While at Midway Gamers Day, we went ahead and took several photographs of the show floor, the trailer and presentations from the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks and gameplay from the GameCube port of Mortal Kombat: Deception! Some of these images are not too clear, but some provide some never-before-seen choice information, such as Goro and Shao Kahn's bios from MK: Deception! Click on the thumbnails to see the full-sized images.

Stay tuned, official Midway assets as well as our final impressions to come!

At Midway Gamers Day, we managed to get some direct feed footage from Midway's upcoming GameCube port of their award-winning fighting game, Mortal Kombat: Deception! This first video features a mirror-match in the Beetle's Lair arena, featuring Goro!

• Goro vs. Goro (9.7 MB)

This second video stars Goro again, as he faces off against Raiden in the Sky Temple stage. Of particular note in this video is the fact that for the first time, Goro is on the receiving end of a fatality...

• Raiden vs. Goro (12 MB)

Finally, we have another mirror-match, featuring Shao Kahn having it out with his clone in the Nexus stage.

• Shao Kahn vs. Shao Kahn (5.68 MB)

These videos are in Quicktime format. Keep it tuned here, as we will be updating later on with images from both Shaolin Monks and Deception!

At Midway Winter Gamers Day, Mortal Kombat team members Ed Boon and Shaun Himmerick gave a presentation on their upcoming two-player action-adventure game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks! The presentation lasted for ten minutes, and consisted of Ed and Shaun describing the game in detail while scenes from the game played out behind them. We're making this presentation available for you to watch now.

The video is in Quicktime format, and clocks in at 45.6 MB. To view the video, click here.

Mortal Kombat Online is hitting the road again! This time we're taking it to Las Vegas, Nevada where veteran reporters D'Arque Bishop and ]{0MBAT will be reporting LIVE at the annual Midway Winter Gamers' Day 2005! Once again, we are excited to have been invited, and our sources within Midway tell us Mortal Kombat is guaranteed to have a presence at the show. In the next few days make sure you keep it here for the latest impressions, media, and exclusive materials that you won't be able to find anywhere else. The saying always goes, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas", however we'll be bringing it straight to your screen as Mortal Kombat Online kicks off another round of live in-depth coverage!

Midway Games announced today that they were developing the next game in their popular series of retro arcade game compilations, Midway Arcade Treasures 3. However, this compilation will be focused primarily on racing games; as a result, it appears that Mortal Kombat will be sitting this compilation out. From the press release:

"The Midway Arcade Treasures brand continues to be one of Midway's strongest-selling and most popular franchises," said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. "Midway Arcade Treasures 3 provides the same, classic feel as the previous two Midway Arcade Treasures installments while bringing back several of the most popular racing games in the industry's history to today's next generation consoles."

With the latest addition to Midway's classic gaming vault, consumers will be given the option to either hone their racing skills in single player mode in games such as S.T.U.N. Runner, or fulfill their head-to-head appetite and leave friends in the dust with titles such as Hydro Thunder and Super Off Road.

This news may cause disappointment in some MK fans, as it was hoped that MK would make a reappearance in Midway Arcade Treasures 3. However, if the sales of the previous Arcade Treasures games are any indication, this surely will not be the last Arcade Treasures game, and there's always hope for Midway Arcade Treasures 4...

To read the press release in its entirety, click here.