"This week Midway has revealed that a number of staff working out of its Austin studio are to be laid off - in what the company refers to as a strictly routine and minor action based on the completion of a project at the Texan studio.
The staff losses follow hot on the heels of Midway parting company with a pair of senior players, namely executive vice president and CFO Thomas Powell, who is moving on to another company, and also senior vice president Steve Allison, who will be stepping dow..."
"Videogames developer and publisher Midway has this week announced that Harvey Smith, the creative director of recent release BlackSite: Area 51, has left the Austin-based company by mutual consent.
It remains to be seen whether Smiths somewhat overt criticism of the BlackSite project during the Montral International Games Summit in Quebec, Canada, has anything to do with his dismissal."
A few new Midway games should be coming our way in the next month! "Unreal Tournament 3", a sci-fi/military shooter, will be released for the PC and PS3 in November, followed up with a 360 version in 2008. "BlackSite: Area 51" , a military style shooter, will be released for the 360, PS3, and PC on November 5th. An "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" game: "Zombie Ninja Pro-Am" is due to be released on November 5th, only for the Playstation 2. Also, "John Woo Presents: Stranglehold" for the PS3 is going...
IGN takes a look at 10 games that may get overlooked this year. Judging from hands-on impressions, these games are coming along very nicely. But for some reason, they aren't very popular. Either way, these are ten titles that you won't want to miss.
- 10) Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
9) BlackSite: Area 51
8) Fury
7) TimeShift
6) The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
5) Hannah Montana: Music Jam
4) Jeanne d'Arc
3) Tabula Rasa
2) Braid
1) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Midway have announced that the upcoming title to be on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Pc which was scheduled for September is now going to be released on October 26th in Europe and November 5th in the United States.
Midway never gave a reason to this, though it speculates to say they may have been worried to put this title up against Halo 3 in Septemeber, or that the game is just not finished.
Midway Games Inc. a leading interactive entertainment publisher and develper, today announced the company's product line up for the E3 Media and Business Summit, taking place July 11 - 13 at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California.
This years line up is one that will get any gamer excited, and includes the following games:
Stranglehold - (PS3, XBOX 360, PC)
BlackSite: Area 51 - (PS3, XBOX 360, PC)
Unreal Tournament 3 (PC)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat (Nintendo DS)
Cruis'n (Wii)
Aqua Tee...
"Welsh warbling legend, the mighty Dame Shirley Bassey offered the best E3-related advice when she recently covered Pinks insipid pop anthem and duly commanded that we: Get this party started! Check in with GamerSquad for official all-action E3 trailers for Frontlines: Fuel of War on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, TimeShift for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, BlackSite: Area 51 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, and Godzilla: Unleashed on the Nintendo Wii."
Midway's released screenshots and the box cover art for the highly-anticipated game BlackSite: Area 51. The game centers on an Iraq War veteran who leads a Special Forces Unit against a strange enemy that's emerged from the concrete tombs of Area 51.
The screens are pretty awesome, showing some pretty amazing enemies to be fought. In the meantime, while waiting for the full release of the game, you can go to XBox Live Marketplace and download the demo, which should get you prepared for kil...
![Box shot of BlackSite: Area 51 [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvUGxheXN0YXRpb25fMy9BY3Rpb24vU2hvb3Rlcg==/blacksite_area_51_frontcover_small_xufwVVxegesfE6O.jpg)