FINISH HIM!

by: Sean Colleli - posted: 8/2/2006 4:51:00 PM

The ever popular (and once upon a time, hotly controversial) fighting series Mortal Kombat is coming to the Wii, with a special edition of MK: Armageddon.  This is great news for all the fighting game fans who don't want to be stuck with Dragonball Z, and even better news for Wii, because many skeptics thought that the fighting genre would never work on the console.  Remeber, we're still getting Smash Bros. too!

Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced that four, all–new limited Premium Editions of Mortal Kombat®: Armageddon™ will be available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system when the latest iteration of Midway's best–selling fighting franchise ships to stores nationwide, currently scheduled for October 9, 2006. Midway also today announced that Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, currently in development at Midway's Chicago studio, is expected to be available for Nintendo Wii™ in Q1 2007. More specific details on Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for the Wii will be unveiled later this year.

Available exclusively on the PlayStation®2, three of the four Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Premium Editions will feature metallic packaging covers that highlight some of the franchise's most popular character duos, including: Sindel & Shao Kahn, Johnny Cage & Goro, and Kano & Sonya. The fourth Premium Edition set will feature the general Mortal Kombat: Armageddon retail box art on metallic packaging. The Premium Edition sets have a suggested retail price of $49.95 and will also include the following:

• An arcade–perfect, playable of the original Ultimate Mortal Kombat® 3
• Over 60 minutes of bonus DVD video content featuring a "History of Fatalities" movie, along with new videos for more than 50 of the Mortal Kombat characters
• An embossed metal package created exclusively for the limited edition Premium Edition sets; there will be four unique box fronts in total
• Animation cell cover art autographed by franchise co–creator, Ed Boon

About Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon – the latest chapter in the award–winning video game fighting franchise. With the most complete roster ever, including every character from the Mortal Kombat fighting universe, revolutionary Create–A–Fighter and Create–A–Fatality modes, plus a new Konquest mode, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon promises to be the most complete, intensely lethal, fighting experience ever!

For more information about Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, please visit www.midway.com. Limited Premium Editions available while supplies last.