[BigBlue]

Midway Games Inc. announced on October the 4th that Mortal Kombat®: DeceptionTM, the latest entry in the company's best-selling Mortal Kombat franchise, has shipped for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft.

Mortal Kombat: Deception pushes martial arts-style fighting and the Mortal Kombat franchise to new heights with an innovative fighting system, unparalleled depth and brutally intense action that will appeal to long-time Mortal Kombat fans as well as next-generation gamers. The game features lightning-fast, hand-to-hand and special weapons combat, secret and returning characters, new moves and combinations with death-dealing battles and all-new life-threatening environments.