February 2004

Sunday, February 29, 2004

Petition to put MK: Deception on the Gamecube
Posted by White_Pointer @ 21:47:57 AEST
No doubt Gamecube owners out there everywhere were shocked and disappointed at the news that Midway will not be bringing Mortal Kombat: Deception to the Gamecube. Well, a petition has been started, asking Midway to reconsider this decision. If you're a Gamecube owner and an MK fan, or even if you aren't and want to see MK: Deception on the Gamecube anyway, sign this petition right here! You never know, if enough people want it, Midway may very well change their minds. It's worth a shot, so follow that link and make sure you sign the petition! Spread the word and tell as many people about it as possible.
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KOF: Maximum Impact announced
Posted by White_Pointer @ 17:09:28 AEST
SNK/Playmore have opened up an official teaser site (it's in Japanese) for a new title in the KOF series, King of Fighters: Maximum Impact. Not much else is known about the game at this point, but it's speculated that this is probably the new title for the 3D KOF game that was announced late last year. We'll have more info on this as it becomes available.
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Saturday, February 28, 2004

New MK: Deception trailer
Posted by White_Pointer @ 9:24:59 AEST
We have a new MK: Deception trailer to go along with the official announcement made by Midway. This one is slightly different to the Gamespot trailer we put up yesterday. It's smaller in resolution but shows a few different scenes, plus is uncensored and shows the full stage fatality at the end of the clip! Head over to our Mortal Kombat movies page to grab yourself a copy. This one is smaller in file size so it should be a little friendlier to those of you on dialup.

On a related note, Midway have put up the official MK: Deception website, although at this point it isn't much more than a flash animation of lightning and thunder and allowing you to download the game trailer we have right here.
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Mortal Kombat: Deception officially announced by Midway
Posted by White_Pointer @ 7:43:35 AEST
Following the release of the Mortal Kombat: Deception trailer (which you can download from our Mortal Kombat movies page), Midway have put out an official press release confirming the game is well under development and due sometime in the autumn/fall in the US. The press release doesn't reveal too much that we don't already know, but it's nice to see the official word from Midway. From the press release:

“Mortal Kombat: Deception promises to take this revolutionary fighting franchise to an new level”, said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. “With a host of new features including multiple fatalities per character, multi-tiered interactive backgrounds and extensive new game modes, Mortal Kombat: Deception will set a precedent for all other fighting games to follow.”

Friday, February 27, 2004

Mortal Kombat: Deception officially revealed!
Posted by White_Pointer @ 7:36:35 AEST
It's now been made official, the next installment of the MK series will be titled Mortal Kombat: Deception, and Midway have released a video trailer to go along with it!

We knew Baraka was returning, and by the look of things if the trailer is anything to go by, it seems Baraka will actually be playing an integral part of the story. He's not the only returning character either. The trailer also reveals Mileena is making a return, as are the classics Scorpion and Sub-Zero. These seem to be the only characters the trailer firmly reveals. There's a glimpse of what could be Quan Chi but you really can't tell. There's also a brief glimpse of someone all clad in red, which could possibly be Ermac, although we are more inclined to think that it's Baraka in his second costume or possibly a new look Kenshi.

As Midway promised, the battlegrounds are more interactive than MK: DA. They will be multi-tiered, characters will be able to be smashed through walls, and the arenas will have interactive elements and hazards like spikes coming out of walls. And everyone who was disappointed that no stage fatalities made it into MK: DA, be disappointed no more, because the stage fatalities are back in MK: Deception.

The actual gameplay looks fairly similar to MK: DA. It seems each character will have a combination of both hand-to-hand and weapons based fighting styles. Other than that not much more is known.

Add to this the fact that online play has been confirmed as a definite, as well as a promised release of sometime late this year, it's definately looking good for Mortal Kombat fans.

It's not all good news however, at least if you have been supporting Nintendo in this next-generation console battle. Online play has only been confirmed for the XBox and PS2 versions...the Gamecube, not surprisingly, will almost definately NOT support online play. In fact, at this point, it isn't clear if the game is coming to the GC at all. Let's hope Midway does bring it to the GC, or there will be a lot of disappointed MK fans out there.

