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October 2006
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Released
In Europe
Posted On: Oct 27 2006, 10:13 PM
In a press release Midway Games Ltd
announced the official release of the PAL PlayStation 2 version
of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon in Europe:
THE END IS HERE AS MIDWAY SHIPS MORTAL
KOMBAT®: ARMAGEDDON™
THE FINAL GAME IN MIDWAY'S BEST–SELLING FIGHTING FRANCHISE FOR CURRENT
GENERATION SYSTEMS
ALSO ON THE WAY:
MORTAL KOMBAT®: UNCHAINED™ FOR THE PSP™
London – October 27th, 2006 – Midway Games Ltd, a subsidiary of Midway
Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), today announced that Mortal Kombat®:
Armageddon™, the final chapter of the Mortal Kombat franchise for
current generation gaming systems, has shipped for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system in Europe. In addition to Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon, Midway is also scheduled to release Mortal Kombat®:
Unchained™ for the PSP™ (PlayStation Portable) in November of this year.
"Mortal Kombat: Armageddon marks a significant milestone in the
franchise as it's the final Mortal Kombat title to be released on
current generation systems," said Al King, European Marketing Director
of Midway Games Limited. "Mortal Kombat: Armageddon also contains
gameplay features that series co–creator Ed Boon and team have always
wanted to implement, such as create–a–fighter and create–a–fatality
modes, and the option to choose from over 60 of the most popular Mortal
Kombat fighters."
For more information about Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, please visit
www.midway.com.
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!
About Midway
Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with
offices throughout the world, is a leading developer and publisher of
interactive entertainment software for major videogame systems and
personal computers. More information about Midway and its products can
be found at www.midway.com.
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MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON, MORTAL KOMBAT: UNCHAINED and MORTAL KOMBAT
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC.
"PSP" is a trademark and "PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are
registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, in the United
States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective companies.
This press release contains "forward–looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
concerning future business conditions and the outlook for Midway Games
Inc. (the "Company") based on currently available information. The
Company's actual results could differ materially from those described in
the forward–looking statements as a result of a number of risks and
uncertainties, including, without limitation, the performance of the
interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product
introductions and the ability to maintain the scheduling of such
introductions, the current console platform transition and other
technological changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and
other risks more fully described under "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10–K for the year ended December 31,
2005, and in other filings made by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Each forward–looking statement, including, without
limitation, financial guidance, speaks only as of the date on which it
is made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any
forward–looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the
date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or
unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by law.
Enjoy Mortal Kombat: Armageddon!!!
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Thompson starts another fight as...
Posted On: Oct 27 2006, 09:46 PM
GameSpot has published the following article:
Judge recuses himself from Bully case
while Florida lawyer turns his attention to Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
for "an unauthorized commercial exploitation" of his likeness.
Those who thought the denial of Jack Thompson's attempt to have
Take-Two's Bully banned would leave the Florida attorney quietly sulking
in the corner apparently don't know Jack.
While Thompson couldn't stop Bully from being released, he did have
choice words for the judge who heard his case, and he was made to appear
before the court yesterday at the request of Take-Two's lawyers to
explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt of court. The hearing began
with Judge Ronald Friedman engaging in a series of sharp exchanges with
Thompson. As can be seen in video of the even posted on Destructoid.com,
at one point Friedman summoned a bailiff when Thompson attempted to
display a large white cardboard sign.
Friedman then proceeded to tell Thompson that he felt "the statements
made to this court about this court by Mr. Thompson, I find
inappropriate for a member of the Florida bar, unprofessional, and
contemptible." Friedman then read several excerpts from letters from
Thompson, in which he called the original Bully hearing "a disturbing
abortion of justice" and threatened to sue Friedman personally.
Another tense verbal exchange between a visibly agitated Thompson and an
oddly serene Friedman followed. Friedman then said that he had filed a
complaint with the Florida bar and that he was going to recuse himself
from the case. He warned Thompson that the next judge "might not be as
kind" as he had been. Thompson quickly countered with a brief verbal
fusillade of his own blasting Friedman's decision while declaring
respect for his office.
