XBox Addict is running a story announcing that Midway is planning on opening a new development studio in Austin, Texas! From the article:

Leading interactive entertainment developer and publisher, Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY) today announced plans to open a new internal development studio in Austin, Texas. Midway is actively recruiting for the new studio which it plans to open in the near future.

Midway will be at the upcoming Austin Game Conference on Sept. 9-10 at the Austin Convention Center.

This would not be the first time Midway has had a location in Texas; they previously had offices in Corsicana (which have since closed). If you live in Texas and believe you have what it takes to make it in the game industry, now's your chance!

To read the article in its entirety, click here.

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

G4techTV tonight will feature Mortal Kombat center stage in the newest episode of its series ICONS. From their site:

When Mortal Kombat hit arcades in the early 90's as Midway's answer to Capcom's arcade phenom Street Fighter II, it forever changed the way the world saw violence in gaming. From the slack-jawed frenzy of gamers searching for more gore to the unwanted attention from parents and lawmakers alike, the Mortal Kombat series undeniably became a nineties pop-culture staple that went on to spawn a hit movie and a succession of sequels of gradually decreasing quality. Find out how a series so controversial that it helped spawn the Electronics Software Ratings Board has stuck around for so long and where it's going next.

You can catch this special as it premiers tonight at 10:30pm ET / 7:30pm PT. Thanks goes out to MK Online member kody powell for the news lead!

While at the Midway Summer Gamers' Day in San Diego, GameSpy Xbox managed to snag a quick video interview with series co-creator Ed Boon outside the doors of the THIN/ONYX room. Not a great lot to say on my part...so go here to listen to what he has to say for himself regarding the upcoming sequel, Mortal Kombat: Deception!


Thanks goes out to forum member Takermk for the heads up!

The official Mortal Kombat movies website, Mortalkombat.com, has updated. The site is now divided into 2 main sections: "Film" and "Games". It looks like some MK: Deception content will be thrown in the games section soon. Meanwhile, fans will notice that the next Mortal Kombat movie sequel already has a working title: Mortal Kombat: Devastation!

Thanks to MK Online Network Member Shinnokxz of The Unofficial Mortal Kombat 3 Movie Page for this unexpected update!

To conclude Mortal Kombat Online's coverage of Midway Summer Gamers' Day 2004, we are pleased to present five more videos of Mortal Kombat: Deception in action. While these videos are not direct-feed, and some do not feature complete matches, they are still entertaining!

Note: Please Right-Click/Save As to download these videos, rather than attempting to stream them.

• Kobra versus Scorpion (Glass Machine) (27.2MB MPG)
• Scorpion versus Sub-Zero (Netherbelly) (5.59MB MPG)
• BoRaiCho versus Scorpion (Molten Press)  (11.8MB MPG)
• Scorpion versus Kabal (Sky Temple) (8.47MB MPG)
• Kobra versus Dairou (Prison) (21.7MB MPG)

For those who are curious, these videos are taken from the Playstation 2 version of the game. Also of interest, in the first four videos, Player One is none other than Ed Boon himself! The final video is RammSPOOn and I hiking around The Prison, highlighting the random prisoners and their reaction to a Kombatant who has inched too close to a cell.

These videos mark the end of Mortal Kombat Online's coverage of Midway Summer Gamers' Day 2004. We hope you've enjoyed our exclusive footage from this event, as we've definitely enjoyed bringing it to you! Be sure to keep checking here for the latest and greatest information on Mortal Kombat Deception!