History lesson: despite decreasing sales and quality standards of late, Mortal Kombat is without a doubt Midwayâs most important remaining asset. And Ed Boon created Mortal Kombat. So heâs important to Midway.
Which is why, despite the remainder of their business operations seemingly falling down around them, Midway have sought to secure the continued payment of Boonâs âbonusâ structure throughout the companyâs bankruptcy proceedings, which they say is âcritical to maximizing the value of one of the Debtorsâ primary assetsâ.
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More money will no dbout need to be freed up later in the year, as Midwayâs bankruptcy paperwork also reveals that heâs working on a new entry in âthe Debtorsâ most successful video game seriesâ (ie Mortal Kombat), and that a new game in the series will be out in Q4 2009.
Thatâs a lot of money to be throwing around when thereâs not much Midway money to go around, but thereâs certainly a good reason for it. Midway argue, and rightly so, that Boon is the last Ace theyâve got left up their sleeve. If he took off, investors and other assorted pundits would call it a day on Midwayâs potential to crank out any decent (or half-decent games).
Whatâs also of note is just how much money that is. Boon and Mortal Kombat have a history, but there hasnât been a really good game from either in a long, long time. Imagine the kind of bonus payments people like Ken Levine, Will Wright and Dude Huge are picking upâŠ
Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boonâs $1 million bonus [The Cut Scene] [Image]
