President of Midway Games, David Zucker, provided the following information on the releases of popular franchise titles in the year 2004. From the conference call:
Our 3rd strategic thrust is to grow our portfolio of existing brands that we own. This means taking franchises like Spy Hunter, Mortal Kombat, Gauntlet, to the next level and making these brands even bigger and better. During the quarter we made significant progress in this area. For the Mortal Kombat franchise we reviewed an internal demo of the next iteration of Mortal Kombat, that we believe will be the most innovative fighting game to date, featuring online functionality and depth never before seen in a 3d fighting game.
Hopefully, this demo or something similar will make its way to the public soon. Also, it is interesting to note that during the call it was mentioned, that while Midway Games is primarily a console-based company, they do expect next year to have a number of PC releases. With Mortal Kombat being the company's top mature rated selling franchise, could it be possible for Mortal Kombat 6 to be released on the PC? It's too early to tell, but with online play confirmed in this next installment, it does leave you wondering.