Direct Feed Gameplay Footage of MK Unchained on PSP Here's some video footage of gameplay from Mortal Kombat: Unchained, the PSP port of Mortal Kombat: Deception. From the videos, you can actually see footage of all four exclusive characters, Kitana, Jax, Frost, and Blaze in action! It should be noted that Blaze looks way hotter (no pun intended) than in MK: Deadly Alliance, as flames continue to follow him wherever he goes. Footage of Chess Kombat and Puzzle Kombat is also included.

• MK Unchained B-Roll Footage

This footage came directly from the Midway B-Roll given to us during E3 about a week and a half ago.

Gamespot published a story today announcing the Game Critics Awards nominees for Best of E3 2006. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon has been chosen as one of the nominees and is against such titles including Heavenly Sword, Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Virtua Fighter 5, and WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007. From their story:

In the wake of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the only thing almost as abundant as the trinkets and schwag being sold on online auction sites are the Best of E3 lists touted by various publications. However, one set of awards stands out from the rest as it represents a large sample of the gaming press.

The Game Critics Awards, first held in 1998, is decided by a group of dozens of journalists from different media outlets. This year, 37 judges participated in deciding the best games and hardware from E3 2006. Leading gaming editors culled from publications such as Newsweek, CNN/Money, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, and GameSpot chimed in on what they thought were the highlights of the conference.

Winners will be announced after the judges decision on Wednesday, May 31, 8:30 PM Pacific.

Thanks goes out to for this important news lead!

Hot on the heels of yesterday's posting of koncept art to the Midway Boards, everyone's favorite Midway moderator, Cinder, has come through for the fans again. This time, he's posted a character wallpaper from the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Armageddon! The featured character is everyone's favorite purple ninja (missing in action since Mortal Kombat Trilogy), Rain!

To see the original forum thread in which this wallpaper was posted, click here.

Our thanks to forum/chat member for the heads-up on this new wallpaper!

Over on the Midway Boards, the moderator known as Cinder has been continuing to post concept art from Mortal Kombat: Deception and Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. Today, however, he's decided to start posting works from Midway's upcoming game, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon! In this piece of "koncept" art, Cinder shows us how the infamous Netherrealm might look in what is presumably Konquest Mode!

To see the original forum thread in its entirety, click here.

Our thanks to forum member for the heads-up oin this new piece of koncept art!

With all the hype over MK Armageddon, and even Ultimate MK3 being available for the 360 on the Xbox Live Arcade, we thought we'd wait until a little while after E3 2006 was over to show you the trailer for MK Unchained on the PSP. Available on the video is brief direct feed footage of Jax in action, not to mention the revealing of a new Endurance Mode, so check it out:

• MK Unchained E3 2006 Trailer