Midway Games today released its results for their third quarter of the three months ending period that ended on September 30th, 2005. Of special interest to Mortal Kombat fans, the following points are mentioned:

• Midway launched Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks for PlayStation 2 and Xbox in North America and Europe to critical acclaim, with review scores averaging above 80% for the title on Gamerankings.com. Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks was a top-10 selling title in the US on both PlayStation 2 and Xbox for the month of September according to NPD Funworld, and spent three weeks as a top-10 selling title in the United Kingdom, according to Chart Track.

• Mortal Kombat: Deception, released in October 2004, recently attained Greatest Hits status on the PlayStation 2 and Platinum Hits status on the Xbox

• Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition for PC, and its first PlayStation Portable (PSP) title MidwayArcade Treasures: Extended Play. Midway now expects to release Mortal Kombat: Deception Unchained for the PSP during the first quarter of 2006

Net revenues for this period were up 74% from last year in the same quarter, totaling $17 million in this third quarter. Looks like Midway Games is having a good run. To check out the press release in its entirety, cuments/MWY%20Q3%2005.pdf"> click here.

Thanks goes out to our own MKO chat/forum user DECEPTION for the heads up on yet another positive note for Midway.

Over at Action-Figure.com, they released some Wave 3 preview pictures of the Jazwares action figures for MK: Shaolin Monks and MK: Deception.

Check out Kano and Johnny Cage, who are in the early stages and haven't been painted yet, as well as Reptile and Noob Saibot, who have obviously come further along.



To see ALL of the pictures, visit the original site here. A huge thanks to MK Online forum user MKPSP for the heads up on this!

GameSpot is reporting that Spike TV has announced their nominees for the 2005 edition of their Video Game Awards show, and among the nominees is Midway's popular action/adventure game, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks! From the article:

Spike TV's Video Game Awards show is returning this year, and it's bringing some actors, rappers, and rockers with it. The 2005 edition of the awards show will take place Friday, November 18 in Los Angeles. The show praises the best in the business, as voted on by industry vets, and is accompanied by celebrities and musicians.

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BEST FIGHTING GAME
Fight Night Round 2 (Electronic Arts)
Soul Calibur III (Namco Hometek Inc.)
Tekken 5 (Namco Hometek Inc.)
Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (Capcom)
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Midway)

Strangely enough, even though Midway bills MK: Shaolin Monks as an action/adventure title, it's listed under the category for "BEST FIGHTING GAME" instead of "BEST ACTION GAME". This may, however, be just a result of MK:SM's versus mode and/or Spike TV assuming it was a standard tournament fighter based on previous MK games. We'll be keeping an eye on this story; when we learn more, we'll report it here!

To read the GameSpot article in its entirety, click here.

Our thanks to Dave Rosteck of Dave's Mortal Kombat for the heads-up on this breaking news story!

The season premiere of Drawn Togther has aired, and as reported earlier, Mortal Kombat's own Scorpion made an appearance! Each character on the show is drawn in their own unique style, and as you can tell from the screenshots below, Scorpion appears in his CG from (most similar to his MK: Deception look).



To download the video clip featuring our favorite ninja spectre, click of here. The episode next airs on Saturday, October 22 at 12:30 A.M. Eastern Time, on Comedy Central. Thanks to both FatalTragedy and Cinder for providing their help with this update!

Jazwares was kind enough to give us some new pics and information on their line of the MK: Deception and MK: shaolin Monks action figures. To start with, check out the better, improved, versions of the wave 1 figures:

As you can see from the pics, Raiden's eyes have changed to white and Sub-Zero's been given an even paler skin color to match most of his MK:D renders. In addition, we were shown how originally Raiden's eyes were planned to reflect light but ultimately didn't work out too well for mass production.

Next, check out the following MK: SM figures:


Everyone's favorite arch-nemeses, Scorpion and Sub-Zero, will come together in a boxed set that can be ordered at the same retailers as the MK:D figures (such as Hot Topic, Tower Records, etc.)

Check out the box:

And Scorpion's spear:

Finally, check out these pics featuring prototypes, never intended to be released, of an unpainted Sub-Zero and a giant Liu Kang and Kung Lao:

Enjoy the pictures, everyone! Look for the wave 2 figures in stores soon. Additionally, assuming wave 2 will be as successful as wave 1 was (and from what we were told, that's very successful), more characters for wave 3 are being planned, such as Kano and Reptile!