New Mortal Kombat Titles Announced

By Digital Trends Staff March 1, 2006

Midway Games on Tuesday announced the final Mortal Kombat franchise installment for current generation gaming systems as well as a separate Mortal Kombat title for Sony’s PSP. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is set to debut this fall and will be available for the Xbox and PlayStation 2, while Mortal Kombat: Unchained for the PSP will appear in the fall as well.

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, said Midway, will feature every character from the Mortal Kombat fighting universe, a create-your-own fighter mode and a create-your-own fatality mode. In Mortal Kombat: Unchained, features will include multiple fatalities per character, multi-tiered interactive backgrounds, different game modes including head-to-head Wi-Fi capabilities, six new fighters, and a new endurance mode.

“As the final chapter of Mortal Kombat on current generation gaming platforms, we’re eager to raise the bar for the fighting genre yet again with Mortal Kombat: Armageddon,” said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway, in a statement. “Building off of the tremendous successes of Mortal Kombat: Deception in October 2004 and Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks in September 2005, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon introduces the most comprehensive cast of playable characters from every Mortal Kombat title, both past and present, in addition to the first create-a-fighter mode in franchise history.”

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