Midway today officially annouced the final chapter in the Mortal Kombat universe on current-generation consoles. After a world-exclusive Game Informer article and a media blowout at IGN, Midway issued a press release declaring the game's existance, along with the official logo. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, featuring the most extensive cast of playable characters in the series to-date and an all-new create-a-fighter mode, is currently in development for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox and is expected to ship Fall 2006.

"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."

For more detailed information on the game's konquest mode, create-a-fighter, and user-created fatalities visit our Mortal Kombat: Armageddon GameRealm.