Midway Studios Austin

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{{Short description|Former video game studio}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Midway Austin

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| type = Subsidiary

| fate =

| successors = Aspyr
Retro Studios
Certain Affinity
Vigil Games
Arkane Austin

| foundation = {{start date and age|2000}}

| location = Austin, Texas

| defunct = {{end date|2008|8|11}}

| location_country = U.S.

| industry = Video games

| products = Area 51 series

| parent = Midway Games (2004–2008)

| homepage =

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Midway Studios Austin (formerly known as Inevitable Entertainment) was a video game developer established by former Acclaim Studios Austin employees, founded as Inevitable Entertainment in 2000 and acquired by Midway Games in 2004.{{cite web |date=October 11, 2004 |title=Midway Acquires Inevitable Entertainment; Acclaimed Development Studio behind 'AREA 51' Renamed Midway Studios - Austin |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20041011005209/en/Midway-Acquires-Inevitable-Entertainment-Acclaimed-Development-Studio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727130957/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20041011005209/en/Midway-Acquires-Inevitable-Entertainment-Acclaimed-Development-Studio |archive-date=2019-07-27 |accessdate=July 27, 2019 |website=Business Wire |publisher=Berkshire Hathaway}}{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Burnes|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/11/midway-acquires-area-51-developer|title=Midway Acquires Area 51 Developer|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|date=October 11, 2004|accessdate=July 27, 2019}} Responsible for developing Area 51 and its 2007 sequel BlackSite: Area 51.

On August 11, 2008, Midway announced it was canceling the game in development at its Austin location and was laying off between 90 and 130 of the Austin employees.{{cite web|url=http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/08/12/0812midway.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917161504/http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/08/12/0812midway.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2012|title=Midway to lay off much of staff at Austin studio|last=Rockwell|first=Lilly|publisher=Austin American-Statesman|date=August 12, 2008|accessdate=August 11, 2008}} In December 2008, the studio closed its doors, laying off the entire local workforce as part of a larger, company-wide, action.{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/12/15/daily20.html | title=Midway shuttering Austin studio, laying off dozens | date=December 16, 2008}} Many of its former staff members have since left to other companies such as Aspyr, Retro Studios, Certain Affinity, and the now-defunct Vigil Games and Arkane Austin.