Midway Studios Los Angeles (Company)

Midway Studios Los Angeles

COMPANY» Founded 1994-01-01

Moorpark,California,United States of America

Midway's Los Angeles studio was formerly known Paradox Development and is the company responsible for the infamous Thrill Kill.

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Paradox Development

Founded in 1994 by Christine Hsu (Person) as Paradox Development, the studio was known mostly for developing the games Thrill Kill (Game), which never saw release, and Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style. Also for the PlayStation, they developed Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots Arena and the X-Men: Mutant Academy games. With the new console generation they moved onto developing X-Men: Next Dimension and the Backyard Wrestling (Franchise) games. They worked hard trying to convince Midway to let them develop a Mortal Kombat (Franchise) game and succeeded, the end result was Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, which was a commercial and critical success and ended with Midway buying the company.

Midway Studios Los Angeles

After Midways acquisition, the studio was renamed to its final moniker. Their final game was TNA iMPACT! (Game). Midway, in a cost-cutting measure, closed the studio and merged the team with their San Diego studio; soon afterwards, Midway went out of business.

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TNA iMPACT! (Game)

9 September 2008

Enter the six-sided ring and wrestle in Midway's first wrestling game from the Orlando-based TNA wrestling promotion.

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X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (Game)

17 September 2001

A fighting game involving the biggest X-Men characters, and the sequel to the original Mutant Academy. Features elaborate special moves and multiple endings.

PS1

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Game)

16 September 2005

The third main spin-off of the Mortal Kombat series, retelling the events of Mortal Kombat II through the eyes (and fists) of Shaolin warriors Liu Kang and Kung Lao.

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Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style (Game)

31 October 1999

From the slums of Shaolin, Wu-Tang clan strikes again! The RZA, The GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, U-God, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon the Chef and Masta Killa all come hard, so it's best to watch ya step kid, and to protect ya neck!

PS1

Thrill Kill (Game)

Unknown Release

Thrill Kill is a controversial 3D fighting game developed by Paradox Development that was cancelled several weeks before release when EA bought out its publisher.

PS1

Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood (Game)

16 November 2004

Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood is an arcade style fighting game loosely based on no holds barred wrestling.

PS2 XBOX

Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home (Game)

9 October 2003

Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This At Home is a wrestling game where you have to defeat your enemy in the bloodiest way possible.

PS2 XBOX

Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots Arena (Game)

30 November 2000

A 3D fighting game from the studio behind X-Men: Mutant Academy, based on the 2000 reboot of the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots toy line.

PS1

TNA iMPACT! 2 (Game)

Unknown Release

TNA iMPACT! 2 was a video game under development at Midway's Los Angeles studio anticipated for release in 2010. When the company was split up and sold, the license went to SouthPeak and the studio going to THQ, the work done on this game might never be seen.

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