Midway Announces New Mortal Kombat, Romero-Helmed Gauntlet

Posted by simoniker on Friday February 27, 2004 @11:17AM from the clawing-back-from-the-edge dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its first look at Midway's new PS2/Xbox title, Mortal Kombat: Deception, as "the recently announced sixth installment" in this long-running franchise officially debuts with a teaser trailer, heavily analyzed at Mortal Kombat Online. Elsewhere, Midway, who is trying to rebound from poor financial results, has announced a new addition to the Gauntlet series, and it's noted that "John Romero, the famous (and infamous) creator of Doom and Daikatana, will be developing the title", confirming earlier rumors to that effect.

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Re:Midway needs a new franchise by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-27 12:47 · Score: 1, Informative

If midway can make a good game still (and I'm sure they can), they will have to do it with another franchise, because no matter how good the next mortal kombat or gauntlet is, gamers will only remember the awful craptasticness of the previous installments
Interesting factoid for you: For about 48% of PS2 buyers, and for almost 68% of Xbox buyers, this is their first game console.
Half the market never saw MK4, unless it was in the arcade as a pre-teen!