In a shocking twist, a game that was initially released in 1995 is back in the spotlight as a nominee for
Best Fighting Game at
GameSpot's Best of 2006 Awards. In a year that saw the release of the mega ultra jammed-packed 3D fighter,
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, for last generation consoles; another mega ultra jammed-packed fighter is claiming the glory. It is clear that the
2D fighters of
Mortal Kombat old are finding new life in the current generation's downloadable
Arcades.
Sparked with a spiffed up multiplayer capability,
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for
Xbox Live Arcade is everything the classic
Mortal Kombat fan dreams about experiencing. Ever since
broadband Internet connections became commonplace, the desire for a Internet multiplayer version of the classic arcade games grew stronger and stronger with every release of the recent 3D versions of
Mortal Kombat that featured online play. With
Microsoft's engineers on the task, the network code that key members of the
MK Team constantly and consistently said was impractical, found success with
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.
Voting is still underway over at the
Best Fighting Game page at
GameSpot. Regardless of the vote's outcome,
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for
Xbox Live Arcade has been a success on three fronts: technically, financially, and now critically.
UMK3 was also nominated for
Best Downloadable Console Game at
GameSpot, but did not win. Hopefully this success has not gone unnoticed at
Midway and that other classic
Mortal Kombat games are on the way to the
downloadable Arcades of this generation's consoles.
UPDATE: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 has won
GameSpot's Best Fighting Game for
2006!
