GameSpot has released a video featuring a history of Mortal Kombat, with commentary from Ed Boon. The video starts with the first game, and leads all the way in to Mortal Kombat: Deception. While newly available for download, the video itself is not entirely new; it was first premiered at the pre-E3 Mortal Kombat Deception party.

The video is 140 MB in size for the hi-res version, and 62 MB in size for the lo-res version. GameSpot Basic members can download the video, while everyone else can stream it for free. To see the video, click here.

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PS2 IGN has posted a new exclusive video, this time demonstrating the new game modes featured in Midway's Mortal Kombat: Deception! The video features MK design team members Dan Forden, John Vogel, Steve Beran, and Ed Boon as they describe Konquest Adventure, Chess Kombat, and Puzzle Kombat. While nothing groundbreaking is shown (though we see Shujinko's arrival in what appears to be the Netherealm and a confrontation with Mileena), it does give a summary of what can be expected out of the new game modes.

As always, the videos are available in Quicktime format for IGN Insider members and Windows Media format for non-Insiders. To see the video, click here.

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Another interview with producer John Podlasek and game programmer Nick Shin surfaced today at PhantUm.com. The interview doesn't contain that much new information, other than that the team is putting on the finishing touches on Mortal Kombat: Deception. It also mentions the release date of October 4th, 2004. Also of interest is the second mention of a possible sequel:

I can say that it’s probably a safe bet that there will be another MK title in the works sooner than later :-) ...What, when, where, etc are obviously still up in the air at the moment.  Our energies right now are focused towards the completion of Deception and we’re really excited to see what you guys think!

To read the interview in full, click here. Thanks to user Jason Leyanna for bringing this to our attention!

With Mortal Kombat: Deception still two months from release, it comes as quite a surprise that we are reporting on the first news of Mortal Kombat 7! According to a statement by Midway Games CEO David Zucker at the RBC Capital Markets North American Technology Conference in California, the next chapter in the series is underway. From the webcast:

We’re making Mortal Kombat 7. We’ll have a PS3 SKU and an Xbox 2 SKU and we’ll have a wireless SKU.

If any new developments surface we'll keep you updated. You can hear the webcast for yourself by clicking here.

PS2 IGN has posted three new biography videos from Midway's upcoming fighting game, Mortal Kombat: Deception! These videos feature the returning characters of Jade, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero! The Jade video also offers us our first glimpse of her game profile:

Longtime ally of the Edenian crown, Jade witnessed the arrival of the Dragon King and raced to Edenia to inform her queen of Kitana's fate. She arrived too late, however, for Tanya had already imprisoned Queen Sindel. She freed Sindel and the two escaped to Outworld.

The Jade video also features John Vogel discussing her evolution as a character. The Scorpion video also features Sal Divita discussing Scorpion (who he played in Mortal Kombat Mythologies), and the Sub-Zero video features John Turk discussing the character, who he played in both Mythologies and Mortal Kombat 3-Trilogy.

To download or view the videos (in Quicktime format for IGN Insiders, or Windows Media for non-Insiders), click here.

Our thanks to forum user DMitch for the heads up on this breaking news story!