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Mortal Kombat Kompilation - At the last Electronic Entertainment Expo in May, a Midway representative gave us a strong indication that a Mortal Kombat compilation title was set to be released this holiday season. Obviously, that never came to be, but don't rule out the possibility just yet. While the Midway rep said the game would not be online, and he wasn't sure which MK titles would be featured, we can guess that the delay may have been caused by Ed Boon's intention to add online play to the title. It's all speculation at this point, but with a Dead or Alive compilation title releasing next year with online play, and MK6 heading online next year as well, it would make sense for Midway to test the online waters with Mortal Kombat Kompilation. If the title is indeed still on track, we would expect it to release several months before Mortal Kombat 6, in order to get the hype machine rolling.

Mortal Kombat 6 - Ed Boon and his team over at Midway created Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance from the ground up. Nothing was taken from previous Mortal Kombat games in order to provide a fresh take on the series. The game went on to sell over a million copies, so now Ed Boon and company are at it one more time. They're building Mortal Kombat 6 from the ground up. Nothing will be taken from Deadly Alliance. While virtually nothing is known about the title thus far, we do know that it will release in 2004, and it will feature online play. Xbox and PS2 versions of the game are almost certain, but a GameCube port may be unlikely given the online features. We can also safely assume that Scorpion and Sub-Zero will make a return since they're Ed Boon's favorite characters.

MIDWAY'S MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE NOMINATED IN THE 2003 BAFTA INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS

London - November 13th, 2003 Midway Games Ltd. (NYSE: MWY), a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance has been nominated in the Action category for the 2003 BAFTA Interactive Entertainment awards.

"Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance took gamers by storm in 2003, and the fact that it sold-through over 2 million units worldwide proves the franchise is continuing to define the fighting genre." Said Matt Broughton, European Marketing Director, Midway. "We are delighted to be nominated for a BAFTA in the Action category, sitting along-side the likes of GTA: Vice City and Metroid Prime."

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance delivers the highly-acclaimed series on the next-generation consoles with a lethal dose of unparalleled brutality, supernatural mystique and a reinvented fighting system - all powered by a new engine that rewards longtime fans of the franchise as well as next-generation game lovers. The BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards will take place on February 25th 2004 and will feature the games that form one of the most popular entertainment industries in the world today.

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