in 1996, wms was losing interest in video games and, as such, williams entertainment was transferred to midway who renamed the division midway home entertainment, inc.. like it was the case with wms, the division served as midway's foothold to the home console market, who could now publish video games in-house without having to rely on other publishers (such as acclaim entertainment). both the corsicana, texas and a new r&d facility in san diego (replacing the el cajon location) remained opened within midway who continued to employ byron cook (who became president of midway home entertainment) and john rowe (who became vice-chairman and director of product development); developing and publishing games for gamecube, xbox, sony playstation and microsoft windows.