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UMK3 set to pummel XBLA

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Oct 9, 2006 4:57 pm PT

Long-awaited arrival of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for Microsoft's Xbox 360 downloadable game service set for November.

A decade and change ago there were two fighting franchises duking it out for supremacy at the arcades: Midway's Mortal Kombat and Capcom's Street Fighter. Earlier this year, it was revealed that installments from both series would be released for the Xbox 360 on Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service.

In August, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting was released after fans were made to endure multiple delays. Meanwhile, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 has yet to be delayed, possibly because it has never had a release date any more exact than "by the end of the year." With 2006 heading into the home stretch, Midway has finally narrowed that window down a bit.

Midway today announced that Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 would be available in November, completing a four-hit combo that also consists of the PlayStation 2 and Xbox editions of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (being released this week and next, respectively) and the series' PSP debut, Mortal Kombat: Unchained. Midway has not announced a price for the game yet.

119 Comments

  • PWXShock

    Posted Oct 17, 2006 3:58 am PT

    UMK3 is the best overall MK game ever made, MKII doesn't even qualify as a fighting game in comparison. I hope people give it the chance it deserves. I discussed the release tonight on www.alphaism.com - check it out.

  • westsider101

    Posted Oct 13, 2006 10:25 pm PT

    Finnaly

  • dreemernj

    Posted Oct 13, 2006 8:05 pm PT

    Can't wait for this to come out. I was really let down with UMK3 with the premium edition of Mortal Kombat Armageddon. My hope is this is taking so long because they are working on making it a truly solid game. They can bork MKA all they want, it doesn't hurt the gameplay. That'd be like beating a dead man. But if they mess up UMK3, the game will crumble. It's too precise.

  • _Sam_

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 5:42 pm PT

    can't wait

  • dr_taffin

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 6:26 pm PT

    Sonya WINS. Flawless... Victory. Babality?

  • anamnawshad

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 1:11 am PT

    Sweet!

  • nemes1s3000

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 7:03 pm PT

    God I hope this comes out for the PS3.

  • RedSunRising

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 3:33 pm PT

    MK2 sucks compared to UMK3. UMK3 is MK3 with almost all of the problems addressed and fixed. MK2 is primitive in comparison.

  • tuff_gong92

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 3:22 pm PT

    I almost I had a 360 now, almost. I have been a fan since I was like 4 and this is great news for MK everywhere. UMK3 was my second fav of the 2D's. Of course my favorite is MKII, however I would pick UMK3 for XBLA but MKII is better overall. Go MK, no Street Fighter.

  • SLIM10480

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 2:26 pm PT

    yesssss. lets just hope that they dont mess up like street fighter did

  • infidelity

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 2:15 pm PT

    Be sure to look out for "MortalKombtKing"

    Be aware!!

  • Generic_Dude

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 2:15 pm PT

    Hells yeah... FINISH ME!

  • mike_mgoblue

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 2:03 pm PT

    Ultimate Mortal Komat 3 is going to be a GREAT game to get for Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360!!!

  • MadGamer132

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 1:42 pm PT

    HELL F*&!IN' YEAH!

  • dragon_rule87

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 1:23 pm PT

    I Cant wait for the MK3 to be on Xbox Live

  • sonnyfromda02

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 1:17 pm PT

    Cain't wait to bust out some Classic Smoke!!

  • drangel_jam

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 11:36 am PT

    Nice!!! I can't wait to frustrate people.

  • westsider101

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 11:30 am PT

    I WIN FLAWLESS VICTORY

  • starcutter20000

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 11:28 am PT

    SOrry xbox you can already play street fighter online with gametap.

  • WolfSkill5544

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 11:28 am PT

    Cool man, I hope that they fixed that problems that had before when it was released on the PS one. So many memories.

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