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October 25th, 2004

'Mortal Kombat' Resurrects Midway

7:32 PM CST -

Midway is featured in in today's Business section of the . It is discussed how the Chicago-based Midway is hoping to turn profit for the first time since 1999 and it would be being the primary factor behind that happening. Here is a snippet from :

The ''Mortal Kombat'' series has generated $1 billion since its initial release in 1992, and the latest, ''Mortal Kombat: Deception,'' hit U.S. stores Oct. 4. Midway announced on Oct. 12 it had already shipped 1 million copies, and more than 130,000 matches were played over the Internet in the first week after the game was released.

With the holiday season approaching, Midway hopes ''Mortal Kombat: Deception'' will help it record its first profit since 1999. The company has added developers, streamlined the product line, and revamped its marketing strategy in the last year.

Congrats to Midway on their current and future successes. Big things are yet to come with the Mortal Kombat franchise with the upcoming MK: Shaolin Monks and the 7th installment of the core Mortal Kombat fighting game off in the near future.

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November 7th, 2004 11:16 AM CST - K-Twizzy

They're not making profits? Maybe they should go back to MK 3 everything....just with new characters moves and fatalities. I'd be happy with them graphics, and so on.

February 2nd, 2005 10:48 AM CST - chadspade2006

Originally Posted by : K-Twizzy
They're not making profits? Maybe they should go back to MK 3 everything....just with new characters moves and fatalities. I'd be happy with them graphics, and so on.

If and when they make the 7th installment of Mortal Kombat, I hope that they will bring Sektor back. Plus, what the deal with Noob Saibot being Sub-Zero's older brother?

February 2nd, 2005 7:04 PM CST - DCR

Originally Posted by : chadspade2006
Plus, what the deal with Noob Saibot being Sub-Zero's older brother?

The deal is that he was the original Sub-Zero and was reborn in the Netherealm with a new persona after his death at Scorpion's hands.

February 2nd, 2005 7:40 PM CST - RIPLIUKANG

That's cool; I was wondering about that.

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