News Archive - May 2004

New Mortal Kombat: Deception Videos
Posted On: May 27 2004, 10:16 PM

The website GameTrailers.com has updated with 5 new MK: Deception gameplay videos. You can download the files for free in Windows Media Video or in Quick Time format. Below are the direct links:

Mortal Kombat: Deception Fatality Video
Mortal Kombat: Deception Gameplay Video
Mortal Kombat: Deception Konquest Video
Mortal Kombat: Deception Puzzle Kombat Video
Mortal Kombat: Deception Chess Kombat Video

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Interview With MK: Deception' Development Team
Posted On: May 27 2004, 10:04 PM

Today HomeLAN updated with one new interview with MK: Deception's development team. There is a little new information about some of the new characters and the story:

HomeLAN - How does the storyline of MK Deception follow up on the events in Deadly Alliance?
John Vogel, Storyline & Animation - In Deadly Alliance there was a back story about an ancient Dragon King of Outworld and his “undefeatable” army. In MK Deception we’ve built upon that myth. The Dragon King has somehow returned from the dead and the characters of MK Deception must deal with him in classic MK style (by joining him or opposing him). Our opening FMV sequence will start right at the climax of the Deadly Alliance storyline and follow through to create the beginning of the new storyline. The fans will find out what really happened to the heroes and villains of the last game. I feel the storyline for Deadly Alliance deviates quite a bit from previous MK conclusions in that there is an ending with a clear “winner,” but a new threat presents itself almost immediately as we go into MK Deception. (There is no “...and we all went home to wait for the next dilemma” situation.) Deadly Alliance and Deception act very much like a two-part story, even though that was not the plan initially.

HomeLAN - While you are bringing back old favorites from past Mortal Kombat games, there will be some new characters. What can you tell us about MK Deception’s new fighters?
Steve Beran, Character Designer - We have a lot of new characters in MK Deception. Kira is a leather clad beauty and the newest member of Kano’s infamous Black Dragon gang. Hotaru is a guardian of Order. His current mission is to restore order to Outworld. Dairu is a deadly mercenary. Ashrah is a demon hunter bent on purifying herself of evil.

Click here to read the full interview.

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GSLive at E3 2004: Demonstration
Posted On: May 27 2004, 09:52 PM

GameSpot has added one new MK: Deception video to their media section. Unfortunately if you are not a GameSpot Complete member you will only be able to streem this interview with Ed Boon.

Click here to go to GS media section.

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Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance On Cell Phone
Posted On: May 26 2004, 08:26 PM

Wildseed announced the first GameSkin™ featuring the top-selling fighting game Mortal Kombat®: Deadly Alliance. For those of you, who are not informed Wildseed is a groundbreaking software company pioneering SmartSkin™, the world's first interactive accessory for wireless phones. Below is a part from the press release:

Mortal Kombat Secrets will keep you informed with the latest news on this and the other Mortal Kombat game, that is curently in development by Backbone for Mobile.

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Best Fighting Game Of E3
Posted On: May 25 2004, 10:31 AM

Three different websites, GameSpot, IGN, 1UP awarded Mortal Kombat: Deception for E3 Best Fighting game. We want to congratulate the development team for the great work.

GameSpot Award

Fighting games are experiencing what might be considered a renaissance these days, with the advent of online play. Many of us at GameSpot were hardcore into the genre at one time, but as the nation's arcades dwindled, competition became harder to come by, and our interest naturally dwindled. But this looks like the perfect opportunity to dive right back in, and we absolutely can't wait. There were other promising fighting games at E3, but Mortal Kombat: Deception had us most excited.

IGN Award

After 2002's surprisingly sound 3D rendition of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Midway has taken its time to dig deeper into the MK chest of goodies. Mortal Kombat: Deception adds to the combo carnage by bringing expected new characters and moves, but it's upped the ante with brutally punishing environmental traps, and it's rounded out the fighter with solid, likeable side games giving players secondary and tertiary reasons to goof around. The fighting itself is still skill-based, combo-laden and tighter than ever, and the wealth of moves and character rivalries brings new life to the aging series. Mortal Kombat may be an old series, but the new engine and tireless work on Midway's part to hone it have shown us the spine-ripping beast of a brawler still has all the right moves.

Mortal Kombat: Deception
(Xbox, PS2)
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection had us pretty excited, but Mortal Kombat is, well, new.

