Midway Games announced today that the next game in the Mortal Kombat series, Mortal Kombat: Deception, has officially gone gold! Again, "gone gold" means that the game is finished and the gold master copy has been sent to the publisher for mass duplication. From the press release:

Midway Games today announced that Mortal Kombat®: Deception™ has gone gold and will to ship to stores for both the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft on Monday, October 4th.

Mortal Kombat: Deception delivers the deepest fighting experience ever, with the fatality-filled intensity that has helped establish the Mortal Kombat franchise as the ultimate fighter of all-time over the past 10 years! With unlimited competition online, multiple fatalities per character, multi-tiered interactive environments and extensive new game modes (a la, "Puzzle Kombat", "Chess Kombat", "Konquest" and more), Mortal Kombat: Deception is well on the way to revolutionizing the fighting game genre once again.

It's been a long wait since Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, but soon MK: Deception will be on store shelves. Both the regular version and collector's editions are available for pre-order at retailers near you and the MK Online Store.

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

Anyone fortunate enough to check out the latest issue of GamePro is in for a treat. You will notice that Midway has spared no expense in treating us MK fans to a full 2-page Mortal Kombat: Deception advertisement, featuring the now-famous fight scene between Sub-Zero and Baraka! You can also check it out below:


A very big thanks to MK Online forum member Joe Kool for this update!

Game Informer has posted the demonstration of Mortal Kombat: Deception as hosted by MK co-creator Ed Boon at Midway's Gamer's Day event in San Diego. While this is the same demonstration shown in an earlier video posted by this site, GI's video has a much better shot of the screen, and as such, is quite a bit clearer.

The video is in MPEG format, and is 84 MB in size. You can download it by clicking here.

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

Before you start lusting after Mileena's polygon goodness in Playboy, you better check out the next round of Fatality Friday from the good folks over at IGN.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Mileena's fatality is perhaps the goriest we've seen yet. Like the ravenous beast she is, Mileena removes her mask and lunges for her opponents jugular. With a swift snap of the jaws, she succeeds in decapitating Sub-Zero, spitting his head out for all to see. She then finishes with a seductive pose and a bloody grin.

To see the gore for yourself, head over to IGN.com.

Though this fatality has already been showcased in the many Mortal Kombat: Deception trailers, it's still a treat (pun intended) to see the full bloody ordeal again.

Thanks to MKO forum members sub-zeromasta and DECEPTION for being the first users to submit this newslead via our News Submission System!

GameSpot is reporting that Midway's classic arcade compilation game Midway Arcade Treasures 2 has gone gold! From the news brief:

Arcade-game fans not tech-savvy enough to build their own MAME cabinets got some good news today. Midway announced that Midway Arcade Treasures 2, its second compilation of old-school classics, has gone gold. The compilation, which will feature titles like NARC, Spy Hunter 2, Gauntlet 2, Cyber-Ball 2072, Wizard of Wor, and Mortal Kombat II and 3, will ship on October 11 for the Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2.

For those not familiar with the term, "gone gold" means the final master copy has been created and sent to the publisher for mass duplication. As stated in the brief, the game is set for an October 11th release date.

To read the brief in its entirety, click here.

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