Midway Announces Mortal Kombat: Deception for Nintendo GameCube

Revolutionary Franchise Set to Deliver Intense Fighting Action to Nintendo GameCube Owners in Early 2005

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2004--Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced plans to bring the latest iteration of it's world-renowned Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise, Mortal Kombat[sup]®[/sup]: Deception[sup]™[/sup], to the Nintendo GameCube[sup]™[/sup] in the first half of 2005.