We have managed to acquire new media from Midway's upcoming Mortal Kombat: Deception. The first two images are renders; the first one shows Baraka about to swing what appears to be the Beetle Lair's stage weapon. The other shows Mileena pointing her sai at some unknown opponent.

The next four images are actual gameplay shots. The first and second image show Konquest mode; they show the character on the busy town streets, with the character name at the lower left, the location at the lower right, the date at the top right, and a compass at the top left. The third and fourth screenshots are in-battle matches, with lifebars and style indicators the same as MK: Deadly Alliance. The third shot shows Baraka using his weapon style, his Baraka Blades, against Sub-Zero's Gojuryu style. The fourth screenshots shows Mileena in what appears to be an alternate costume, using her Sai style against Ermac and his Thoraxe weapon style.

As can be seen in these screenshots, the game appears to be coming along nicely. Keep your eyes peeled; we'll post further news as we receive it!

Our sources within Midway Games have sent us three screenshots from the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Deception! The first image features Mileena delivering a stab to Ermac courtesy of her sais, while on the ship arena. The second image has Scorpion in the foreground, pulling a speared Sub-Zero towards him. The third image shows us what might be our clearest image of Ashrah yet, as she delivers a kick to Scorpion's chest in a tower stage.


Our thanks to our sources within Midway for these images!

As strange as it is, the German division of Official Playstation 2 Magazine got exclusive pictures and information that isn't in any American publications. Since we acquired a copy of the magazine (written in German), and translated it into English, here's what's new. Midway Games has gone on record as saying some of the information is inaccurate; so unfortunately not everything in the article is 100% true. With that in mind, here's what the article had to say:

• Added to the list of new characters are Tanya, Smoke, Liu Kang's Spirit, Skab (another dead looking guy), Dairou (who you may remember from MKDA's Krypt), a female replacement for Kano, and Ken Masters (We're pretty sure that last one was intended to be a joke, but there it is.)
• They also mention the possibility of Sektor and Kabal, probably in Konquest Mode
• Hotaru is described as an evil Samurai
• The 5 different realms that can be explored in Konquest Mode are: Earthrealm, Outworld, Netherealm, Orderrealm and Edenia
• As in MKDA, most of the motion capturing will be done by Carlos Pesina (who played Raiden in MK1 and MKII)
• No 4-Player mode this time, but perhaps in a future Mortal Kombat.

Again, keep in mind that Midway has said SOME of the information is inaccurate, and hasn't specified which is correct and which isn't.

Interestingly enough, Ed Boon mentions in the interview that MKDA had sold 3 million units. This is a much bigger figure than the 1 million something it was at not too long ago.

Special thanks go out to VainQueur, tgrant, MortalKombatde and Gambid (of MK Secrets) for the news this time!

UPDATE: We have spoken to Midway's internal media relations team about the information in this article, and they have said, "The news source was an outdated and unofficial gameplay document that was not intended for media use. The unofficial information was taken without prior consent or approval from Midway Games and therefore should not be considered accurate and/or official Mortal Kombat news." Therefore, this validity of this news is still very much in question; we'll learn more as we get closer to E3. Our thanks to Midway for the heads-up on this information!

More and more print magazines are coming out with pictures and information on MK: Deception. The Official Playstation Magazine and EGM magazines are available in news stands now.

Although MK Online has already reported all the information in the mags, the OPM magazine is definitely worth checking out. There is a picture of Sindel in her alternate costume fighting what appears to be either Li Mei or Mileena, but could possibly be a new character (not 100% confirmed yet). There's also a really nice looking, previously unseen, concept sketch of Sub-Zero in it.

Lastly, the OPM magazine has another MK related article, this time on Midway Arcade Treasures 2. They confirm the appearance of Mortal Kombat 1, II, and 3 though we're still not sure if the third MK could really mean Ultimate or Trilogy. They have screenshots of the classic MK's in this article, but they do not appear to actually be from the MAT2 disc itself.

Thanks to CAMK and many others for the tip!

GameSpot has announced that if you pre-order Midway's upcoming game, Psi-Ops, you will receive a copy of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance for free! Since Midway let Mortal Kombat Online have a sneak peak at this game at last year's E3, you can take it from us that this game is worth it even without MKDA. But if you've been waiting for some reason to get your own copy of MKDA, then here's a great reason!

Thanks to everyone who mailed in and let us know!