Mortal Kombat: Deception coming to the GameCube

Midway Games will be bringing its latest addition in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series to the GameCube. The company officially announced today that Mortal Kombat: Deception will be released for Nintendo's console in the first half of 2005.

The franchise's recognizable characters and over-the-top fatalities will appear in the game, as well as four gameplay modes: kombat, konquest, puzzle, and chess kombat. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game, due for release in October, will feature online play.

For more on Mortal Kombat: Deception, check out GameSpot's exclusive video preview.