The guys over at G4TV will be airing (well, re-airing) some footage from Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks on March 10, 2005 at 9:30 A.M. EST (8:30 A.M. CST) on their show, Cinematech. The episode, "Hodge Podge" originally aired on a few days ago on March 5, 2005. For more information on this episode, click here. Thanks to MK Online reader (and forum/chat member) DECEPTION for the news on this update!

The folks over at GameSpot have acquired and posted some more screenshots from Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict. To check out the rest of the screenshots, click here.

There's also some videos worth checking out. GamePlay Footage 14 features Raiden actually doing a FATALITY. The new Developer Interview video features Epic Games President Mike Capps briefly discussing what it's like working with Midway and his praise for the Mortal Kombat series, as well as how well Raiden fits in to UC2's environment. To check out all the videos for this game, click here. As always, streaming videos are free for all, to download is also free, albeit as a GameSpot Basic member. Thanks to MK Online forum/chat member DECEPTION for the tip on this update!

The guys over at GameSpot have posted another video clip from Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. This is actually some more stuff from Midway Winter Gamer's Day, but it's high quality footage and worth checking out (especially for those who may have missed it the first time it was posted).
To check out the video, click here.

Word has come out that a murder that took place in a northeastern town in Latvia has been linked to the Mortal Kombat game series. A teenager was killed by a group of friends who claim they were imitating moves from the popular fighting game series. From the article:

The five boys, aged 13 to 16, were arrested Sunday by the police of this town of 43,000 inhabitants 120 kilometres (74 miles) north of the capital in connection with the murder which occurred on Saturday, the spokeswoman said.

They explained that "they used techniques borrowed from the video game 'Mortal Combat' in dealing with their victim", the spokeswoman, Kristine Mezaraupa said.

The boys described how they beat up their friend, Marcis, born in 1991, and threw his body in the nearby Gauja river, according to the head of Valmiera police department Juris Andersons.

Later on in the article, psychologist Zaiga Blaua points out, "Videogames could be a catalyst for violent behaviour, alerted by alcohol, but one cannot reduce the real motives of the teen murderers to the influence of video games."

To read the article in its entirety, click here.

Our thanks to forum members DECEPTION and JayboH for the heads-up on this tragic story.

GameSpot has updated with a video review for MK: Deception on the GameCube platform.
Overall, they gave the game a score of 8.3 (Great!) You can check out the video review here (free to stream for everyone, free to download as a GameSpot Basic member). Also be sure and check out their 4 new gameplay footage videos and 17 screenshots, as well!

The guys over at 1UP.COM have also have their review of Mortal Kombat: Deception for the GameCube. From the review:

Naturally, given the GameCube's limited online support, the Cube version of Deception does not have the online play that stood out as the main new feature in the other versions. What it has in return are some changes to the character roster – half of the 12 fighters that were locked away at the start in the other versions are available here from the beginning, and former MK bosses Goro and Shao Kahn are playable exclusively in the GameCube version.

To read the article in its entirety, click here.