Nominees
Guilty Gear Isuka
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
King of Fighters Maximum Impact
Guilty Gear X2 Reload

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Kombat Kontinues - August 2004
Posted On: May 23 2004, 02:10 PM

The webmaster of our affiliated site MKCenter has recently e-mailed Chris Casamassa, the actor who played Scorpion in Mortal Kombat: The Movie and in Mortal Kombat Conquest and asked him about the third movie. Here is what Chris Casamassa had to say about the begin of filming the next movie.

Possibly start filming in August of 2004. right now that's all I can say.

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Mortal Kombat For Mobile
Posted On: May 21 2004, 08:03 AM

GameSpot has just added Mortal Kombat to their list of Mobile games. The game seems to be a Mortal Kombat 1 port. Below is all the information that the site has.

Publisher: THQ
Developer: Backbone
Genre: Action
Release Date: October 2004

GameSpot also added the first screenshots of this game:

Thanks to ded_ for the information.

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New MK: Deception Movies At GameSpot
Posted On: May 15 2004, 01:11 PM

GameSpot has added a lot of new MK: Deception movies:

PlayStation 2 movies
XBox movies

Thanks to MiNeOuT for the heads-up on this update!

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First Impressions of MK: Deception
Posted On: May 12 2004, 09:33 PM

MKOnline have just published their first impressions of Mortal Kombat: Deception:

The E3 build has twelve characters playable: Scorpion, Baraka, Mileena, Sub-Zero, Hotaru, Sindel, Kenshi, Bo'Rai Cho, Ashrah, Li Mei, Nightwolf, Ermac. The characters have the same level as detail in MK: Deadly Alliance, and we've noticed some details in the characters that have not been seen in renders so far. For example, characters returning from MK Deadly Alliance tend to have the same fighting styles in MKD. However, we have been told that this is not set in stone; their styles may change. Also, small little graphical details can be seen, such as the fact that Mileena's veil is translucent; you can see her teeth underneath the veil. Li Mei's costume is also much improved, in that while her costume is the same color has her MKDA one, it is much more reminiscent of the armor of a soldier in the Dragon King's army. The three ninjas, while LOOKING like ninjas, are VASTLY different in appearance. For example, Ermac's mask is actually black bandages wrapped around his head, while Sub-Zero's is more like a samurai helmet. Also, some characters have returning moves, such as Sub-Zero's ice clone and Scorpion's teleport punch. (In the case of the teleport punch, Scorpion disappears in a whiff of black smoke, and appears on the other side of the current view in a blast of flame.) Ashrah possesses what appears to be souped-up versions of Raiden's torpedo and Kung Lao's spin. Finally, Baraka's weapon style is referred to simply as Blades, and not Baraka blades.

The core fighting engine and how characters move is little changed from MK Deadly Alliance. We have been told that more characters now have throws, and also we have observed that combos are easier to pull off. The biggest change in how the game plays is in the interaction of the characters with the environments. One thing we noticed is that a death trap is considered to be the gameplay equivalent of a ring-out. It does not end the entire match; the game continues to the next round with the characters returning to their starting point in the arena. One thing we noticed in the arena that is constantly falling to pieces is that both characters can fall to their deaths on the spikes below at the same time. We have yet to figure out, however, what method they use to determine the round winner. That part may not be finalized. To pick up a background weapon, you choose your weapon style when within range of the weapon, One thing I did notice is that once you grab a background weapon, you cannot change back into another fighting style. Also, if you get knocked into a death trap and the map resets, you keep your background weapon and a new one is put in place.

Not much can be said about Chess Kombat that has not already been said. However, one item that may not have been noticed is that the fighting arenas in Chess are NOT from Deception; the two used are actually 3-D versions of MK1's The Courtyard (complete with aged Shang Tsung on his throne) and MK2's The Dead Pool. As far as Puzzle Kombat goes, one item that makes it much different from games like Puzzle Fighter is that there are multiple rounds in Puzzle Kombat. Also, fatalities are done automatically in Puzzle Kombat.

They also posted the first and official Mortal Kombat: Deception box art. Click here to see it.

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MK: Deception Trailer
Posted On: May 12 2004, 09:06 PM

The Official Mortal Kombat: Deception website was just updated with one trailer. The movie is not new, it was already seen at IGN. If you want to download it, click here.