While Thompson is still in the thick of his Bully battle, he made time
today to fire off a cease-and-desist order to Midway Games. He wants the
publisher to stop distributing Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, but contrary
to what one might expect, he didn't cite the game's over-the-top
violence as a reason to stop selling it.
"It has today come to my attention that the newly recently [sic] Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon contains an unauthorized commercial exploitation of
my name, photograph, image, and likeness within the game," Thompson
wrote in an e-mail addressed to Midway president and CEO David Zucker
and carbon-copied to several news outlets. "You are commanded to cease
and desist immediately from the distribution of this game because of
this unauthorized, illegal content." (Emphasis in original.)
While Armageddon does boast a roster of more than 60 characters,
Thompson isn't among them. Judging from a photo of the game included
with Thompson's e-mail, he is referring to a character made using the
game's kreate-a-fighter mode. The photo was part of a feature on Gaming
Target yesterday, which contained formulas for making a number of
unlicensed characters from the game's various customization options.
Other familiar faces in the feature included Hulk Hogan, Ash from Army
of Darkness, director Kevin Smith in his Silent Bob alter ego, and
Friday the 13th antagonist Jason Voorhees.
A similar issue went to court in 2004 when Marvel Comics sued City of
Heroes publisher NCsoft and developer Cryptic Studios claiming that the
game infringed on its trademarks by allowing players to re-create
trademarked Marvel characters using the game's create-a-character tools.
The parties settled out of court in December of last year, and earlier
this year it was revealed that the comic company is now working with
Cryptic on Microsoft's new massively multiplayer online game based on
the Marvel Universe.
As of press time, Midway had not responded to a request for comment.
Click
GameSpot to read the original text.
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Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Reviews
Posted On: Oct 27 2006, 09:11 PM
Both,
IGN.com
and
GameSpot have reviewed the newly released Ultimate Mortal Kombat
3 for XBox 360. Below are parts of the articles:
IGN
Now on Xbox Live Arcade, UMK3 is a decent game, a faithful port of a fun
yet flawed game that longtime fans will love. Others, well, they hate
this game.
The Kakoon of Doom.
That's mostly because it's a quarter-stealer. The rubber band AI allows
you to win a match and in a fashion that's usually way too easy. Then,
feeling confident, the next opponent guesses your every move, reacting
to projectiles and jumps and combos faster than any human could ever do.
After pumping in a few more quarters and losing terribly again and
again, the AI will let up on you and give you an easy victory. Until
your next opponent.
GameSpot
In the early 90s, before first-person shooters became the competitive
genre of choice for video games and the rise of the Internet removed
most of our reasons to actually leave the house, you used to have to go
outside to find good video game competition. And when you got out to
those arcades, the genre of choice was the fighting game. The halcyon
days of arcades are way behind us now, and the 2D fighting game has all
but gone with them. The burgeoning retrogaming movement, combined with
the power of the Internet, offers a lot of potential for the fighting
genre, but there haven't been very many fighting games with online play
at all, and those that do have it usually haven't worked very well. Now,
Midway and the emulation wizards at Digital Eclipse are taking another
crack at 2D fighting on the Xbox 360 with the release of Ultimate Mortal
Kombat 3, the last 2D Mortal Kombat game to hit arcades. It's a terrific
version of the arcade original, and on top of that, the online actually
works really well.
...
The Xbox 360 version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is an accurate
rendition of the original arcade machine, which, surprisingly, hasn't
been done before. Other Midway classic compilations have often botched
the MK games, but you won't be bogged down with between-fight load
times, and things like Shang Tsung's morphing abilities also work just
fine, with no hitches. About the only thing you'll notice is that
occasionally the music pauses for a moment if you end a fight without
doing a finishing move. But, overall, the sound is actually better than
it was in the arcade version. The developers must have gone back to the
original source files for all of the music and sound effects, because
there's a clarity to them that simply isn't in the original game.
There's some great music in UMK3, and it's nice to be able to hear it at
full fidelity.
Click
here to read
GameSpot's Review and
here for the one published by
IGN.
