Midway Casts Major Hollywood Talent for Sci-Fi, Action Thriller AREA 51

David Duchovny, Powers Boothe, and Marilyn Manson to Provide Voice Talent in Upcoming Action Game

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2004--Leading interactive entertainment developer and publisher, Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY) today announced that it has gathered a blockbuster Hollywood cast to lend their award-winning talents to its greatly anticipated new action-thriller, AREA 51[sup]®[/sup]. Featuring the voice talent of David Duchovny, Powers Boothe, and Marilyn Manson, Midway's AREA 51 is scheduled to be available in the first half 2005 for the PlayStation[sup]®[/sup]2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox[sup]®[/sup] video game system from Microsoft.