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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Midway''' Manufacturing Company was founded in 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, as an arcade game company. It was sold to Bally in 1969, and reincorporated as "Bally/Midway" in 1982 after merging with Bally's assets, and reverted back to "Midway Manufacturing" in 1988 after it was sold to WMS Industries, and entered the home console gaming market as "Midway Home Entertainment" in 1996 after a renaming from [[Williams Entertainment]] (the former [[Tradewest]]), with the parent unit becoming "Midway Games". In 1991, Williams folded its videogame unit to Midway, and then transferred the assets to Midway outright in 1996 after it bought out [[Atari Games]]. In 1998, the company spun off from [[Williams Entertainment]]. Major troubles came in 2008, when Midway closed several of its divisions. In February 2009, the US-based operations of Midway filed for bankruptcy, while the European assets were sold and two of them were renamed "[[Tradewest]]". Most of Midway's key assets, including former divisions Surreal Software and Midway Chicago (now "[[NetherRealm Studios]]"), and publishing rights to the ''Mortal Kombat'' and ''Wheelman'' series were acquired by [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]]. | '''Midway''' Manufacturing Company was founded in 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, as an arcade game company. It was sold to Bally in 1969, and reincorporated as "Bally/Midway" in 1982 after merging with Bally's assets, and reverted back to "Midway Manufacturing" in 1988 after it was sold to WMS Industries, and entered the home console gaming market as "Midway Home Entertainment" in 1996 after a renaming from [[Williams Entertainment]] (the former [[Tradewest]]), with the parent unit becoming "Midway Games". In 1991, Williams folded its videogame unit to Midway, and then transferred the assets to Midway outright in 1996 after it bought out [[Atari Games]]. In 1998, the company spun off from [[Williams Entertainment]]. Major troubles came in 2008, when Midway closed several of its divisions. In February 2009, the US-based operations of Midway filed for bankruptcy, while the European assets were sold and two of them were renamed "[[Tradewest]]". Most of Midway's key assets, including former divisions Surreal Software and Midway Chicago (now "[[NetherRealm Studios]]"), and publishing rights to the ''Mortal Kombat'' and ''Wheelman'' series were acquired by [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]]. | ||