Back to the good news though...don't take our word for it about the trailer, we have it right here for you to download to see it for yourself! Just visit our Mortal Kombat movies page to check it out! It's a fairly large download (15.6 megs) so 56k users, be wary. After watching it, why not discuss it in our forums?
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Thursday, February 26, 2004

Forums back up
Posted by White_Pointer @ 15:25:43 AEST
Well, the site's back up, and so are the forums now.

We thank everyone for their patience as we conducted the server move. Now get back into our forums and get that chatting happening!

Studio Gigante working on a WWE game?
Posted by White_Pointer @ 13:12:37 AEST
On with the news, as always.

Studio Gigante, the guys behind Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, seem to be working on a new game, but it's not a conventional fighter. Apparently they are working on the next installment of the WWE series. However, neither THQ nor Studio Gigante could be contacted to confirm or deny this.

While this might please fans of wrestling games, fans of real fighters will no doubt be disappointed at this news.
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We're back
Posted by White_Pointer @ 11:34:39 AEST
Well, as you can see, we are back up and running and our server move is over. Most of the site areas are functional, however we are having a problem restoring our forum database so the forums aren't functional just yet. Rest assured we are working around the clock and doing all we can to fix this problem. Sorry for the extended downtime, although it was expected with a move such as this.

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

SNK/Playmore stops producing for NeoGeo and moves onto Atomiswave
Posted by White_Pointer @ 16:30:20 AEST
SNK/Playmore have officially announced that the current KOF title still in development will be renamed The King of Fighters NEOWAVE, and will be the final title the company will be producing for the NeoGeo arcade platform.

The Japanese developer will now be producing all future arcade titles on Sammy's Atomiswave, and already have announced three titles to be released on the arcade hardware this year, two of them being fighting games: The King of Fighters 2004 and Samurai Spirits AW. The announcements were made by SNK/Playmore's chief of development Kazuya Hirata.

“The NeoGeo's games have been played worldwide, but it ran on a 16-bit board that had reached its limits. Producing under a better environment should make the development easier and allow leeway for a higher-quality [game],” commented Youichi Watanabe, chief of Sammy's marketing division. “Within Japan, the AWNET should be able to attract a base of fans in ways that weren't possible with the NeoGeo. In global terms, we should be able to make stable title releases in Asia, Central America, and South America.”

“As you may know, we've made 10 installments in the King of Fighters series. This will be the 11th sequel,” said Kazuya. “To be honest, this game [series] has been pretty hard to create. We've been adding variations to it, remaking the system each and every time. We've completely remade it when it went into a new chapter in the last game, [KOF] 2003. We're currently in the middle of porting the [game's] system since we're moving to the Atomiswave. We're going to start planning out [for KOF2004], but there's been a lot of ideas that we couldn't do on the NeoGeo, so hopefully we can realize them on the Atomiswave. Graphics and sounds will obviously get better, but we also want to strengthen the gameplay itself. We will be adding new characters this time as well.”

“Samurai [Spirits] is a game where the characters really stand out. It has a different aspect from the King [of Fighters]. Samurai [Spirits] Zero Special is coming out around April, and we're hoping that it will showcase the last of the NeoGeo [platform],” said Kazuya. “The next one on the Atomiswave will mark the sixth release, just like Metal Slug. And similarly to the Metal Slug, the development team seems like they want to give it all they've done from the past, so there might be some interesting changes. The details aren't concrete enough to be talked about, but it seems like we'll be making some dynamic changes to the characters.”

“We've worked with the NeoGeo for 13 years. That's a lot to think about. There have been talks in the past about when we'll stop supporting the NeoGeo, but this is going to be the real end. And that's really an indescribable feeling,”

Monday, February 23, 2004

New FAQ
Posted by White_Pointer @ 18:21:10 AEST
Ed Osciak III has kindly given us permission to host his excellent Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus full FAQ. Make sure you check it out if you are a fan of the game!
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Server move
Posted by White_Pointer @ 7:54:21 AEST
Within the next day or two, the site will be undergoing a server move. This may result in the site being inaccessible for some people as the nameservers update with the new IP information. We will however be working as quickly as we can to ensure the smallest amount of inconvenience. We apologise in advance, but it must be done.

