▁best ▁and ▁received ▁less ▁than ▁favor able ▁reviews . ▁The ▁final ▁st raw ▁was ▁the ▁negative ▁reception ▁and ▁poor ▁sales ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 ' s ▁Mort al ▁K omb at : ▁Special ▁Forces , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁Mid way ▁putting ▁the ▁franch ise ▁on ▁hold ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁Dead ly ▁Alliance . ▁ ▁Mort al ▁K omb at : ▁Dead ly ▁Alliance ▁was ▁originally ▁known ▁as ▁Mort al ▁K omb at ▁V : ▁Ven ge ance ▁or ▁simply ▁Mort al ▁K omb at ▁ 5 . ▁Starting ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁after ward , ▁only ▁a ▁vague , ▁crypt ic ▁hint ▁at ▁the ▁game ' s ▁development ▁l inger ed ▁on ▁co - cre ator ▁Ed ▁Bo on ' s ▁now - def unct ▁website . ▁The ▁site ▁was ▁blank , ▁except ▁for ▁a ▁g if ▁file ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁which ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁flash ing ▁" 5 " ▁that ▁featured ▁an ▁image ▁of ▁Sc orp ion ▁inside ▁it . ▁Later ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁a ▁te aser ▁tra iler ▁featuring ▁Sc orp ion ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁site . ▁ ▁Release ▁To ▁help ▁promote ▁the ▁game , ▁American ▁rock ▁band ▁A de ma ▁recorded ▁a ▁song ▁for ▁the ▁game ▁titled ▁" Im mort al " ▁and ▁made ▁a ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁it ▁that ▁featured ▁Sc orp ion . ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁game ' s ▁commer ci als ▁and ▁the