As with Capcom's numerous refinements of its Street Fighter games, Midway released Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 to further hone the gameplay and add new characters and features, and is usually considered the high point of the series in arcades. Among its new features are several new gameplay modes (2-on-2 and an 8-player tournament mode), gameplay tuning and refinements, new stages and the return of several original Mortal Kombat characters that were omitted in the first version of MK3. It was the last 2D-based Mortal Kombat games to be released in arcades, as the reigning technology had moved on to 3D.