Midway Looking to Hollywood to Save it

JelalTrueshot | December 27, 2007 | Industry News | PC Playstation 3 Company

It seems as though Midway Games is tired of it's financial slump and has a plan to turn it around by using it's Hollywood connections to develop movie tie-in titles during 2008.

Such games include 'Stranglehold', based on John Woo's 'Hard Boiled', and 'Wheelman', a driving game that will 'serve as a prequel to a planned film starring Vin Diesel'.

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Stranglehold [PS3, PC, XBOX360]
The Wheelman [PC, XBOX360, PS3]

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Bale Fire | December 27, 2007

How about making some games which don't suck? That might help them financially and their reputation more than a few cheap movie tie ins
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  Bri | December 28, 2007
  
  You took the words right out of my mouth. The last game Midway made that was decent...I had just opened my SNES box. For real.
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kik36 | December 28, 2007

I haven't seen one movie tie in game that didn't suck, so who better to make more shitty games than Midway?! Smart move on their part......LMAO
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  Ekou | December 31, 2007
  
  Stranglehold wasn't that bad..
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Final Blade | December 29, 2007

LOL maybe Vin Diesel can make better games than Midway hire him