Mortal Kombat: Deception ships millionth unit

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Oct 12, 2004 1:31 pm PT

Midway's ultraviolent fighter becomes fastest-selling game in the company's history.

This just in: apparently violence sells. After its first week on the market, Mortal Kombat: Deception, the title in Midway's fighting franchise, has shipped one million units. The bloody fighting title has become the fastest-selling game in Midway's history, eclipsing its antecedent Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.

Mortal Kombat: Deception continues the series' trademark brutality, with plenty of hard-hitting 3D combat and highly controversial fatality moves. The game introduces new game modes, two fatalities per character, and online play for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. A GameCube version is expected in early 2005. For more about Mortal Kombat: Deception's decapitations and dismemberings in gory detail, read our review of the game.

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Game Universe:
- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (PS2, XBOX),
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2, WII, XBOX),
- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, X360),
- Mortal Kombat 4 (PC, PS, GBC, N64),
- Mortal Kombat: Deception (PS2, PSP, XBOX, GC),
- Mortal Kombat: Unchained (PS2, PSP, XBOX, GC),
- Mortal Kombat II (PC, PS, AMI, SNES, GEN, GB, SAT, GG, SMS, 32X),
- Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (PS2, XBOX, GC, GBA),
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (X360, ARC, SNES, GEN, SAT),
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat
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