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MK: Deadly Alliance logo and information revealed.

Posted at 12/31/1969 07:00 PM EST by

Midway Games has sent us tonight the official logo for Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance! Click on on our thumbnail for a large 1000 by 1313 pixel version. Shorty after we received the logo it was reported on GameSpot that Scorpion, Subzero, Raiden, Jax, Sonya, Reptile, Shang Tsung, and Quan Chi will return and that the the storyline will center around Quan Chi and Shang Tsung's quest for immortality. Check back soon for more updates.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance Official Announcement.

Posted at 12/31/1969 07:00 PM EST by

Knightmare

Not that we didn't already know, but today Midway Games sent us the press release regarding Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. This is the official title of the fifth Mortal Kombat installment. Here is an excerpt from the press release:

CHICAGO – January 28, 2002 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading software industry publisher and developer announced today that the official title for the all-new, next-generation version of the popular fighting game franchise will be Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance(TM). Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is currently in development and scheduled to ship fall 2002 for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM), Game Boy® Advance and other next-generation gaming systems.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance marks the relaunch of the Mortal Kombat series with an all-new engine delivering punishing action that will reward long-time fans of the franchise as well as next-generation game lovers. The game features intense hand-to-hand and special-weapon combat, secret hidden moves and combinations with deadly body blows and fatalities.

"Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is the next phase of the Mortal Kombat series that gamers have been waiting for,'' said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. ``With all-new characters and worlds, never-before-seen features and a totally new fighting engine, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance will set a precedent for all other next-generation fighting games to follow.''

Click here to view the press release in its entirety.

Lambert and Williams return in Mortal Kombat 3.

Posted at 12/31/1969 07:00 PM EST by

Knightmare

How's this for daily updates? According to Lynn Red William's website he will be a recurring character in Mortal Kombat 3: The Movie . His website also mentions to look for the return of Christopher Lambert as "Rayden". Just hearing that gives me enough faith that MK3 could be a killer blockbuster! Apparently this update to his site was made all the way back in August. The website also mentions we will see an end to a key character. Kinda brings back bad memories of Johnny Cage dieing right from the start of Mortal Kombat Annihilation.

Who is Tassia?

Posted at 12/31/1969 07:00 PM EST by

Knightmare

Together with PlanetMK.com we have done further investigation on recent Midway trademarks. We have found an interesting piece of information we'd like to share. On December 18, 2001(shorty before Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance was registered) Midway "published for opposition" the trademark "Tassia". This means that Midway's application has been received but not yet accepted. Unless someone disagrees with the application (i.e. - opposed by a third party) it will be accepted in 30 days. Yesterday, that 30 day period expired.. Could this be the name of a new female combatant in Mortal Kombat 5? We are not sure, but anything's possible. There is no reply from our sources at Midway to this moment.

Update: There was a female boss with the name of Tasia in MK Special Forces. However her name has one "s". After a quick look in our transcript of a chat with Ed Boon held back on August 25th, 1999 a question was asked if Black Dragon Members would return in Mortal Kombat 5. Ed replied- "VERY good chance of that !! " Also John Vogel, if you remember, mentioned how they wanted a female ninja in a video interview held at MortalKombat.com.

New Deadly Alliance web domains.

Posted at 12/31/1969 07:00 PM EST by

Knightmare

Just in case you had any doubt of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance being the title for the fifth upcoming Mortal Kombat installment, let us put those to rest. On December 17th, 2001 Midway Games registered the domains http://www.mortalkombatdeadlyalliance.com and http://www.mkdeadlyalliance.com . Well.. there you have it!