Sunday, February 22, 2004

Gamespy's Title Fight! The Ultimate Gaming Grudge
Posted by White_Pointer @ 7:40:00 AEST
The greatest video/computer games of all time, battling it out against each other to see who is the greatest of all. That's the premise behind Gamespy's "Title Fight! The Ultimate Gaming Grudge". Currently it's in the prevoting stage, to see which games make the cut into the final 64.

As far as fighting games are concerned, Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat are both in the category "Arcade Classics 1985-2003" (why they chose MK and not MKII is a mystery). The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Double Dragon arcade games have made this category as well. Only one of them can go through, but these games are also up against other arcade classics as well. There's also a seperate category for the three games in the "Soul" series (Soul Edge/Soul Blade, Soul Calibur and Soul Calibur II) and of course only one of these three great games will make the cut.

It won't be long now before the prevoting ends and the real voting begins, so to vote for your favourite game (not just the fighting games) head on over to Gamespy and do it!
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Saturday, February 21, 2004

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 still in the charts
Posted by White_Pointer @ 7:14:04 AEST
Despite being the rather mediocre game that it is, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 is still somehow well into the sales AND rental charts. It is also the only fighting game to be holding down a solid place in these lists lately. It's currently ranked 5th in the US console game rental charts, and number 1 with a bullet in Japanese sales charts. Here are the full top ten lists for both, this covers the week February 2 to 8, 2004:

U.S. top-renting console games

Rank / Title / Console / Publisher
1 / Mafia / PS2 / Take-Two
2 / Need for Speed Underground / PS2 / EA
3 / NFL Street / PS2 / EA
4 / True Crime: Streets of LA / PS2 / Activision
5 / Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 / PS2 / Atari
6 / Medal of Honor Rising Sun / PS2 / EA
7 / SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals / PS2 / SCEA
8 / Tony Hawk’s Underground / PS2 / Activision
9 / Madden NFL 2004 / PS2 / EA
10 / WWE Smackdown!: Here Comes the Pain / PS2 / THQ

Japan best-selling games (all formats)

Rank / Title / Console / Publisher
1 / Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 / PS2 / Bandai
2 / Pokemon Fire Red / GBA / Nintendo
3 / Pokemon Leaf Green / GBA / Nintendo
4 / Puyo Puyo Fever / PS2 / Sega
5 / Victorious Boxers 2 / PS2 / ESP
6 / Shinsengumi / PS2 / Genki
7 / Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Expert 3 / GBA / Konami
8 / Gran Turismo 4: Prologue Edition / PS2 / SCE
9 / Star Ocean: Till the End of Time / PS2 / Square Enix
10 / Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne / PS2 / Atlus

Source: Rentrak and Media Create
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Friday, February 20, 2004

New Poll
Posted by White_Pointer @ 16:26:09 AEST
It's a debate that's been raging for well over a decade now. Yes...the question is, which is better? Traditional 2D fighters, or modern 3D fighters? The question is indeed a tough one. So which one do you prefer, do you like both, or doesn't it matter to you? Vote now!
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Poll Results
Posted by White_Pointer @ 16:19:12 AEST
It's that time again where we create a new poll, but first, here's the results from the last poll:

Who makes/made the best fighting games?

24% - Midway
22.4% - Capcom
16.2% - Namco
13.3% - SNK
7.4% - I can't decide
5.4% - Other
4% - Rare
2.5% - Sammy
2.1% - Sega
2.1% -Tecmo

It was tightly contested, but it seems the majority of our site visitors prefer the Midway created fighting games, although Capcom was a close second.
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Thursday, February 19, 2004

Way of the Samurai 2 coming to PS2
Posted by White_Pointer @ 15:53:09 AEST
Capcom have announced that the previously Japan-only game Way of the Samurai 2 is headed for US shores, exclusive to the PS2. Although technically not a 1-on-1 fighter, it does have a lot of fighting elements as it combines fighting with adventure. Some of its features are:

• Realistic sword fighting action based on traditional Japanese samurai films.
  
• Outcomes that are determined by the choices a player makes, which include different scenarios and endings.
  
• New sword positions and fighting techniques, which include twin-sword style and quick slash.
  
• More than 400 special moves that vary according to the weapon used.
  
• The ability to upgrade and collect more than 60 powerful swords by defeating enemies. Blades can then be strengthened at the blacksmith, and new techniques can be mastered.
  
