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News Archive -
August 2005
Kintaro MK: Shaolin Monks Sketch
Posted On: Aug 31 2005, 10:04 PM
Looks like we have another art. This
time its Kintaro. Check this great artwork by clicking
here
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MK: SM Renders: Sonya and Kano
Posted On: Aug 30 2005, 07:32 PM
Cinder has posted the renders of
Sonya and Kano at
Midway Boards.
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Interview about MKD Comics
Posted On: Aug 27 2005, 10:27 PM
Silve Bullet Comics has posted an interview with a lot of new
pictures and information about the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Deception
Comics.
Check out the full story
here.
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TeamXBox: MK: SM – Exclusive Opening
Movie
Posted On: Aug 27 2005, 11:01 AM
TeamXBox have published the full Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Opening Movie. Below is a part of the article and a few screenshots from
the video:
Ok, so maybe fully rendered CG cut-scenes
don’t necessarily make or break a game, but having kick ass ones,
certainly helps…just look at the Final Fantasy series. It’s not too
often that we get pumped from a cut-scene either, but after watching the
extensive opening sequence to Midway’s Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, the
hair stood up on the back of our necks.
TeamXBox have also updated with all the movies that appeared on
GameSpot. Only theirs are with better quality..
Click
here to download all movies.
Thanks to our forum member cek12345 for this update.
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GameSpot: MK: SM Official Movie 7
Posted On: Aug 27 2005, 10:39 AM
GameSpot have released the seventh Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
movie. This time the video is focused on the Finishing Moves in
the game: Fatality, Multality and Brutality.
Click
here to download it.
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MK SM: Wasteland - Music and Koncept
Image
Posted On: Aug 26 2005, 07:28 PM
Check out the new stuff published by
Cinder on
Midway Boards: Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks: Wasteland -
Music and Koncept Image.
Click
here to view the update.
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Scorpion's Render
Posted On: Aug 25 2005, 08:30 PM
A render of Scorpion appeared at
Midway Boards.
Click
here to see it.
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IGN: Legends of Kombat
Posted On: Aug 25 2005, 08:22 PM
IGN updated their Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks media section
with two new movies, that, like the latest GameSpot Video go in
details on some of the characters in the game. This time you will see
some background story for Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade,
Kano, Sub-Zero, Shang Tsung, Reptile. Part of
the two video are also some never before seen scenes from the intro
movie.
Another
IGN update, made one day earlier is a video interview with Shaun
Himmerick.
Click
here to download all this great videos.
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GameSpot: MK: SM Official Movie 6
Posted On: Aug 23 2005, 08:37 PM PM
GameSpot have released the sixth Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
movie. This movie goes in details on some of the combatants you will
meet in the game: Baraka, Shalin Monks, Oni Demons, Johnny Cage, Goro,
Shang Tsung's Masked Guards, Scorpion, Shadow Priests, Kitana and
Hellbeast.
The video also contains never before seen scenes from the game Intro.
I am sure that this is one of the videos you will not want to miss, so
click
here to download it.
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Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Update
Posted On: Aug 20 2005, 10:47 PM
Once again, two media updates from
Midway Boards:
Click
here to download MK Shaolin Monks: Music, Living Forest
MP3
and
here to view the MK Shaolin Monks: Pre-Sell 6" Action Figures
- image.
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New MK:SM Concept Art
Posted On: Aug 19 2005, 09:34 PM
A new concept art image (Soul Tombs
Koncept) appeared at
Midway Boards. Also Midway have re-designed their Mortal
Kombat Shaolin Monks website.
Click
here to view the new concept art.
Click
here to visit updated MK:SM website.
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New Concept Art
Posted On: Aug 17 2005, 11:03 PM
A new concept art image appeared at
Midway Boards. This time Cinder published an image of the Dead
Pool.
Click
here to see it.
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Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Media
Update
Posted On: Aug 14 2005, 02:38 PM
Both
IGN and
GameSpot updated their Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks media
sections with three new gameplay videos. Some of them are really great.
Click
here to download the three exclusive
IGN movies and
here for
GameSpot's.
