Anyone who looks at the September 2002 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (Issue 158) will be treated to a 2-page advertisement for MK: Deadly Alliance.  Nothing really new is given to us in the ad, except for the really cool renders which feature Scorpion fighting Quan Chi.  We won't tell you who wins, though - check out the ad for yourself.  Visit your newstand and have a look!

As several readers have pointed out, the September issue of PSM Magazine has an 8-page tear-out "Mortal Kombat Supplement".  It makes for a very interesting read - it not only goes over all the Mortal Kombat games, but mentions the movies, tv shows, CD's, and comics as well.  Their MK: Deadly Alliance section finally sheds some light on "Test Your Sight" - it is described as involving "keeping your eye on a shuffling object".  Also, according to PSM, players will be allowed to place bets on which fighter will win and earn "kurrency".  The kurrency or token system will allow to you unlock hidden characters, backgrounds, and extra features.  One last thing the article tells us is the fact that there will be special moves specific to a certain fighting style.  Hopefully, certain trademark moves will be universal to all the different fighting styles.  Time will tell on this one.

Besides the supplement, there's a comic strip in the magazine which pokes fun at the many ninjas in MK Trilogy.  They also mention that Deadly Alliance is due "this month" (meaning September) which we all know by now not to be true - the last we heard, Midway expected it to be on the shelves November 18.

Back to the mag - we recommend all serious Mortal Kombat fans pick this up!  Not just for the MK: DA info, but for the rest of the supplement as well.

If you pick up the August 2002 issue of Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine you can find the first print ad for MK: Deadly Alliance.  The ad does confirm a Fall 2002 release, not winter as being reported by some websites.  Although no real new information about or screenshots of the game are given in the ad, it does mention that we can look forward to "brutal new Fatalities". You can expect to see more print ads in the coming months as the game comes to completion.

GameSpot has updated with six new screenshots from the Playstation 2 version, two of which featuring the previously-unseen in-game version of Raiden! This time around, Raiden appears to have taken a page from his movie/TV counterpart, for he sports long white hair, with his trademark hat hanging onto his back, and his original jumpsuit replaced by robes and sandals. Whether this is his original costume or an alternate is not known.

Due to copyright restrictions, we are not linking directly to the images. To see these new in-game screenshots, click here.

The official Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance website has updated with the biography of the mysterious Mavado! According to his bio, Mavado is a member of the Red Dragon, a rival clan to the Black Dragon, who has allied with Shang Tsung and Quan Chi in order to face Kano in Mortal Kombat.

For more information (including screenshots), go to the official website here, and select the Characters section.