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[Glowsquid]

Are the Rush series and Cruis'n part of the same lineage? I know they both were published by Midway. I never played much Cruis'n but I'd love some more floaty Rush style games.

rush is by atari games, cruis'n is by midway.

 

[thepenguin55]

rush is by atari games, cruis'n is by midway.

And just to clarify Midway did own Rush and my guess would be that Warner owns the Rush series now.

 

[MacTag]

And just to clarify Midway did own Rush and my guess would be that Warner owns the Rush series now.

Warner filed a trademark transfer for the Rush games back when they bought most of Midway so it's a good guess they own it. Then again it turns out Microsoft bought Hydro Thunder so who really knows.

 

[kitsuneyo]

The tracks kind of remind me of Mario Kart with their craziness. I would play it.

 

[thepenguin55]

Warner filed a trademark transfer for the Rush games back when they bought most of Midway so it's a good guess they own it. Then again it turns out Microsoft bought Hydro Thunder so who really knows.

Yeah my understanding is that:
EA wound up with NBA Jam (not sure if that includes Hangtime or Showtime) and NFL Blitz (I assume that doesn't include Blitz: The League)

MS (tragically) wound up with Hydro Thunder

And Warner got everything else. I think a big part of what makes who owns what confusing is that you'd think Warner would leverage the fact that they own most of Midway's library of games by re-releasing a lot of those classic games in some way or by making new games based on those properties but they've done very little of that.

They put out a compilation of games on 360 and PS3 that was fine but if you owned Midway Arcade Treasures vol 1 then you didn't really have a reason to buy it and then they put out an MK compilation that was somehow worse than the Midway Arcade Treasure versions of those games and that's it. Oh and they put out that Midway Lego Dimensions pack which is cool but requires a $100 game to play it.

 

[Glowsquid]

Yeah my understanding is that:
EA wound up with NBA Jam (not sure if that includes Hangtime or Showtime)

Hangtime and the other Basketball games Midway did after are separate IPs. Acclaim got the NBA Jam IP in the 90's after a dispute and made their own sequels. I don't think Midway ever reacquired the NBA Jam license.

Beside MK, Warner did comission a 3DS/Vita Spy Hunter game, but it's apparently pretty lame. What I wouldn't give for a proper Spy Hunter in the style of the 2001 game.

 

[thepenguin55]

Hangtime and the other Basketball games Midway did after are separate IPs. Acclaim got the NBA Jam IP in the 90's after a dispute and made their own sequels. I don't think Midway ever reacquired the NBA Jam license.

Beside MK, Warner did comission a 3DS/Vita Spy Hunter game, but it's apparently pretty lame. What I wouldn't give for a proper Spy Hunter in the style of the 2001 game.

Oh God, I completely forgot about that dark time in the NBA Jam series! Now I wish I could forget NBA Jam Extreme.

 

[TannerDemoz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejxyt5zYdps

I thought the trailer for this came out years ago?

 

[twinturbo2]

Warner filed a trademark transfer for the Rush games back when they bought most of Midway so it's a good guess they own it. Then again it turns out Microsoft bought Hydro Thunder so who really knows.

I remember seeing the WB Games logo when starting up Hydro Thunder Hurricane.