THQ buys Midway San Diego for $200K

THQ is a decent company. =P i can't complain

one of Midway's bigger mistakes, in my opinion, was they stopped making the Hitz and Blitz games, I myself not being such a big sport dork loved the arcade action of these games... then they tried to copy EA by making sports sims, which ruined the series; to me, it didn't get any better than Hitz & Blitz 2003 versions I have to give them credit though, toward the end I did think that Stranglehold was a last great attempt to establish themselves, and I actually really enjoyed the game even though most people complain about the half-ass multiplayer (completely ignoring how awesome the single play campaign was).. but that fell through, and I wasn't too big on Unreal Tournament 3, I think mostly the hype about that game was mostly between the PS3 and X360 fans arguing fanboyishly about exclusivity oh, and yeah, their focus on making Mortal Kombat games was just as horrible as Sega's tired efforts to re-establish Sonic as the hip n' cool mascot it used to be back in the SNES/Genesis days, the popularity of the MK games back in the days I used to pump quarters into the arcade machines was over the awesomeness of all the gore the game used to have over any other game, but as games got more mature the MK series just seemed to get more "meh"; Midway never understood this and that was one of their bigger flaws as well

being a former midway employee (over 5yrs ago)and all...i say GOOD riddance! testing their bug-filled games for hours on end and them still being lazy and still not fixing what me and others were reporting was so inexscusable! so many projects were canceled and it cuased me and others to be laid off around the holidays without WARNING. what's funny to me is that midway never changed even after i moved on to other employment. the only games they seemed to care mostly were the mk series and a couple of 1st person shooters. that lack of focus on other projects and not paying attention and correcting major details, gave midway a bad rep. good luck to warner bros.! i think they will do better for the franchise.

Poor Midway shareholders... they got hosed for the benefit of executives and their negotiations behind closed doors. After financial firms and automakers, are computer games the next industry of stock holders getting screwed?

Great Move by THQ :D

Glad to hear about the new MK "M" rating. I mean for gods sake, that's like making a Silent Hill game rated Teen. As if.

Good move for THQ Hope they have a few ideas for the team seeing as Midway was floundering

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Sounds right. Midway was on its last legs

@XxSubZeroAK47xX Never seen a THQ M rated game? Here are a few lately. Red Fraction, Warhammer 40K, Saints Row 2.

I believe THQ bought the Midway San Diego studio just so they could get the rights to the TNA license games but failed to get approval from TNA because they still had the WWE license. It would be great to have a WWE vs. TNA wrestling game though, you could choose to fight in a four-sided ring or a six sided-ring and battle in the WWE brands or TNA brands with both rosters. It's too bad the competitors doesn't think so.

We knew this was coming. I had a friend who was a game tester at Midway. He hated it. They forced him to play some horrible games for weeks trying to find bugs. lol!! He did get to play a couple of decent games, but most of them were crap he said. Midway was like 'Acclaim', which went bankrupted and closed their doors. Then they reopened and was online only. They have free to play games on their website. http://www.acclaim.com/

R.I.P. Midway!

So if THQ buys Midway dose that mean that Mortal Kombat will always be a T game and never be a M game. Because I have not seen an M game by THQ.

Midway forever! It's sad to see one of the more influential companies go. But they will always be remembered! Heh, it would've been funny if TNA was included with the deal...

It's sad to see Midway go, a LOT of classic games they made will never be forgotten.

@brian_13un Dude, every comment you post has the word "great"....wats up with that?

Good thing THQ's holding on to their employees, you employees rock!!!!!!!!

Bravo THQ! You'll probably get some pretty grateful and hard working employees for what you're doing.

Hope it will be great

pretty good buy from a pretty good dev.

got mk vs dc yesterday. and its mk censored. so ive traded it for street fighter 4 hehe

Good to hear that THQ is keeping on the employees. Enough people are losing their jobs.

I love classic games and classic graphics...

making fun of a classic games graphics like mortal kombat is not cool!

i hope it will be next MK !!!! and better than MK vs DC

I was hoping this wasn't going to happen. I wonder if THQ will still keep the development quarters in SD...

Good news. Midway lives on in some form or another. Can't wait for the next MK, Warner!