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Midway making more Mortal Kombat

Published on 27th January 2009 by Joe Martin

Midway yesterday announced that it had shipped almost two million copies of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has confirmed that he is already working with Midway on a new game in the long-running Mortal Kombat series, despite the critical financial situation of the publisher.

Midway ran into financial trouble a while back, culminating in an announcement last year that the publisher lost $100 million USD in 2007, forcing the company to close studios and cancel numerous games. Midway even faced being de-listed on the New York Stock Exchange if the situation didn't improve.

Now though the company seems to have been buoyed by the moderate success of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, which has shipped over 1.8 million units worldwide. Keen to capitalise on that success, Midway is starting work on the successor.

"We're already hard at work on our next version of Mortal Kombat, and look forward to being able to reveal more details in the future," said Boon in a press statement.

"Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe was the result of countless hours of hard work by many people, and seeing the game surpass the million-seller plateau makes it worth all the effort," he added, mentioning that MK vs. DC Universe was the most pre-ordered game in the history of the series.

Despite the financial success of the game however, Mortal Kombat vs. DC struggled to make any real impression on critics - but why not pass along your own thoughts in the forums?

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Redbeaver 27th January 2009, 15:35

that picture look painful...

as far as the game goes though, ive seen nothing but mediocre online reviews at best, but my real life buddies who knows about the game think its just awesome.... "dude, freakin batman vs liu kang!"-kinda response...

so yeah. if u pick on the details, u can probably see some ugly flaws... but overall for most simple-minded gamers out there, its load of fun. for the dc/mk geeks out there, it's even more fun than mario brawl...

glaeken 27th January 2009, 15:55

I'm really surprised it did that well. The tv ad spots were totally uninspiring. Looked rather crap to be honest.

War-Rasta 27th January 2009, 20:03

I'd certainly like to see some more MK. The last few installments had been big time manure, but MK Vs DCU was fairly amusing. At first I thought it was going to be a real disappointment, but once I played it it turned out to be really fun. If you gan get past the fact that it makes no sense whatsoever the gameplay is very engaging. I think this was a step forward for MK regarding gameplay. Storywise... It's definitely a few steps back.