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Pre-E3 Party
Posted On: May 12 2004, 08:28 PM

The staff of MKOnline have been invited to the Pre-E3 Midway Party, where Ed Boon has personally presented Mortal Kombat: Deception and gaves some details. The whole event has been recorded by ]{ombat and now the file is online.

Click here to get it. Note that the file is 242MB.

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Another Huge Update At GameSpot
Posted On: May 12 2004, 07:55 PM

GameSpot has just added a lot of new MK: Deception gameplay trailers and one new interview with Ed Boon. Unfortunately you will only be able to download the interview if you are a GameSpot Complete member. All other movies are free.

Click here to download the trailers.

GameSpot also updated its screenshots section by adding all the pictures and render from the last update but this time without the watermark on them.

Click here to get them all.

Renders

10 New MK: Deception Movies
Posted On: May 12 2004, 12:27 PM

IGN has just added 10 new MK: Deception gameplay movies. You can again download the low resolution files for free. If you are an IGN Insider member you will also have an access to the high quality QuickTime movies.

Click here to download the movies.

Thanks to MiNeOuT for the heads-up on this update.

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XBM Preview And Scans
Posted On: May 8 2004, 08:29 AM

The latest issue of the Unofficial XBox Magazine XBM has a 6 pages preview on Mortal Kombat: Deception. In the article Raiden and Reptile are mentioned as a returning character, which is still officially unannounced and might be wrong. Below are the scans of all the pages:

Thanks to Scorp748 for the scans.

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Mortal Kombat: Deception E3 2004 Hands-On
Posted On: May 8 2004, 07:45 AM

GameSpot made the biggest MK: Deception update ever. They published a preview of the game, based on the MK: Deception E3 Demo. Click here to read the article. Alongside with the preview GameSpot also updated their media section by adding a lot of new XBox and PlayStation2 screenshots and renders:

XBox

Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2, Screenshot 3, Screenshot 4,
Screenshot 5, Screenshot 6, Screenshot 7, Screenshot 8

PlayStation2

GameSpot also have 4 new Mortal Kombat: Deception movies. Three of them, showing gameplay are completely free. The other one is an interview with Ed Boon. To download it you will have to be a GameSpot Complete member. Click here for all the movies.

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The First MAT2 Trailer
Posted On: May 7 2004, 08:10 AM

GameSpot have just released the first Midway Arcade Treasures 2 trailer. It shows all games, that will be in the compilation including the three MK titles. To get the trailer you will have to be a member of GameSpot Basic. The registration is free.

Click here to download the trailer.

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MK: D Trailer At TeamXBox
Posted On: May 6 2004, 09:42 PM

TeamXBox have just updated with their version of the IGN's first Mortal Kombat: Deception trailer, that appeared two days ago. There is no difference between the both. The movie is completely free and you can download it from this page.

Click here for a direct link to the trailer. The file size is 8.3MB

Thanks to Hydro of Mortal Kombat's Realm of Khaos for the heads-up.

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Noob Saibot Wins - Skab Is No More
Posted On: May 5 2004, 03:25 PM

You probably remember the exclusive Skab render, that Mortal Kombat Secrets provided two weeks ago. Unfortunately the information in the Official German PlayStation 2 magazine has been wrong and this was not Skab. The warrior on the render is actually Noob Saibot and one of his alternative outfits. We, here at MKSecrets are very disappointed with this magazine and the wrong information they provided. Below are the screencaptures from two of the MK: D trailers that proves the identity of the warrior on the render:

It is still unknown if this Skab even exist and if he exist what he looks like, because obviously he will not look the way he was described in the magazine:

Skab is the most disgusting fighter of all. If you take a closer look you will see parts from his rotting corpse and a skeleton.

Thanks to blooded for this update.

Update: 05.06.2004

Please note that the trailers are from a version of Mortal Kombat: Deception that is in development. Therefore Noob Saibot's name and icon under the life bar may be just an unfinished work. Well... it seem that only the time will show us the truth.

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Two New MK: Deception Trailers
Posted On: May 5 2004, 07:17 AM

IGN have just added 2 new Mortal Kombat: Deception trailers that show gameplay. Unfortunately if you want to download the high-quality movies (in QuickTime format) you must be an IGN Insider member. Otherwise you will only be able to get the low resolution (320X240) versions.

Click here to visit IGN's MK: D media section.
If you are not an IGN Insider member you can download the low-quality trailers from the links below:

Trailer 1, Trailer 2

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