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"Warner Interactive&amp;#039;s bid to purchase bankrupt publisher Midway has been granted court approval. The acquisition, due to be concluded next week, will see the Mortal Kombat licence, This Is Vegas, Midway&amp;#039;s sports and arcade brands, and the company&amp;#039;s Chicago and Seattle studios become the property of Warner Bros. Midway&amp;#039;s Newcastle and San Diego studios were not included in the deal, along with the TNA licence. Both studios have been trying to establish themselves as independent developers in a bid to attract potential buyers. According to Joystiq, the development houses have been given the required 60-day notice, but a Midway spokesperson confirmed that no bids have been forthcoming. Warner&amp;#039;s interest in Midway began back in April, when the media giant tabled a $33 million (\u00A320 million) bid for the studio. Midway is one of the few active developers and publishers that was producing games before the rise of the home console. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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