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{{sub-stub}}'''Midway Games Inc.''' was a video game developer originally founded as arcade game developers in partnership with [[Bally]] and [[Williams]], making a variety of well-known arcade games throughout the 80s before striking gold in the 90s with the ''Mortal Kombat'' series of fighting games and ''NBA Jam'' series of sports games. Their output started to decline in the 2000s — and their bottom line plummeted, leading to their bankruptcy in 2009. [[Warner Bros.]] currently owns most, if not all, of their IP assets, however the company itself is still in the process of liquidation as of May 2011.
  
 
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Midway Games Inc. was a video game developer originally founded as arcade game developers in partnership with Bally and Williams, making a variety of well-known arcade games throughout the 80s before striking gold in the 90s with the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games and NBA Jam series of sports games. Their output started to decline in the 2000s — and their bottom line plummeted, leading to their bankruptcy in 2009. Warner Bros. currently owns most, if not all, of their IP assets, however the company itself is still in the process of liquidation as of May 2011.

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