CHICAGO, IL May 18, 2005 - Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, today announced Stranglehold, an intense action game currently in development for next generation consoles. Stranglehold is a collaboration with world renowned action film director, John Woo’s (Face/Off, Hard Boiled, The Killer) Tiger Hill Entertainment and is scheduled to release in 2006. The project is currently in development at Midway’s Chicago studio by the critically acclaimed Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy® team, led by industry veteran Brian Eddy. Stranglehold, will bring John Woo’s famous use of hyperkinetic, choreographed action and freeze framed sequences to the video game arena and will also feature the likeness and voice talent of international action film star, Chow Yun-Fat, (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hard Boiled, Bulletproof Monk) in his video game debut. Having worked together for several feature films, the dynamic duo, Yun-Fat and Woo, are teaming up once again, but this time bringing their expertise to the world of interactive entertainment.

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