Midway 'hemorrhaging cash,' Boon getting $1M bonus?

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Boo Hoo! MK hasn't been good since MK2 :)

If Midway does sell MK, Ed Boon needs to buy it,, setup his own studio, and get some backing from a publisher like Capcom, Square Enix, or Konami. Just please don't sell it to Actiblizzard... ugh.... Midway was a hell of a developer once upon a time, and MK is still a worthy franchise.

They should change their name to AIG.

if the company you work for is going under, you get no bonus. that company is trying to salvage what's left of its meager holdings. i think ed boon is already financially stable. can't say i feel bad for him if he doesn't get 1 million dollars lol.

midway started to die since the release of mortal kombat 4... the series was not meant to be 3d

Wow. All hope is lost for MK. You will be missed. :(

HAHA ya Garrainaigarra if street fighter vsd mk that would be sweet like they could battle dhalsims fatalitie burns them to death hahaha

Capcom better pick up the MK Licence so we can finally have Mortalkombat VS Street Fighter

So Midway is selling their best franchise, maybe Squere should by the company altogether since they want more western developers, then again, Midway's been dead since MK went to the 3D.

hmmm well i guess midway could be a good like company but i think they should well not stop the mortal kombat games but put a little more effort the game like we dont want original fatalities or somthing or creating your own fatalitie we wanna see like picture this...."FINISH HIM" sub-zero freezes so and so's head does some combos then punches his head the it pops or somthing or maybe even more violent i just want to see a lil more outta mortal kombat and i wanna see the next mortal kombat game on WII!!! :D

I hate reading these articles about Midway. Such a sad time 4 the company that birthed Mortal Kombat.

Sounds like Mark Thomas is mad for investing in a company that was already spiraling towards bankruptcy. It's apparent that Sumner Redstone sold his $30 million worth of shares for a measly $100,000 because he was trying to cut his losses and run. I'm sorry Mark Thomas, you made a bad investment.

Hmm

NAMCO!!! NAMCO!!!! NAMCO!!!! NAMCO!!!!

So this guy and the guy that sold him the shares for $100,000 are trying to accomplish...what? First the sale goes down, then the publisher crashes with the burn near eminent. Now this guy is objecting to the bankruptcy claim? I really don't understand what they are trying to do here. _

CAPCOM!!!! CAPCOM!!!! CAPCOM!!!! CAPCOM!!!! :D

I reckon Rare could make a good go of Mortal Kombat, they've the twisted sense of humour and the beat 'em up experience.

Looks like people're heading for the door and grabbing as much on the way as they can.

The non-word "key" isn't used enough in this report.

Okay, think Namco Bandai Soul Calibur. Add Mortal Kombat characters. Both licenses have used characters not typically from their respective universes. The only major hurdle I can see is Namco's reluctance given its an Asian developer and Midway isn't.

Never been a huge fan of Midway. Get that out of the way right now. Okay, think Namco. Soul Caliber. With Mortal Kombat characters. It's been sold out to worse, why not go to a wonderful new home?

please somebody buy this ip and rebuild it, make something with it , its got a stablished name MK, imagine this game with carefully detailed graphics as more realistic as posible with a battle system more like killer instinct

TOASTY!!!!

What the hell are they spending all this money on? $12 million in less than 3 months? That's just poor management.

8 mill. in KEIP that is stupid. Where are those key employees going to go work if every game developer is losing money? Just another way to pad the pockets of the upper crust.

How could this happen? I hope someone picks them up. I couldn't live without midway games.

I have to say I feel that 1M Bonus is justified, much of Midways past success is from the Mortal Kombat Franchise, true midway was making games before Mortal Kombat but Mortal Kombat really put the muscle back into midway back in the 90's. it is the house that MK built.

@xcollector yeah, that would be a dream match come true. I do feel for Midway though and I hope they make it. My question is this? why isn't somebody else picking them up? and yes I do blame the economy!

This sucks, Midway is one of those old school holdovers that's been around forever. They seem to have been dying a slow death ever since the arcade died out. MK was about the only IP they had that translated as well to home systems (and didn't depend on a license like NBA Jam or NFL Blitz), and there's only so much blood you can squeeze from that stone. Plus, a lot of their games suffered from weird technical issues, like Blitz: The League's ridiculous amounts of time it takes to save/load on the PS2. It's almost like they were never able to come to grips with hardware they didn't own.

blame the Economy!!!!!

Imagine if Capcom bought it and then released a Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat game. That would be the ultimate vs. game.

Losing MK would be a big hit.

No...MK don't die!

i cant think of the last midway game i played, to be honest.

I love(d) the MK series back in the day....but, it's just difficult too play after having played Tekken for so long. Anyways, I can only hope that a more talented company will come along and expand on the gameplay of MK....I've always hated the fact that all of the characters had similar moves, and a limited list of moves at that.

Ouch. Sorry. Hope MK makes it. Never played it, but I know some people who would be angry without it.

as long as the MK franchise will remain in its glory then it is ok with me.

The only reason why most people hate MK is because they can't button mash and they have to actually think before they act. After interrogating MK haters it usually boils down to that.

i dont wont to lose mortal kombat i love mk for life

I think Boon should remain with Midway. However, as long as he sticks with the MK franchise I'm good.

qwertyu dont know what a block button is?

aww well we all saw this coming anyway...sure MK was good AT FIRST but just suked more and more over the years to the point where Midway's HP seem to drop down to 0 for a Fatality but it seems that to get out of that Fatality Midway will have to use their health pack aka MK..... which begs the question: WHOS GONNA FREAKIN BUY MORTAL KOMBAT?

this is probably the best fatality midway came up with

"Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe"? Begging your pardons, seems to me that this idea alone is a good enough reason for a company to step aside. Hopefully, to be replaced by a developer that doesn't waste its time on gluing together a frankenstein's monster of that sort and expecting people to pay for it later. I can't understand how console players still put up with all this crap, either (or rather, why they still do). In other words, here's to hoping a more talented company pops up to fill Midway's hole.

Midway's been in trouble for quite awhile, and I guess the economy's catching up to finish them off. =/

call it quits, MK vs DC, you guys make people that suck at video games think theyre actually good at fighting games with the countless spamming, I hope they never make another mk again

This is not a good sign.... Poor Midway, let's hope you can crawl out of this hole victorious.

I think it's time for Midway to call it quits. Sell off their assets, pay off their debtors, and hopefully the MK franchise and Ed Boon end up at a good publisher like EA or Capcom.