• A new one-slash kill system that lets players knock enemies off-balance with a hard attack or counterattack. It then allows them to finish off enemies with a one-slash hit.
  
• More interactive settings that let players visit shops, talk to locals, and earn money through jobs or tasks.
  
• The abilities to purchase and find an array of rare items throughout the game.
  

Site downtime
Posted by White_Pointer @ 15:47:32 AEST
Due to a server upgrade we were not notified about, you may have noticed that the site was inaccessible for a couple of hours today. We apologise for any inconvenience, but we were not told it was happening and it was out of our control.

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Sega gets new chairman...from Sammy
Posted by White_Pointer @ 15:15:42 AEST
Effective from February 17th, Sega has a new chairman in the form of Sammy president Hajime Satomi. Former chairman Hideki Sato has been pushed into the vice chairman's seat. Hisao Oguchi, the current Sega president, retains and will remain in his current role.

This news comes not long after Sammy acquired a whopping 22.4 percent of Sega in December last year, making Sammy the biggest shareholder in the Japanese Video Games giant. Earlier this month Sega announced that they would be working with Sammy in the arcade game business, possibly developing games for Sammy's Atomiswave hardware and merging their overseas operations.

What effect this change will have on Sega though isn't certain...but one wonders whether the rumours - that say Sammy has plans of completely taking over Sega - are indeed true.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Bangkok Bangbang
Posted by Pube @ 19:12:00 AEST
Step into our time machine and we'll take you back to 1987. A year of bad music and bad fashion, but this game was pretty good. Yup! Bangkok Knights is our newest addition to the history of fighters. Read all about it here. Confucius say "Man who click link be happy for a day. Man who bookmark link be happy for lifetime."

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Monday, February 16, 2004

Interactive Achievement Awards finalists announced
Posted by White_Pointer @ 8:40:01 AEST
The AIAS (Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences) has today announced the finalists for their 7th annual Interactive Achievement awards. The actual awards ceremony will be held on March 4th in the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

So how did fighting games fare in the list of finalists? Well, none have been nominated for overall game of the year unfortunately, but the finalists for the award of Console Fighting Game of the Year are:

• Def Jam Vendetta, published by Electronic Arts, developed by EA Canada
  
• Soul Calibur 2, published by Namco, developed by Namco
  
• Dragonball Z: Budokai 2, published by Atari, developed by Dimps
  
• Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, published by Sega, developed Sega – AM2
  
• Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain, published by THQ, developed by Yukes
  
• War of the Monsters, published by SCEA, developed by Incognito
  

Sunday, February 15, 2004

Top renting video games list
Posted by White_Pointer @ 21:19:22 AEST
This list covers the week ending February 8th. Another surprising week too, I might add. As far as fighting games are concerned, the only one to make the list this week was Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2, which ranked 5th (it has however dropped 2 places in the rankings since last week). I guess it doesn't matter to the masses that it's a poor game, as long as it has a strong license. Meh. What isn't surprising however is that the PS2 again dominated this area. Here's the full list:

Rank/Game/System

1/Mafia/PS2
2/Need for Speed: Underground/PS2
3/NFL Street/PS2
4/True Crime: Streets of L.A./PS2
5/Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2/PS2
6/Medal of Honor: Rising Sun/PS2
7/SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals/PS2
8/Tony Hawk's Underground/PS2
9/Madden NFL 2004/PS2
10/WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain/PS2

Source: Rentrak Corporation
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Saturday, February 14, 2004

Really Bad Street Brawler... Really Bad
Posted by Pube @ 19:54:31 AEST
Another week, another history of fighters addition. This time we crucify Beam Software for their hopeless attempt at a game titled "Bad Street Brawler". A more fitting title would have been "Terrible Street Brawler". Check it out here.
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Friday, February 13, 2004

Baraka in Mortal Kombat 6?
Posted by White_Pointer @ 12:37:02 AEST
With all the secrets that Midway are trying to keep on the new MK game, seems that something has slipped through. An MK6 render of Baraka has apparently been leaked out and given to Mortal Kombat Online. MK Online contacted Midway for confirmation on it's legitimacy, who said that yes, it was indeed legit.

