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!

GameSpot has just posted a video tour of Midway's upcoming action/adventure game, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks! The video, which clocks in at just under three minutes, features commentary from MKSM team members such as Steve Beran, Ed Boon, John Vogel, Marty Stoltz, and Shaun Himmerick. The first half of the video covers the back story and the opening cinematic, where facts previously unknown are revealed, such as the fact that Kung Lao was presented during the first tournament, in disguise as one of Shang Tsung's guards. The second half of the video discusses gameplay mechanics; not much new is covered here, except for a mention (and demonstration) of the return of Test Your Might, as Kung Lao and Baraka parry, attempting to get the best of one another as the game shows a power meter for the player to fill.

The video is available for download to GameSpot Basic members, and for streaming to non-members. The low-resolution video is 34.4 MB, and the high resolution video is 76.1 MB. To download or stream the video tour, click here.

Our thanks to forum/chat member DECEPTION for the heads up on this breaking news story!

The latest issue of Official U.S. Playstation Magazine (August 2005, Issue 95) has one of the trailers for Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks in very high-quality included on the bonus disc.

Check out these pics from the video:


That's right, in that last picture, you can clearly make out everyone's favorite MK villain, Shang Tsung, in his MKII costume, after Shao Kahn restores his youth. I'd like to give a special thanks to MK Online forum/chat user ShoeUnited for using his skills in helping to improve the quality of that last picture!