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Ultimate MK3 Released For Xbox Live
Arcade
Posted On: Oct 22 2006, 09:56 PM
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 has
been released for Xbox Live Arcade yesterday. The XBox 360
version is an arcade perfect port of the game. This was confirmed by
Major Nelson, a member of the Xbox Live team. He also gave a few
game details:
Xbox Live Members can now download ‘Ultimate
Mortal Kombat 3’ demo from the Xbox Live Arcade. The full version of the
game can be purchased for 800 points.
Here are some game details:
Enter the world of ULTIMATE Mortal Kombat 3 and discover 22 playable
characters, classic fatalities, brutalities, friendships and babalities
with tons of environments, and multiplayer Kombat Mode as you fight to
defeat Shao Kahn!
Players can choose from 22 fighters with different abilities. You also
have secret methods to allow playing additional fighters.
Classic Fatalities, Brutalities, Friendships and Babalities! Finish Him!
2 on 2 kombat mode
Tons of environments to fight in including: Scorpion's Lair, Jade's
Desert, Kahn's Kave, River Kombat, Noob's Dorfen and more.
Each character, has their own good or evil motives and a common goal.
THE DESTRUCTION OF SHAO KAHN!
A variety of multiplayer modes including the new Challenger Versus Mode
which allows you and 3 other friends to battle it out in a
"winner-stays-on" style tournament.
Detailed Leaderboards: Captures the player's win and losses both for all
time and for the current week.
Challenger Versus Mode: A new multiplayer mode which allows up to 4
players to play in a "winner-stays-on" style tournament. Statistics are
recorded to allow for maximum bragging rights!
12 achievements: The UMK3 achievements offer rewards for both the novice
and expert players.
Click
here to read the official announcement.
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New Mortal Kombat Action Figures
Posted On: Oct 22 2006, 08:06 PM
Cinder of
Action-Figure.com posted four new Mortal Kombat action
figures:
Click
here if you want to purchase them.
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Three New Mortal Kombat: Unchained
Screenshots
Posted On: Oct 22 2006, 07:55 PM
Cinder of
Midway Boards posted three new Mortal Kombat: Unchained
screenshots. They all show the PSP Exclusive Endurance Mode
of the game:
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GameSpot: And The Winner Is...
Posted On: Oct 22 2006, 07:25 PM
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon "Scream
It" Contest is over and
GameSpot has announced the winner:
The screaming has died down and the
fatalities have piled up. One Kombatant stands atop the pile. Thanks to
everyone who submitted their video. Check out the winner's video below
and be sure to tune in to Tournament TV on November 10th to see the
winner square off against Ed Boon.
And the winner is WinROCKYWin
His video A dude with a history of Kombat you can watch
here
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Official MK: Armageddon Website: New
Videos
Posted On: Oct 22 2006, 11:57 AM
The Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website has beed updated. New
videos were added in the Video section.
Click
here to visit the
Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website.
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New Loading Screen
Posted On: Oct 22 2006, 11:14 AM
Cinder of
Midway Boards posted one new Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Loading screens:
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XBox 360 Compatibility
Posted On: Oct 21 2006, 06:33 PM
Cinder has confirmed over at
Midway Boards that Mortal Kombat: Armageddon will be
compatible with XBox 360 in the near future. When exactly will
this happen? Just keep an eye on this page and we will inform you as
soon as the update is ready.
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New MK: Armageddon Videos
Posted On: Oct 11 2006, 08:31 PM
The Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website has beed updated. New
videos have been added in the video section of the site.
Click
here to visit the
Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website.
Thanks to KHILADI for this news.
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Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Reviews
Posted On: Oct 11 2006, 08:14 PM
A lot of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Reviews hit the web in the last few days. Below is a list of all of
them:
Also, don't forget to visit our Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon section, where you can find a lot of useful
information about the game. You can: rate the game, submit your kreated
figthers, see the fighters other people have created, learn and submit
information, cheats, kodes, moves and fatalities.
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Two New Koncept Arts
Posted On: Oct 11 2006, 07:31 PM
The Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website has been updated with
two new koncept arts:
Click
here to visit the hidden page.
Thanks to our site visitor KHILADI for this news.
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Midway Releases Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon
Posted On: Oct 8 2006, 10:38 PM
The PlayStation 2 version of
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon has been released. Along with we updated
on our site in preparation for this big event we all await for such a
long time.