To see the render for yourself, just click this link. Thanks to D'Arque Bishop from MK Online for the heads up!
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu confirmed for Europe
Posted by White_Pointer @ 22:14:24 AEST
Don't ask me why, but Atari has announced today that they will be releasing their GBA fighter Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu in PAL territories next month.

"Building on the success of our current portfolio of DBZ titles, Taiketsu is the first DBZ fighting game for the GBA," said Martin Spiess, senior vice president of marketing, Atari Europe. "DBZ is a powerful franchise, enjoying a huge fan base around the world, who will all be excited to hear that this fast, fun new game be available in Europe in March."

Samurai Spirits Zero Special announced
Posted by White_Pointer @ 8:22:26 AEST
SNK/Playmore have announced on their official Samurai Spirits web site that a new game in the series is on it's way called Samurai Spirits Zero Special (the series is known as Samurai Shodown outside of Japan). This isn't an entirely new game...as the name suggests, it's more of an update to last year's Samurai Spirits Zero, with at least three new characters (the site hints at there being more), returning bosses from previous SS games, and a handful of changes to the combat system and gameplay balance which are as of yet unrevealed.

We'll have more information on this as it becomes available.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2004

MK: Deception domains registered
Posted by White_Pointer @ 7:32:43 AEST
Well, we reported several weeks ago that Midway had registered the trademark name Mortal Kombat: Deception, indicating that at the very least they were strongly considering this to be the title of MK6. We've got some further evidence now that this is the case. We've been told that Midway have registered some domain names that relate to that title, and indeed, if you check them up, you'll discover that mortalkombatdeception.com and mkdeception.com have both been registered by Midway. With both these pieces of evidence, it seems very likely that this will indeed be the title of MK6, but we still await the official word from Midway.
Thanks to Scott Howell of Mortal Kombat Online for the tip-off!
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Monday, February 9, 2004

New Feature: The 20 best fighting games of all time
Posted by White_Pointer @ 20:32:21 AEST
We've got another brand new feature for your reading pleasure!

Following up the success of our article last year titled "The Best Fighting Game Bosses" (which you can still read, by the way), we've added a brand new one! This time, we really put the hammer down and try and determine the Best 20 Fighting Games of All Time. It was no easy task! But, it's up, it's ready to go, so take a read by clicking the link under the "Features" menu heading, or if you are lazy, by Clicking Here.
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Saturday, February 7, 2004

Marvel vs EA?
Posted by White_Pointer @ 22:24:27 AEST
Well what can I say? The rumours were true.

Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts have just signed a two-way deal yesterday. EA will be developing a bunch of games, for this generation of consoles and also the next generation, that will pit Marvel super heroes against new heroes EA will be creating. Marvel's end of the bargain sees them with the exclusive licensing and marketing rights to EA's new super hero characters. This will most likely mean Marvel will create comic strips, cartoon shows, action figures etc of the new EA heroes.

"This is a tremendous opportunity for EA to create new characters for fighting games that can be exploited through our global merchandise licensing machine to fuel sales in many other product categories," said Allen Lipson, president and CEO of Marvel Enterprises.

"It's a unique opportunity, partnering with Marvel, to bring their renowned superheroes into original video game environments, as well as providing us an opportunity to create new heroes that will live in games, comic books and other licensing or media opportunities that Marvel presents," said John Riccitiello, president and COO for Electronic Arts. "Fans of both traditional Marvel comics as well as video games have a lot to be excited about, as they will be able to fight it out between established Marvel superheroes and EA's new heroes in original scenarios."

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PAL release
Posted by White_Pointer @ 10:17:21 AEST
After Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was released late last year in the USA, people in Europe and Australia would no doubt have been rubbing their hands together, eager to get the game that's available on all platforms (including PC). Unfortunately though we have some bad news for PAL gamers. According to EBGames, TMNT won't be seeing the light of day in PAL territories until sometimes in mid-April. Bummer! Just when it looked like PAL gamers weren't being shunned anymore, looks like again they are forced to wait several months more than NTSC territories to get their games. In this case, it's almost half a year. I guess the good news is that it's still coming...at least...
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Friday, February 6, 2004

New History Article
Posted by Pube @ 14:06:00 AEST
Yay. We have a new history article. Ninja, Ninja Rap! This time its "Ninja" by Mastertronic. Excited? You should be. Click this to find out why.
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Thursday, February 5, 2004

