It's a countdown. Don't you see? They're using our own satallites against us! Checkmate!

Who wants to bet that the last "O" is gonna be a smiley face?

White King's Knight recommends we launch a full inquiry!


"MK: OCHO."
Oooh. It's all starting to come together, Mr. Boon. Isn't it?

"Mortal Kombat 8: The Ocho - If it's barely a game, we've got it! Bigger than than the World Cup, World Series, and World War II combined!"

ed is doing something on the
page at this moment.

The site got another small update...
WTF is 238,868???

238,868 divided by 888 = 268

268 divided by 30 = 8.9

maybe 8.9 means almost 9 months till mk8 is released.

Holy Schizta!
You're freaking smart dude.
Awesome awesome.
This is awesome news.

2+3+8=13=M
2+3+6=11=K
MK? Most likely a coincidence.

8+6+8=22=V
8+8+8=24=X
No idea.

2=B
3=C
8=H
6=F

Just messing around with the numbers real quick. Just remember to take everything with a grain of salt.

[edit] Never mind..

God damn where are Nic Cage and Tom Hanks when you need them they could solve this puzzle in a heartbeat

Am I the only one who just thinks the highlighted "8"s are supposed to respresent, you know, Mortal Kombat 8? Or is that too simple?

"You see, you mutliply the number by the number of characters in the game, then divide it by the distance to the moon from earth, then square it by the number of days in a month, on average, but then sub-divide that by the number pi, then have that in a ration equation to the actual number of the lines of code in the previous MK game, but divide that by the moon phases, and you ultimately get..... a number. It makes perfect sense."

No, everyone else just figured that it was obvious, and didn't want to bother wasting the time to point it out.

I thought what this person said about the numbers on noob.com was interesting. Taken from the midway.com forums. Poster Ice_Clone said: "Here's a interesting fact I found on Yahoo Answers. The distance of the Earth to the Moon is 384403 km or 238868 miles." Maybe that is it.....maybe it is just concidence and it is something else. Just thought I'd throw in two cents.

but thats not the distance from the earth to the moon.
it varries alot.

Zebron is by far the greatest character in gaming history not to make the final cut of it's respective game

It is indeed the distance from the earth to the moon but are you ready to have your minds blown by this bit.
888 is a biblical reference to jesus christ.
666 is the anti christ.
Bibal revelations say that after the end of days or armageddon as its also known christ will return to earth to lead the survivors against the darkness.
Its a biblical reference. A new savior will emerge to combat darkness during mankinds darkest time.

You right but i think the game will come out in 8/8/8
Just like in Ed Boon's Noob.com new message with 238,868.Just look! at the red 8s' its giving you the date of the game.

i dont see the game coming out until near the end of the year to be honest with you,Cant see the game being released in the summer mk has always been released towards the end of the year.
This will be out in october or november.

236 days after the end of the countdown (April 17 2008) = December 9 2008. Yeah, a Tuesday... but normally, the Monday is the day that the game is distributed to the shops, being in general Tuesday the first day that it is possible to buy.

But, it's another possibility:

238 days after the day that appeared in the website (March 18 2008) = November 11 2008. Another Tuesday. Maybe this one (for dates) is less risky, but both factible.

And independentment of "23 new ones + 6 returning characters" or "6 returning characters of 23 fighters in the roster" I will have an orgasm and will be enormously happy. More than 20 and minus than 30 will be the perfect roster for the MK8.

I think it's got something to do with Michael Jordan coming out of retirement again... NBA JAM IS BACK! WHOOOO!

2+8 =10=J
3+8=11=K
6+8=14=N

Just Kidding Now

8-2+6=F
3-2=1=A
2+3+6=11=K
2+3=5=E

hmm.....
It must be about those special videos!

You know, the three red "8's" could just stand for 8-8-08
Which would be this year, It's a pretty reasonable date.

August reasonable date? I don't think so pal...

And there are no three 8 red ones, but 8 of red color (that there are three it's anecdotal).

hmm...did anyone else notice wat it said while loading?
Note Christmas Countdown...
could that have somthing to do with the release date?