Our Mortal Kombat: Armageddon section has been expanded and new
subsections were added.
But that's not all. In our Mortal Kombat: Armageddon section you,
our fans will be able to submit the Kharacters you have made, so that
other Mortal Kombat fans can use them. With your help we will try to
turn our Kreated Kharakter subsection in to the biggest
collection of fan made Mortal Kombat fighter online.
There is still a lot of missing information in our Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon section. We have created the official Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon topics, where people can submit information and add their
knowledge to our site. For this and for much more, visit our Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon section.
Еnjoy Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.
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GamesRadar: New Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon Review
Posted On: Oct 8 2006, 10:01 PM
GamesRadar posted a review about Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.
The four-page review is about all the features in the game including
Kreate-A-Fighter, Motor Kombat and Konquest mode.
Click
here to read the review.
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GamesRadar: Six Minutes Of Slaughter
Posted On: Oct 8 2006, 09:53 PM
GamersRadar posted one new video. The video shows every Fatality
from Mortal Kombat 1 to Mortal Kombat: Deception.
Click
here to watch the video.
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GameDaily: Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Review
Posted On: Oct 8 2006, 09:46 PM
GameDaily posted their first Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
review. The review goes into some detail of the game, however nothing
new is said than what is already known.
Click
here to read the article.
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Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Website Updated
Posted On: Oct 7 2006, 04:22 PM
The Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website has beed once again
updated. The character's video section has finally been launched. Every
video shows an example of the character in kombat.
Click
here to visit the
Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website.
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New Loading Screens
Posted On: Oct 7 2006, 04:15 PM
Cinder of
Midway Boards posted three new Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Loading screens:
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More Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Koncept Arts
Posted On: Oct 7 2006, 04:09 PM
The Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website added another two
koncept arts of Dragon Cave and the Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Title Screen:
Click
here to visit the hidden page.
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IGN: Video Interview With Ed Boon
Posted On: Oct 6 2006, 03:55 PM
IGN has added a video interview with Mortal Kombat's
co-creator Ed Boon. In this interview Ed goes shortly through
every single aspect of the game:
Click
here to download the video.
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Two New Koncept Arts
Posted On: Oct 6 2006, 02:47 PM
Midway has updated the
Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website. Two new koncept art
images are now available on the
hidden page:
Click
here to visit the
Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website and
here to visit the hidden page.
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One New Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Loading Screen
Posted On: Oct 6 2006, 12:51 PM
Cinder posted one new Loading
screen from Mortal Kombat: Armageddon:
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Mortal Kombat Unchained Single Page
Ad + Box Art
Posted On: Oct 6 2006, 12:37 PM
Finally we have some Mortal Kombat:
Unchained news. Below you will find the Single Page Ad for the
European version of the game and the front box art. The relase date for
Europe is 10-Nov-2006.
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GameSpot: Stryker Trading Kard Video
Posted On: Oct 5 2006, 04:44 PM
GameSpot has posted the Trading Kard Video of Stryker:
Kurtis Stryker was the leader of the
NYPD's Special Riot Control division. During Shao Kahn's attempt to
seize Earthrealm, Stryker found himself among the Earth warriors charged
with saving mankind. To this day, he has no idea how or why he was
called to defend his home.
Click
here to download the video.
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Update Of The Official MK:
Armageddon Website
Posted On: Oct 5 2006, 08:45 AM
Midway has updated
The Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website. All missing
characters were added in the characters section. The character videos
are the only things that are still missing.
Click
here to visit
The Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website.
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Wastelands Arena And The Vault
Koncept Arts
Posted On: Oct 4 2006, 09:46 PM
The Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website now has another two
new koncept arts. The images show the Wastelands arena and The
Vault:
Click
here to visit the hidden page.
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More Loading Screens
Posted On: Oct 4 2006, 09:40 PM
Cinder posted another four
Loading screens from Mortal Kombat: Armageddon:
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New Loading Screens
Posted On: Oct 3 2006, 05:58 PM
Cinder of
Midway Boards posted new Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Loading
screens:
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New Koncept Arts
Posted On: Oct 3 2006, 05:53 PM
The Official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Website has been updated with
two new koncept arts of Stryker and Motor Kombat.
Click
here to visit the hidden page.
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