Midway Games Inc., a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced that four, all–new limited Premium Editions of Mortal Kombat®: Armageddon™ will be available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system when the latest iteration of Midway’s best–selling fighting franchise ships to stores nationwide, currently scheduled for October 9, 2006. Midway also today announced that Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, currently in development at Midway’s Chicago studio, is expected to be available for Nintendo Wii™ in Q1 2007. More specific details on Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for the Wii will be unveiled later this year.

Available exclusively on the PlayStation®2, three of the four Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Premium Editions will feature metallic packaging covers that highlight some of the franchise’s most popular character duos, including: Sindel & Shao Kahn, Johnny Cage & Goro, and Kano & Sonya. The fourth Premium Edition set will feature the general Mortal Kombat: Armageddon retail box art on metallic packaging. The Premium Edition sets have a suggested retail price of $49.95 and will also include the following:

An arcade–perfect, playable of the original Ultimate Mortal Kombat® 3
Over 60 minutes of bonus DVD video content featuring a “History of Fatalities” movie, along with new videos for more than 50 of the Mortal Kombat characters
An embossed metal package created exclusively for the limited edition Premium Edition sets; there will be four unique box fronts in total
Animation cell cover art autographed by franchise co–creator, Ed Boon