Midway to Report 2005 First Quarter Financial Results on May 9, 2005

    Business Editors/Video Game Writers

    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2005--Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY) announced today that it will release financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 after the close of the market on Monday, May 9, 2005. Midway will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast that afternoon at 4:45 p.m. ET to discuss the results. Both the call and webcast are open to the general public.
    The conference call number is (212) 676-5394; please call five minutes in advance to ensure that you are connected prior to the presentation. Interested parties may also access the live call on the Internet at www.investor.midway.com or at www.fulldisclosure.com. Please log-on fifteen minutes in advance to ensure that you are connected prior to the call's initiation. Following its completion, a replay of the call can be accessed until May 11 at 6:45 p.m. ET, by dialing 800/633-8284 or 402/977-9140 (international callers). The access code for the replay is 21245585. Additionally, a replay of the call will be available for twelve months on the Internet via www.investor.midway.com.

    Midway Games Inc., (www.midway.com), is a leading developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software. Midway videogames are available for play on major videogame platforms including the PlayStation(R) 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft, and Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance.

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CONTACT: Midway Games Inc. Miguel Iribarren, 773-961-2222 miribarren@midway.com or Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated Joseph Jaffoni or Carol Young, 212-835-8500 mwy@jcir.com

KEYWORD: ILLINOIS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENTERTAINMENT CONSUMER/HOUSEHOLD CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: Midway Games Inc.

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