Famous Faces Entertainment Talent And Model Agency To Help Select Cheerleaders For Midway Sports™ National Cheerleader Tryouts

Top Talent Scout to Help Select Next Cheerleaders to Appear in Midway Sports Adrenaline-Style Baseball Videogame, MLB^™ SLUGFEST^®, and Receive Offers for Modeling Contracts

 CHICAGO – Feb. 27, 2003 – Midway Sports^™, the sports brand of leading software industry publisher and developer Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), announced today that Famous Faces Entertainment Talent and Model Agency has signed on as the exclusive talent agency for the Midway Sports National Cheerleader Tryouts. Midway announced a national search to find the next two MLB^™ SlugFest^® cheerleaders on January 14, 2003.

Adding to the excitement of the national cheerleader search, Famous Faces has agreed to make offers to represent, under modeling or talent contracts, the two winning Midway Sports Cheerleaders. A talent scout from the agency will also sit on the judges’ panel to help select the winning cheerleaders.

“Famous Faces’ eye for top talent will definitely help us find the right cheerleaders for MLB SlugFest,” said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway.

Cheerleader Tryouts

Through March 11, Midway Sports is accepting tryout videos from the first 15,000 women, ages 18 to 25, interested in becoming the next Midway Sports MLB SlugFest Cheerleaders. The final two selected cheerleaders will each receive $5,000 from Midway and the opportunity to travel to and participate in exclusive Midway Sports promotional events and activities such as a photo shoot for MLB SlugFest, in-game exposure, and the Midway Sports Cheerleader Calendar. For complete requirements, rules and the official entry form, visit www.MidwaySports.net.

“We’re excited to lend our expertise in this unique national talent search,” said Paul Levine, founder of Famous Faces Entertainment.

Judge Sweepstakes

MLB SlugFest fans can also get into the excitement by entering to win a trip to Spring Training in Florida to meet St. Louis Cardinals^® star and MLB SlugFest 20-04 cover athlete Jim Edmonds, and to be an honorary judge in the selection of the five Midway Sports Cheerleader semifinalists. Enter anytime from January 14 through March 10 at www.MidwaySports.net.

Paul Levine, an industry veteran who has worked with United Artists and Warner Brothers, established Famous Faces Entertainment Talent and Model Agency 25 years ago. As a Screen Actors Guild-franchised agency, Famous Faces represents actors, actresses, models, and extra casting for motion pictures, television, print work, voiceovers and fashion shows. The agency houses entertainment, special events, talent and production departments, as well as concierge and movie film services.

About MLB SlugFest 20-04

Developed by the creators of NFL^® Blitz^®, MLB SlugFest 20-04 includes real Major League Baseball^® players, teams and stadiums. Unlike any other baseball game, MLB SlugFest 20-04 also features incredibly larger-than-life, muscle-bound athletes who take to the field to perform outrageous plays both offensively and defensively, including turbo-powered throws and pitches, blistering hits, and acrobatic diving catches. 

The MLB SlugFest franchise made its debut as the first-ever adrenaline-style console baseball videogame in 2002 and became the number-one-selling baseball videogame on the PlayStation^®2 computer entertainment system. (NPD Funworld, July – Dec. 2002)

MLB SlugFest 20-04 features even more of what made last year’s franchise a best-seller, such as “Create-A-Team,” which enables gamers to select their favorite players from both leagues in order to build an All-Star ball club in pursuit of a World Series championship. Customizable instant replay gives gamers control of the camera to view highlight-reel-caliber plays--like towering home runs and larger-than-life, diving catches--in photo-realistic shots from any angle. In the new Home Run Derby^® feature, gamers can pit their favorite MLB players against the most feared home run hitters in the league.

Popular Midway Sports announcers “Jimmy Shorts” and Tim Kitzrow also return to MLB SlugFest 20-04 with all new SlugFest-style humorous color commentary. In addition, gamers will play to music such as Hoobastank’s hit song, “Crawling In The Dark,” and preview original DVD content that includes the behind-the-scenes making of the game and Jim Edmonds highlight footage: “A Day in the Life with Jim Edmonds.”

MLB SlugFest 20-04 is scheduled to launch in March of 2003 for release on the PlayStation^®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox^™ video game system from Microsoft, the Nintendo GameCube^™ and Game Boy^® Advance.

Midway Games Inc. is a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. Midway videogames are available for play on videogame platforms including the PlayStation^®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox^™ video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube^™ and Game Boy^® Advance.

For more information about Midway Games visit www.midway.com.

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