The official website for Mortal Kombat has had a countdown present for past couple of weeks, originally set to expire on October 10th. The countdown officially came to an end starting October 12th. As of this moment, there is not much in the way of new content. Wallpaper sized versions of previously seen artwork is now available however, they have been added below for your convenience.

The site currently links to the official Facebook page for Mortal Kombat, where you can find these images along with a short excerpt about Scorpion. It is designed in such a way that more characters can be added and renders or art can be added into each character's category.

It is very likely the site has more to post, as recent comments via Twitter confirm there are server issues preventing prompt release of the true new content. We will follow this story throughout the day and update as new information becomes available, so be sure to check back for more content.

EventHubs recently conducted an interview with Christian Svensson, Capcom's vice president of strategic planning and business development. In closing, the interview mentions the very popular subject of what franchise the Street Fighter series should next cross over with. His response:

With the long time support of series co-creator Ed Boon there are multiple people of interest on each side that support this project. As he noted however, there are several hurdles that would have to be cleared before such a project could come to fruition.

To read the remainder of the interview, click here.

Thanks to forum member DarzieP for the lead on this story!

The MKCommunity manager has posted the first in a presumable series of biographies featuring the various stages and arenas in the upcoming Mortal Kombat. The first featured is the iconic Pit!

The stage is shown through it's various incarnations, from its debut in the first Mortal Kombat through it's current incarnation in the upcoming game. The stage is given lore details, such as explaining how spikes were first placed on the ground below by Shang Tsung's instructions and even why Reptile was assigned to the Pit's bottom in Mortal Kombat I. We will continue to watch Youtube for more videos of ths nature.

Thanks to forum member MKKitana for the word on this story!

The official Mortal Kombat website has been changed revealing a teaser of what's to come for the site.

After providing your Date of Birth, You are requested to choose your fighter. Scorpion is the only one available right now and shows two renders. One is a Shadow Fatality featuring a characters silhouette experiencing a Fatality and the other is a Revealed Fatality showing Scorpion performing one of his Fatalities.

We will monitor the site as we anticipate more happening with it in the very near future so check back!

To see the overhauled official site for yourself please click here.

Update #1: The site has just now reverted back to it's original state. Accidental leak or perhaps they're just teasing us. More information when it becomes available.

Update #2: A Countdown now exists on the website. The timer ends at Midnight PST on Sunday the 10th October. What this timer indicates isn't entirely clear but it could be the date for the full site Launch or at the very least the date new content is released!

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe has just been added to Xbox Live's Games On Demand service which allows you to download games directly to your Xbox 360 HDD.

This is the first Mortal Kombat game to become available through this service.

You can purchase the game directly from your Xbox 360 Console at the price of $29.99. It is also available for download outside of the United States.

This could also potentially spell the possibility that previous and upcoming Mortal Kombat games can be bought from Xbox Live in the future!