Deadly Alliance sells a million
Midway Games announces that more than a million copies of the latest fighting game in its long-running Mortal Kombat series were sold last year.
Midway Games has today announced that Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance sold more than a million copies across all four platforms before the end of 2002.
"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."
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is a 3D fighter that features a large number of classic characters from previous games in the series, as well as a handful of all-new fighters. The game features a few different gameplay modes and well over 600 bonuses that can be unlocked, including everything from new stages and characters to concept art and photos of arcade machines.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance was released in North America on November 22 of last year, and it is scheduled for release in Europe in February. For more information, check out our previous coverage of all four versions of the game using the links to the right.
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