After a few delays during the passed few months, Midway Games has shipped the PSP exclusive Mortal Kombat: Unchained today! It will be available in most stores by Tuesday (tomorrow) as Mortal Kombat makes its debut on Sony's portable system. From Midway's press release:

CHICAGO, IL – November 13, 2006 – Midway Games Inc., a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced the release of Mortal Kombat®: Unchained™ for the PSP™ (PlayStation® Portable) system. Delivering the most powerful fighting game ever on a portable gaming system, Mortal Kombat: Unchained captures the lethal intensity that helped make the Mortal Kombat franchise the leader in the fighting game genre since 1992.

Exclusive to the PSP system are six new characters, including Kitana, Frost, Blaze, Goro and Shao Kahn. Also exclusive to the PSP is an all–new game type, Endurance Mode, in which players must battle their way to the top against an all–star roster of Mortal Kombat fighters.

Fans owning this system should go pick the game up, as it easily offers more characters, options and gameplay modes than any fighting game previously available on portable systems. To view the press release in full and view a few screenshots from the game, click here.

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