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February 2006
This Generation's Final Mortal
Kombat Announced
Posted On: Feb 28 2006, 11:37 PM
In a press release
Midway has just officially announced Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
and Mortal Kombat: Unchained
“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. “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.”
About Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Introducing Mortal Kombat: Armageddon --- the latest chapter in the
award-winning, best-selling video game fighting franchise. With the most
complete Mortal Kombat roster ever, including every character from the
Mortal Kombat fighting universe, revolutionary Create-A-Fighter and
Create-A-Fatality modes, plus a brand new Konquest mode, Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon promises to be the most complete, intensely lethal, fighting
experience ever!
Midway also revealed today Mortal Kombat®: Unchained™ for the PSP™
(PlayStation® Portable) system from Sony. Mortal Kombat: Unchaine
delivers the deepest fighting game ever on the PSP with the lethal
intensity that helped establish the franchise as the ultimate fighting
game of all time! With multiple fatalities per character, multi-tiered
interactive backgrounds, extensive game modes including head-to-head
Wi-Fi capabilities, six new fighters, and a new endurance mode Mortal
Kombat: Unchained revolutionizes the fighting game genre once again and
is expected to ship Fall 2006.
Click
here to read the entire press release.
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Midway Unveils 2006 Lineup For Psp
Posted On: Feb 27 2006, 11:06 PM
In a press release
Midway has just announced its official lineup for PSP games. From
the press release:
“In 2006, Midway will begin our strong support of the PSP handheld
market by bringing some of our top franchises to the system,” said Steve
Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. “All of these titles are
perfect for gaming on the go, whether it’s a pick-up game of NBA
Ballers: Rebound, a quick race in RUSH or a fight to the death in Mortal
Kombat: Unchained.”
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About Mortal Kombat: Unchained
Mortal Kombat: Unchained takes the Mortal Kombat franchise to new
heights with an innovative fighting system tailored for Wi-Fi
functionality, unparalleled depth and brutally intense action that will
appeal to long-time Mortal Kombat fans, as well as PSP gamers. The game
features lightning-fast combat, new moves and combinations and PSP
exclusive characters and environments.
Click
here to read the entire press release.
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Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Logo
Posted On: Feb 26 2006, 08:41 AM
Mortal Kombat Online updated with the official Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon Logo and with two renders (Kintaro and Stryker).
Click
here to see the news at
Mortal Kombat Online.
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Ign: Mk: Armageddon Media Update
Posted On: Feb 25 2006, 08:40 PM
IGN.com has published an interview with Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed
Boon by asking him to throw a little light on several questions that has
been bothering the fans since the game has been announced:
IGN: What do you mean by "Armageddon?" Is
this really final battle between good and evil? Does this mean this is
the last Mortal Kombat as we know it? Will you explain?
Ed: Armageddon does imply "The End" in a few ways. It is the end of MK
on this generation of consoles. It also is the final battle between all
the good and evil characters in the MK universe. We really want to close
this chapter of Mortal Kombat.
...
IGN: Also, from a technical standpoint, are there any complications or
difficulties you had to overcome to get all of these characters to fight
one another? Do different character sizes or fighting styles make a
difference from a design or programming standpoint?
Ed: Absolutely. We are going to be including all the boss characters
from MK's past. Goro, Shao Kahn, even Motaro!! Some of these characters
are HUGE and have never been playable characters before. So we will need
to make sure they are not too powerful or un-fun to play. We are doing
extensive testing on them against every single other character in the
game to make sure they are fair and fun to play.
Part of the update are also several screenshots and two renders of
Kintaro and Reiko and the first ever Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon trailer.
Renders:
Trailer:
Click
here to read the interview and see all see the screenshots and the
trailer.
Thanks to our forum member Deadly_Dragon for the heads-up on this
story.
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Ign: Mk: Unchained Preview And
Screenshots
Posted On: Feb 25 2006, 08:19 PM
IGN.com has published a short preview of Mortal Kombat: Unchained
revealing the names of the exclusive characters for this Mortal
Kombat: Deception port for the PSP.
Players can expect multiple fatalities per
character, multi-tiered interactive backgrounds and six new fighters.
The game will offer playable versions Kitana, Jax, Frost, Blaze, Goro
and Shao Kahn.
Click
here to read the article and to see the screenshots.
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Mortal Kombat: Unchained Box Art
Posted On: Feb 22 2006, 06:10 PM
Midway has released the box art for Mortal Kombat: Unchained
along with a short description of the game that will be released for
PSP:
Mortal Kombat®: Unchained™ delivers the
deepest fighting game ever on the PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system
with the lethal intensity that helped establish the franchise as the
ultimate fighting game of all time! With multiple fatalities per
character, multi-tiered interactive backgrounds, extensive game modes,
six new fighters, and a new endurance mode Mortal Kombat®: Unchained™
revolutionizes the fighting game genre once again.
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Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Previews
Posted On: Feb 11 2006, 12:01 PM
Both
GameDaily and
Shacknews preview the upcoming Mortal Kombat game: Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon. From the articles:
ShackNews
But here's the thing: the last time we had
bosses selectable by default in an MK game (MK Trilogy), the balancing
left a little to be desired... which is putting it lightly. So what
about in Armageddon? Will Shao Kahn, Goro and others be able to easily
lay the smack down on other "normal" fighters such as Sub-Zero, Sonya,
and Kano? "The boss characters are going to go through the same
development and balancing as the normal characters in Armageddon,"
assures Boon. "In Trilogy, [the bosses] had to be pieced together with
the 'boss-only' assets created for MK1, 2 and 3. Because of this, they
... never got the same treatment as the other characters, which were
balanced from their original arcade games."
Click
here to read the entire preview.
GameDaily
By now you may be wondering exactly how this
game appeals to classic MK fans who were shunned by the move to 3D (and
less strategic gameplay). Well, Midway has declared that this is the MK
that will tie up all the loose ends and allow the development team to
move on to the next generation with a completely new look and feel to
the series. This doesn't mean you won't be seeing a few of the staple
characters in Mortal Kombat 8, but it does mean that fans of the classic
MK titles will be rid of the current fighting engine when the next
generation of Mortal Kombat is finally upon us. Sorry MK fans, but the
3D MK games have turned a lot of old school fans away from the series
who would love to get back into things with a brand new fighting engine.
Click
here to read GameDaily's preview.
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Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Website Updated
Posted On: Feb 7 2006, 01:56 PM
The official Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon Website (www.mkarmageddon.com)
has been updated. There is really nothing new and interesting there but
at least some sort of activity has been shown after its creation. The
site has only the Dragon logo on it. However keep an eye on it because
it will probably be updated soon with some new information.
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All Fighters Render
Posted On: Feb 6 2006, 10:11 PM
Today
Mortal Kombat Online updated with the image from the
GameInformer's article with all playable kombatants from Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon:
Visit
Mortal Kombat Online to get the image in different sizes.
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