Mortal Kombat: Armageddon appears in Game Informer @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on January 13, 2006

News: Can you say "Mortal Kombat!" one last time?

The February issue of Game Informer has revealed what we've all suspected for a while now, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is upon us. The game is coming to the PS2 and Xbox this October and will put an end to the Mortal Kombat series as we know it.

Kombat creator Ed Boon was quoted in the article about how he wants finality for the Mortal Kombat universe. He also wants a battlefield of broken bodies and a final, true winner of the Mortal Kombat tournament.

For Boon and company to accomplish this they plan to bring back "every character that has ever thrown a punch in a Mortal Kombat tournament." That means a roster of 60+ characters. All of them, except possibly for Motaro (the centaur from Mortal Kombat 3), who may not make the cut.

Boon also talked about several other changes to this ultimate MK fighter:

Reinvention of the Fatality system

Aerial combos are being added

A new Konquest mode based on the Shaolin Monks engine

Directional throwing like in Shaolin Monks

Create-A-Fighter mode

I don't know about you, but as a Mortal Kombat fan I'm very excited. Ridiculously excited even.

For the record, here is a list of all of the Kombatants who will make an appearance in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon:

Ashrah
Baraka
Blaze
Bo Rai Cho
Cyrax
Dairou
Darrius
Drahmin
Ermac
Frost
Fujin
Goro
Havik
Hotaru
Hsu Hao
Jade
Jarek
Jax
Johnny Cage
Kabal
Kai
Kano
Kintaro
Kira
Kitana
Kobra
Kung Lao
Li Mei
Liu Kang
Mavado
Mileena
Mokap
Moloch
Nightwolf
Nitara
Noob Saibot
Onaga, The Dragon King
Quan Chi
Raiden
Rain
Reiko
Reptile
Scorpion
Sektor
Shang Tsung
Shao Khan
Sheeva
Shinnok
Shujinko
Sindel
Smoke
Sonya Blade
Stryker
Sub-Zero
Tanya

Wow.