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Updates At GameSpot
Posted On: Aug 11 2005, 10:15 PM
GameSpot have updated their Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
media section with 8 new screenshots and one new trailer.
Click
here to see the screenshots and
here to download the trailer.
Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition media section has also
been updates with six new screenshots. One of them shows Mortal
Kombat 1 which means that all three classic Mortal Kombat
games will be included in this new PC compilation.
Click
here to see the screenshots.
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IGN: Mortal Kombat Movie Update
Posted On: Aug 11 2005, 09:28 PM
IGN posted the following news:
Mortal Kombat Movie Update
Filming details on the third Kombat.
by IGN FilmForce
August 4, 2005 - Mortal Kombat III, the next installment in the popular
fighting game-to-film franchise, will shoot in LA. No, we don't mean
L.A. as in Los Angeles... we mean LA as in the postal abbreviation for
the state of Louisiana.
According to the Baton Rouge-based newspaper The Advocate, Threshold
Entertainment plans to make the movie there and build a 100,000-150,000
square feet of production facility on the banks of the Mississippi that
would double as a tourist attraction.
Threshold CEO Larry Kasanoff said, "I believe there's an extraordinary
opportunity to build a state-of-the-art production
studio-slash-Hollywood theme park and training facility right in the
middle of town. ... There would be actual movies being made there, and
an observation platform to watch."
The cost of the studio and amusement park is estimated at around $150
million.
Threshold has announced plans to make Mortal Kombat III in Louisiana,
but it's not clear if it'll actually film at the proposed facility. It
was originally slated to get under way this summer and should still
start shooting much sooner than construction would be completed.
Various cast members from the previous films are negotiating contracts
to return.
Click
here to view the page.
Thanks to our forum member Infierno4551 for this news.
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Mortal Kombat 7 Information
Posted On: Aug 7 2005, 06:33 PM
In the latest issue of OPM, the
one that has the demo version of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
there is an interview with the development team. In this interview Ed
Boon mentioned the next Mortal Kombat fighting game. He said
that there will be two or three very huge new elements in the game and
that this game will have the biggest roster ever seen in Mortal
Kombat game.
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CNN: Blind Teen Amazes With Video
Game Ability
Posted On: Aug 7 2005, 09:03 AM
CNN.com posted the following news article:
LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) -- Brice Mellen is a
whiz at video games such as "Mortal Kombat."
In that regard, the 17-year-old isn't much different from so many
others his age.
Except for one thing: He's blind.
And as he easily dispatched foes who took him on recently at a Lincoln
gaming center, the affable and smiling Mellen remained humble.
"I can't say that I'm a superpro," he said, working the controller like
an extension of his body. "I can be beat."
Those bold enough to challenge him weren't so lucky. One by one, while
playing "Soul Calibur 2," their video characters were killed without
mercy by Mellen's on-screen alter ego.
"I'm getting bored," Mellen said in jest as he won game after game.
Blind since birth when his optic nerve didn't connect because of Leber's
disease, Mellen honed his video game skills over the years through
patient and not-so-patient playing, memorizing key joystick operations
and moves in certain games, asking lots of questions and paying
particular attention to audio cues. He worked his way up from games such
as "Space Invaders" and "Asteroid," onto the modern combat games.
"I guess I don't know how I do it, really," Mellen said, as he continued
playing while facing away from the screen. "It's beyond me."
Mellen knows this much: He started playing at home when he was about 7.
"He enjoyed trying to play, but he wasn't very good at first," said his
father, Larry Mellen. "But he just kept on trying. ... He's broken a lot
of controllers."
When the question of broken controllers comes up,
Mellen flashes a smile and just shrugs.
"I used to have quite a temper," he said. "Me and controllers didn't get
along very well.""
Now they get along just fine.
While playing "Soul Caliber 2," Mellen
worked his way through the introductory screens with ease, knowing
exactly what to click to start the game he wanted.
He rarely asked for help. Once the game started he didn't need any help.
