Yesterday, Midway issued a press release indicating that Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance has sold over One Million Units since it's release November 22nd, 2002. This is the total sales across all game systems, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and GameBoy Advance, up until the end of the year 2002. Here is a snippet from the press release:

"We are thrilled the gaming community fully embraced the latest edition of the Mortal Kombat franchise," said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. "Mortal Kombat titles have always been top sellers in the fighting game genre and the successful sales of Deadly Alliance reinforce that Midway is giving gamers exactly what they want."

The leading gaming sites have also recognized Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance as a top choice. GameSpot declared the game "Best fighting game of 2002" for Xbox and Nintendo GameCube and IGN included it among its "Editor's Choice Awards" for Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

Read the rest of the press release at Yahoo! Finance News.