As the opening of the E3 exhibition nears, Midway has released a bunch of official screenshots from the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Armageddon! All of these screenshots are ones that were seen as part of GameSpot's pre-E3 preview, but now they've been made available without watermarks.

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We're in Los Angeles, getting ready to start the first day of E3. However, it appears the folks at Midway have already been hard at work, as the official MK: Armageddon site already has the promised "more kontent" posted! They have posted two renders and the official E3 trailer! The renders shown the Battle Arena, which looks to be Shao Kahn's Arena from Mortal Kombat II, and the Lumber Mill.

The official E3 trailer expands on what we have already seen; for example, the opening cinematic with both sides rushing at each other has been expanded to show such fights as Sub-Zero and Scorpion clashing swords, Shinnok pinning a dark/evil Raiden to the ground using his summoned skeletal hands, and Baraka and Kung Lao engaging in some air kombat of their own. The trailer then shows myriad gameplay, including Fujin kicking Goro down a flight of steps to another arena, among others. Kreate-a-kombatant is also shown, where it's seen that as stated before in interviews, people will be able to make non-human kombatants. Konquest mode is briefly touched upon as well, showing Taven fighting some Black Dragon thugs and speaking with Sub-Zero. The trailer is two minutes, two seconds in format, and is available in Windows Media format.

• Official MK: Armageddon E3 Trailer

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Our thanks to forum member for the heads up on this site update!

As E3 draws ever nearer, Midway has offered a little treat to the fans. On the official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon website, they have posted a render of one of the classic arenas that will be returning to Mortal Kombat: Armageddon: Goro's Lair!

In addition, the site has three greyed out images, with a caption above them that says, "More Kontent on May 10, 2006". We'll be reporting from the E3 show floor on that day, but we'll also keep an eye on the site; we'll keep you all updated.

To go to the official Mortal Kombat: Armageddon site, click here.

Our thanks to forum member for the heads up on the official site's update!

GameSpot has just released four new gameplay videos giving a taste of what to expect from Midway's upcoming fighting game, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon! In these four videos, a variety of kombatants face off in a variety of stages, showing off such things as air kombat, multi-level stages, and even a pair of death traps. The roster includes:

• Gameplay Movie 1: Shinnok takes on Stryker in Goro's Lair, followed by Stryker and Sub-Zero (in his Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance ninja outdit) in the Prison, followed by Jarek and Reiko, followed by Reiko and Sektor in the Wastelands.
• Gameplay Movie 2: Fujin takes on Sektor in the Bell Tower, followed by Shinnok and Fujin, followed by Fujin and a masked warrior (Rain or Ermac, perhaps?) in an unknown arena, followed by the unknown warrior and Kai in Goro's Lair, followed by Sheeva and Sareena.
• Gameplay Movie 3: Sheeva and Sareena pick up where they left off from Gameplay Movie 2, followed by Rain and Shao Kahn in the Subway, followed by Scorpion and Sub-Zero in the unknown arena, where Scorpion does his treadmill impression in the very end...
• Gameplay Movie 4: Rain and Shao Kahn pick up where they left off in the Subway, followed by Shao Kahn making sure Jarek catches the train (or, to be more precisely, making sure the train catches Jarek)...

The videos are available for download to registered GameSpot members, and GameSpot Complete members can download them in high-quality. The standard size for the low-res videos is 11.9 MB, and the size of the high-res videos is 26.6 MB. Non-subscribers can stream the videos. To download or stream the videos, click here, and choose Gameplay Movies 1-4.

Our thanks to forum member for the heads-up on these new videos!

Midway has come through for the fans again! This time, they have released two screenshots from the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Armageddon that have not been seen anywhere else! One of the screenshots features a confrontation hinted at even as far back as Mortal Kombat 4; in it, Reiko sends Shao Kahn flying with an uppercut in MK4's Prison stage. In the other screenshot, Sheeva can be seen throwing one of her fireballs towards Fujin, while in the Subway stage from Mortal Kombat 3.

Remember, our E3 coverage begins on May 10th; keep it tuned here then while we bring you the very latest on Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and Mortal Kombat: Unchained!

Our thanks to our sources at Midway for these new screenshots!