The MK5.ORG Online Store, in association with Amazon.com, is proud to announce that Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition, the Game Boy Advance-exclusive title, is now available for pre-order! The final game price is $29.99, and will be released on August 28, 2003. Remember, a portion of all proceeds from the MK5.ORG Online Store go towards site maintenance and upkeep, so be sure and help support the MK5.ORG community!

You can reach the MK: Tournament Edition pre-order directly by clicking here.

Tragic news was reported today for fans of the first Mortal Kombat movie: Trevor Goddard, who played Kano, was found dead in his home in Hollywood yesterday. From the MSNBC article:

The coroner said the cause of death may be suicide, however there has been no official word on how the actor died.

Goddard, who was 38, was a native of Perth, Australia. According to the Internet Movie Database, Goddard starred in the recurring role of Lt. Cmdr. Michael "Mic" Brumby in "JAG" from 1998-2001.

Among Goddard's film credits were "Mortal Kombat," "Deep Rising" and "Gone in Sixty Seconds."

The article can be read in its entirety here.

The staff of MK5.ORG extends their deepest condolences to Goddard's family and friends.

UPDATE (June 11 2003 21:53): It appears that the cause of death has been confirmed as suicide by prescription drugs, according to an MSN Entertainment report located here. Our thanks to MK5.ORG forum member MK_Man for the update on this sad story.

In our continuing coverage of Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition, we now bring you an updated version of the MKTE ad already being displayed in certain gaming magazines. Ad #2 is pretty much the same, but it does give us some great news: The game's release date is now August, 2003. This is excellent for Game Boy Advance owners, who have only a 2 month wait till its release. MK5.ORG would like to once again thank our sources at Midway Games for providing us with the latest ad!

It brings us great pleasure to announce the newest feature of our website. In association with Amazon.com, we are proud to introduce the opening of the MK5.ORG Online Store! Now you can purchase all of your Mortal Kombat merchandise from one central location. At the present time we offer Mortal Kombat video games, guides, and movies. Any proceeds we make are strictly for site maintenance and upkeeps so we can better serve you in the future. Don't waste anytime, start browsing all of our items located at store.mk5.org now!