DBZ: Budokai 2 in top 10 rentals
Posted by White_Pointer @ 17:00:38 AEST
Occasionally, charts like this are released that detail what the top renting games are during a given week period. This one covers January 19th-25th 2004 (this is just console titles):

Rank / Title / Console / Publisher
1 / Need for Speed Underground / PS2 / EA
2 / True Crime: Streets of LA / PS2 / Activision
3 / Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 / PS2 / Atari
4 / Madden NFL 2004 / PS2 / EA
5 / Tony Hawk’s Underground / PS2 / Activision
6 / Medal of Honor Rising Sun / PS2 / EA
7 / NFL Street / PS2 / EA
8 / SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals / PS2 / SCEA
9 / The Sims: Bustin’ Out / PS2 / EA
10 / WWE Smackdown!: Here Comes the Pain / PS2 / THQ

The PS2 is quite clearly dominating the console rental market at the moment, and as far as fighting games are concerned, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 is obviously still a very popular rental, nailing down a solid 3rd most rented game for the given week.

Source: NPD Funworld and Rentrak
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Wednesday, February 4, 2004

Guilty Gear XX #Reload definitive Japan release set
Posted by White_Pointer @ 20:19:46 AEST
Well only a couple of days ago we reported that Sammy's upcoming XBox Love enabled title Guilty Gear XX #Reload will be released in April. Well, we have good news and bad news. The good news is, we now we have a final release date set in stone. The bad news is, at least so far, it's only for Japan (unless of course you live in Japan!). Sammy themselves have announced that the game is scheduled to hit store shelves in Japan on April 29th and will carry a price tag of 4800 yen (about US$45). Sammy however have not said anything about a possible release outside of Japan. Let's hope Sammy decide to expand the game's coverage to NTSC and PAL countries.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2004

John Tobias talks about arcades and online play
Posted by White_Pointer @ 19:00:20 AEST
John Tobias (co-creator of Mortal Kombat and Project Leader of Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus) has recently been interviewed at TRMK and given his thoughts on the decrease in fighting game competition in arcades and if online play is a viable alternative. This is what he had to say:

Tao Feng single player game is generally the Quest mode. That’s kind of the method of facing your boss in the game. In reguards to online play, we would have loved to have had Tao Feng function online. I think when we started and where Xbox Live was at the time, didn’t coincide with us building the engine. I think that all fighting games at some point have to have some kind of online play ability. There are some latency issues that have to be solved for that to work well. I think that with the demise of the arcade the competitive aspect of fighting games has gone away, but I think online can kind of bring that back. It’s exciting to see the Capcom game that just came out. They actually do it fairly well but there is some lag that occurs on occasion, but it’s not too bad and it injects some of the competitive element back into the genre. I think that’s important because with the demise of the arcade the competitive nature of the game only happens when you’ve got a friend over. That’s where the single player experience has become so important. But like I say that with broadband creeping up more and more and with Xbox Live there is a chance to reinvigorate fighting games with the competitive nature that has gotten lost over the years. It is depressing going to arcades and there is no one and nothing there. If there is a new game out you are lucky to find it.

Monday, February 2, 2004

Guilty Gear XX tentative release date
Posted by White_Pointer @ 20:45:25 AEST
Not too long ago we reported that Sammy are bringing Guilty Gear XX: #Reload to the XBox, to be compatible with XBox Live. We now have a somewhat tentative release date of sometime in April this year. The game promises to take full advantage of XBox Live capabilities including trash-talking over a headset. We'll have more news on this title as it becomes available.
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Sunday, February 1, 2004

More info on next MK movie
Posted by White_Pointer @ 19:02:33 AEST
We've got some more information (at least, some more POSSIBLE information) on the next MK movie. Apparently, at least according to imdb.com, the movie will be titled Mortal Kombat: Domination and will more or less be based on the story of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. We know already that Linden Ashbey is returning to play Johnny Cage, and now there's also rumours that Christopher Lambert will be returning to once again play the character of Raiden. Let's hope this is the case!

Take not however that this is by no means solid information and may well prove to be wrong, but it's worth keeping in the back of your mind. The only real confirmed information from New Line Cinema is that yes, it's being made. Thanks to forum member FieNd-2 for the heads up.
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