The #mortalkombat IRC Network hosted Fight Night with Mortal Kombat Conquest star "Jeff Meek" (Rayden/Shao Khan) last night and it was a great success. Jeff stayed for 2 and a half hours talking with the fans. The edited version of the transcript is now availible.

The #mortalkombat IRC Network will be hosting a Fight Night chat with Mortal Kombat Conquest star Jeff Meek (Rayden/Shao Khan). It will be on Wednesday night, June 20th at 10:00pm EST / 7:00pm PST. You are welcome to come join us that night and ask Mr. Meek questions about the show and what he is doing now. To connect to the chat you can use a IRC client such as mIRC and set it for the following settings:

server: irc.webmaster.com
port: 6667
channel: #mortalkombat

Or you can use our java chatroom by clicking here. We look forward to seeing you there.

The Realm of Mortal Kombat, who is reporting live this year from the E3 show floor, has updated tonight with information that a short video clip was unveiled which shows the MK Dragon Symbol in various different shots. TRMK also says that the character Scorpion was shown for a split second. In regards to our last post this evening about the press release we were a bit curious why the next MK title was referred to as only "Mortal Kombat". TRMK reports that Midway has made a point that they are considering to call the next-generation MK Title just "Mortal Kombat" to show the significance that this game will revive the series. We are expecting a brief report ourselves about this new Mortal Kombat title towards the end of the week from one of our sources who is attending E3. As soon as we get this information you will see it here. Also be expecting some exclusive Mortal Kombat 5 content available here sometime in the future...

The Electronic Entertainment Expo kicked off today in Los Angeles. Mortal Kombat 5 is not present at the show this year, however Midway Games has released a press release that claims a new Next-Generation Mortal Kombat title is in development and is set to ship for the Nintendo Gamecube and other next generation game systems in Fall 2002. There was mention at the end of the press release that the new MK title has not yet been proposed to Sony Computer Entertainment America. We highly doubt that Mortal Kombat 5 won't be released on the Playstation 2. For the whole press release click here or check out our excerpt below:

"The Mortal Kombat franchise has set the standard for martial arts fighting games over the years," said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. "As the first of the series did, this all-new Mortal Kombat will once again reinvent the fighting game genre with never-before-seen features and a completely new fighting engine."

We already reported back in April that Mortal Kombat 5 would be hitting all 3 next generation systems next year. If you still need the word of mouth from Midway here's an excerpt from a recent conference call that you can check out for yourself at Street Fusion until next Wednesday May 9th, 2001. Just fast forward to about 7:30 in the conference to catch the tidbit about Mortal Kombat 5 below:

"...We believe the full impact of our transition strategy would be demonstrated in calendar 2002, when we expect to release over 31 new SKUs for the new generation consoles. We expect to introduce at least 12 Playstation 2, 10 X-Box, and 9 GameCube SKUs in 2002, including a title what we believe could revolutionize again the fighting game genre that it helped create, Mortal Kombat Five."

Will Mortal Kombat 5 still succeed now knowing it will not be released in arcades? Voice out at our message board.