We're back with a few more exclusive images and news items from San Diego Comic-Con. Firstly, enjoy the pictures of the SDCC-exclusive Cold Snap Sub-Zero and Demon Head Scorpion:


The first run of the figures will be available in retailers everywhere come August and will include Baraka, Raiden, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero. The next run of figures will come out in November or December of this year and will include MK: Shaolin Monks versions of Sub-Zero and Scorpion, plus the main heroes: Kung Lao, and Liu Kang.

Additionally, we can confirm that Tekken will be one of the very next fighting games added to the Epic Battles Trading Card Game due out in September which currently includes Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter.

UPDATE: Here's another three shots, thanks to MKO forum/chat member |NS|!

Thanks again to |NS| for the three pics!

MK Online staff member RivetSpoon had a chance to attend San Diego Comic-Con, and was there ever a lot of Mortal Kombat stuff there!

To start off with, Midway had a playable demo of MK: Shaolin Monks available (the same demo that will be included within the next month on the demo discs with OPM and OXM magazines). Jazwares was there, promoting their MK: Deception action figures. They had a preview of the 10-inch Roto-Cast Noob Saibot figure, though photography was not allowed. The Demon Head Scorpion was for sale at the Tower Records booth, in addition to the Cold Snap Sub-Zero for sale at the AFX booth - both SDCC exclusives.

Additionally, the folks at Score Entertainment in conjuction with the artists at Udon Comics displayed the first preview of the Epic Battles Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter Trading Card Game. The cards pictures are just prototypes, and are subject to change - but needless to say, the detail is amazing. (One of the most interesting, in my opinion, happens to be Sindel doing her sonic scream, named The Sounds of Music, against Scorpion's spear and breaking it apart.)

There will be 119 Mortal Kombat cards and 119 Street Fighter cards, at least for "Round 1" - more cards will be available at a later date. All the MK characters are supposed to be from MK: Deception, with all the SF characters from SF3: Third Strike. Hardcore MK fans may notice a few exceptions, with some characters from Deadly Alliance being shown that only appeared in MKD briefly in either Konquest Mode or the Dark Prison Arena. They are still open to the idea of crossing over with other fighting games in the near future, and Fatalities and possibly other finishing moves will be included.


Stay tuned, some more pictures and a detailed explanation of the rules coming soon.

A great site for some of the up and coming Xbox games, Xboxyde, has posted a video containing the first ten minutes of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. This footage looks to be directly from the upcoming demo to be included with the next issues of OPM and OXM magazines, although really, it is the exact same stuff that we at MK Online showed you during our E3 2005 coverage. But guess what? The game is so cool, it really is worth seeing again. So, enjoy the screenshots, and check out the video here. I'd like to thank Ultimate Ryu and several other people for sending in News Leads about this story.

The latest issue of Lee's Toy Review (Issue #152, June 2005) has an ad for the Killer Toys website where you can order the Mortal Kombat: Deception action figures. Here's a scan of the ad, as well as the cover of the magazine in case you wanted to pick it up:


According to the ad, these are set to ship in August, so you can head on over to that site to pre-order them now or wait for them to hit local retailers near you!

After several years of planning (since the days of MK: Deadly Alliance), Midway has opened up their message boards to the public! Check out Midway Forums now! The highlight of the forums right now are for the most recent Mortal Kombat games - Mortal Kombat: Deception and Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. There's also a third category of just general games by Midway, besides MKD and MKSM.


A big thanks to MKO forum/chat member DECEPTION for the heads up!