It is the fifth main installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise and a sequel to 1997's Mortal Kombat 4. It was the first all-new Mortal Kombat fighting game produced exclusively for home consoles, with no preceding arcade release. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is a 2002 fighting game developed and published by Midway for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance.