Ever faithful to the Mortal Kombat fanatics out there, IGN has updated with their ongoing Fatality Friday series!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

This time around, we are treated to a particularly painful acupuncture lesson from the ever mysterious Noob-Smoke! After defeating Baraka, Noob-Smoke does a few style changes, finalizing his form as Noob. He then proceeds to whip a series of throwing stars at his defeated opponent, for a serious lesson in murder.

To see the gore for yourself, click here.

While we can assume this is the final Fatality Friday from IGN, be sure to keep checking back here at Mortal Kombat Online for the latest news and information regarding Mortal Kombat: Deception!

Thanks to forum member Kabal2006 for being the first to notify us of this Fatality Friday!

After a relatively long wait, pictures of the limited edition Mortal Kombat: Deception controllers are now available at GameStop! Although it remains doubtful that this will be the final release date, the PS2 controllers have a supposed release date of November 1, while X-Box users only have to wait until October 29. Thanks to long time MK Online forum/chat member EmperorNash for the news!

As with many past Mortal Kombat titles, it appears that Mortal Kombat: Deception will have its own Mini-Guide in addition to the regularly sized strategy guide. By pre-ordering MK Deception or the MK Deception Kollector's Edition/Premium Pack through Toys 'R' Us you can get the Mini-Guide free.

The product page for MKD with Mini-Guide can be found here. Thanks to MK Online reader candyman1014 for the news!

GameSpot has released the fourth installment in their Official Movie series, which gives information about different features in Midway's soon-to-be-released fighting game, Mortal Kombat: Deception! The first half of Official Movie 4 is dedicated to Chess Kombat, where MK team members Dan Forden and Jay Biondo give an overview of Chess Kombat, how the gameplay works, and shows the mode in action. The second half of the movie profiles Puzzle Kombat, in which Nick Shin joins Dan and Jay in giving a description of Puzzle Kombat's gameplay, along with a few gory fatalities at the end.

The video is available for download to GameSpot Complete members, and available to stream for free for non-members. To view Official Movie 4, click here and scroll down the page to Official Movie 4.

Our thanks to forum member killerzombie87 for the heads-up on this news story!

With four short days left until the public get a chance to put their money where their mouths are, IGN has had the opportunity to test out Mortal Kombat: Deception's online mode. From the article:

To say that I was blown away with just how smooth and responsive the online portion of the fighting truly is, is an understatement, as Mortal Kombat: Deception is seriously the most lag-free Internet fighting game I've ever played. And over the course of our six different match-ups with various kinds of characters, I never once experienced a single hitch or stutter in the action. I could tell right off the bat that Midway is sporting some serious network code here, and can only begin to wonder just how blown away other players will be when they get to try online for the first time as well.

For those who hold reservations about playing a fast-paced fighting game, this article should help extinguish any fires!

In addition to this preview, IGN has also posted a new video featuring their offices facing off against Ed Boon via the online mode!

To read the article for yourself, head on over to IGN.com!