"How do I move?" an exasperated opponent, Ryan O'Banion, asked during a
battle in which his character is frozen in place.
"You can't," Mellen answered before finishing him off.
"That's what happens. It's why I don't play him," O'Banion said after
his blood-spattered character's corpse vanishes from the screen.
How Mellen became so good is a mystery to his father.
"He just sat there and he tried and tried until he got it right," Larry
Mellen said. "He didn't ever complain to me or anyone about how hard it
was."
Mellen hangs out any chance he gets at the DogTags Gaming Center in
Lincoln, which opened last month. Every now and then someone will come
in and think he can easily beat the blind kid.
That attitude doesn't faze Mellen.
"I'll challenge them, maybe. If I feel like a challenge," he said,
displaying an infectious confidence. "I freak people out by playing
facing backwards."
There's nothing he likes better than playing video games, Mellen said.
He will be a senior in high school next year. After graduation, he plans
to take a year off because he wants a break from school.
When he does
go to college, Mellen wants to study video game design.
Click
here to visit this article source page.
Thanks to our forum member PsyBorg for this update.
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GameSpot: MK: SM Official Movie 5
Posted On: Aug 6 2005, 12:14 AM
GameSpot have just updated their Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
media section with Official Movie 5.
Click
here to download it.
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Shang Tsung Concept Art Image
Posted On: Aug 5 2005, 11:36 PM
A new concept art image appeared at
Midway Boards. This time Cinder published a sketch of
Shang Tsung.
Click
here to see it.
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Mortal Kombat II & Mortal Kombat 3
For PC
Posted On: Aug 5 2005, 10:41 PM
In their newest
press-release - MIDWAY REPORTS 2005 Q2 RESULTS,
Midway speak about the titles that they will release during the next
few months:
For the quarter ending September 30, 2005, the
Company expects net revenues of approximately $30 million, with a net
loss of approximately $19 million. During the quarter, Midway expects to
release Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, Midway
Arcade Treasures 3 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube, and a
compilation of Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and 3 for the PC. Midway also
expects to ship The Suffering: Ties that Bind for PlayStation 2, Xbox,
and PC at the end of September, 2005, although due to the timing of its
shipment at the end of the quarter, the Company expects to recognize the
associated revenues in the fourth quarter.
During the fourth quarter of 2005, Midway expects to release Gauntlet:
Seven Sorrows for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, Blitz: The League for
PlayStation 2 and Xbox, Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures for
PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, GameBoy Advance, and PC, and L.A. RUSH
for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. In addition, the Company also expects to
release its first two PlayStation Portable (PSP) titles: Mortal Kombat:
Deception Unchained and Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play during
the quarter.[/B]
The most exciting thing of all is the release of Mortal Kombat II
and Mortal Kombat 3 for PC. It has been more than 7 years
since Mortal Kombat 4 has been released on this platform.
Click
here to read the entire press-release.
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GameCloud: Mortal Kombat: Shaolin
Monks Interview
Posted On: Aug 5 2005, 09:59 PM09:59 PM
GameCloud has posted an interview with Mortal Kombat: Shaolin
Monks' Shaun Himmerick. Below is the most interesting part of it:
Gamecloud - What familiar Mortal Kombat
characters will be playable in Shaolin Monks?
Shaun Himmerick - Liu Kang and Kung Lao are the two
characters the story centers around. From there the player will go
though the realms and interact with a lot of different MK characters. In
the Wu Shi academy the player works along side of Johnny Cage to
defeat the enemies. Later the player faces Baraka in a boss
Battle. We have Many MK characters from history in the game.
As the player progresses they can unlock 2 other playable characters for
the adventure game. One is Sub-Zero. The other is a secret.
For Versus mode there will be 8 total characters available for the
players to use once they are unlocked.
Click
here to read the whole interview.
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More Concept Art: Kitana And Goro
Posted On: Aug 3 2005, 10:26 PM
Two more Mortal Kombat: Shaolin
Monks concept art images have been released. This time the sketches
are of princess Kitana and Goro.
Kitana and
Goro
Both images came from
Midway Boards.
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