “It’s fast, powerful and cutting-edge in both presentation and style. We are very pleased to be working with TNA and look forward to leveraging our expertise in the fighting game genre to create the most compelling wrestling experience yet.” “Our brand of wrestling is perfectly suited to videogames and Midway is the perfect company to create them,” said Dixie Carter, president, TNA Entertainment. “We are very excited about this collaboration and the opportunity to expand TNA Wrestling to a new medium.” About TNA "iMPACT!" TNA iMPACT! is set to be the most complete wrestling videogame to date. Featuring top talent such as Raven, Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown, Rhino, Christopher Daniels, Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles and more, TNA iMPACT! will deliver all of the excitement and action of the top-rated weekly television show. About TNA Wrestling TNA Entertainment, LLC is a privately held company headquartered in Nashville,TN. TNA iMPACT! airs Saturday nights at 11 PM ET/PT on Spike TV. TNA programming is currently available in 118 countries and is also available on monthly pay-per-view on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV, Dish Network and TVN as well as Viewer’s Choice, Bell ExpressVu and Shaw PPV in Canada. The names of all Total Nonstop Action Wrestling televised programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans and all TNA Wrestling logos and trademarks are exclusive property of TNA Entertainment, LLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information, visit www.tnawrestling.com. About Midway Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with offices throughout the world, is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for major videogame systems and personal computers. More information about Midway and its products can be found at www.midway.com. | |
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