Midway Announces New Mortal Kombat Game

In a release that mentioned that Midway has shipped 1.8 million units of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 since it hit store shelves on November 16, the company also slipped in the news that a new Mortal Kombat game is already in the works.

"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," said Ed Boon, creative director at Midway and co-founder of the Mortal Kombat series.

Boon went on to say, "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."

Midway also announced that MK vs. DC Universe was the most pre-ordered Mortal Kombat title in history and there have already been 3.6 million matches played on the PlayStation Network (according to GameSpy numbers).

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