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News Archives
This section will focus on keeping a running record
of every update that happens on this site. So if you think you've
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Hey guys, Tj156 here, sorry about not updating but i had the
pages ready, and stupidly forgot to upload them for a week...lol...anyways,
huge news MK : Deadly Alliance wise...as Game Informer magazine is supposed to have
an EXCLUSIVE section in there upcoming issue, to be released
later this week Supposedly the article will adress the "multiple
move-set" fighting system we've heard of, but somehow just
can't get a grasp on. The Magazine should be released this week
sometime, so pick it up, it'll have none other that that spawn
himself Scorpion on the cover:
 Also on the Rpg front, I've updated
that section with Designer Diaries, Storyline, and Screen Shots
of the game in action! So check it out, just click here...or
the Sub-Zero's Fantasy link on your left!
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WOW....I'm SPEECHLESS...after months and months of
nothing all of a sudden were barraded with previews of the next
mortal kombat game...this is my heaven...lol
Okay, lets recap.
Friday Morning: 8:30AM-i hurredly checked my e-mail
because i KNEW there would be something relating to MK:DA in
it, and sure enough there was:) The mailing list e-mail stated...
Mortal Kombat: Deadly
Alliance
February, 2002
GET OVER HERE!!!!
The official Mortal Kombat:
Deadly Alliance site is coming very soon!
Anytime now the official
MK:DA website will go live and you heard it here first.
In the coming weeks look
for more and more content to be added to the site, including:
artist sketches, arenas, interviews and actual gameplay footage.
IT'S OFFICIAL!
Deadly Alliance confirmed
for all Next-Gen consoles!!
"It doesn't get any
sweeter!"
"The %$#&*^% house
is gonna come down!!!"
Mortally yours,
Midway Crew
Friday Morning:11:30AM-As just a guess i checked out
MK5.org to see if they had any more info since they seem to get
more exclusive info than any other mk site...and boy was i right...lol
THE VIDEO
For 2 Versions of the MK:DA trailer teaser in .ASF:
Click
Here
For Streaming versions of the MK:DA trailer teaser:
Click Here
all i can say after watching that video is........*starts
crying*...i've never seen anything more beautiful...:)
Friday Afternoon: 3PM- I went back to gamespot and
noticed a web addresss that matched the one in the preview video
at the end, so i tried it out, and let it be known that the OFFICIAL
MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE WEBSITE IS UP!!!! ...and its a
beauty...:) Http://www.mortalkombat.midway.com
....remember that...lol Besides the facts being retold on the
offical site this time, there were also many things new to be
learned on the site...Including:
Completely redesigned multiple-move-set
fighting system. Each character will have several "move-sets"
that players can selectively change during a match.
Extremely realistic fighting
effects. Ripped clothing, bruises, sweat dripping, blood dripping
and running down bodies
New and old favorite characters.
Scorpion, Subzero, Raiden, Jax, Sonya, Reptile, Shang Tsung,
and Quan Chi and more. Plus new characters to be announced.
Special Attacks. Each character
will have several special attacks to utilize during battles.
Full 3-D Movement!
WOW...lol....this leaves A LOT to the imagination....Move
sets?...in the middle of a round?...what the hell are those?...lol
Also there are a lot of downloadable goodies on the site as well,
consisting of pretty spiffy wallpapers, banners (as you can see
one at the left), and also screensaver, but you should also know
that the WHOLE site is in flash, so make sure you have the latest
flash player and be patient..:) Okay...thats a lot of news for
one update...it'd be wrong for me to comment on how the rpg is
doing, but its coming along quite nicely, i'll post a couple
of screenshots in the next few days when i get time...i guess
the only thing we can do now is drool over that video and just
wait........very very anxiously....:)
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Midway has sent an email to the subscribers of its
Mortal Kombat mailing list announcing "Fatality Fridays",
in which new information and images will be made available to
the fans every Friday in February. As the letter states:
Midway and Gamespot have joined up to
bring you "Fatality Fridays" for the entire month of
February. THE Content you've been waiting for is on it's way:
* Designer Diaries * Exclusive story details * World Premiere
of the long awaited Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance preview video
And if that wasn't enough, CHECK OUT THE NEW SCREEN
PIC!!!!
As we know now that SHANG LOOKS PHAT!! the game is
gearing up to be ONE HELL of a contender against the newer fighting
games coming out...because those are supposedly the real models....lol:)
Also, as said in the press release that was mailed to everyone
who had signed up for Midway's E-mail notification of newest
developements, there's going to be some blockbuster releases
on this friday, the 22nd of february!!! So if you haven't signed
up for the mailing list yet, DO IT NOW!!! This week is going
to be probably the busiest week and anxious one that mk fans
have been waiting for, the TIME HAS COME!!!
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Mark this day in the History Books, It's.........NEW
LOGO TIME!!!!!!
Thats right Biatch, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
now has a FACE.
Midway released this shot yesterday and no later than
5 minutes GameSpot released also these details:
"GameSpot has additional
information on Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. Midway plans to
include eight characters who have appeared in previous Mortal
Kombat games. They are Scorpion, Subzero, Raiden, Jax, Sonya,
Reptile, Shang Tsung, and Quan Chi. It has also been revealed
that the game's story will revolve around Quan Chi and Shang
Tsung's quest to gain immortality.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is scheduled for release on the
Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance this fall. "
Many questions surround this report, it is OFFICIAL,
from MIDWAY, this is no fan design. However, there still leaves
the question.....what about ps2? Many people have diagnosed that
since we have had no Official announcement that MK:DA would be
released on ps2 since April of '01, that quite possibly it WONT
be released on ps2. Most likely reason if its not released on
ps2? The ps2 is the hardest out of x-box, gamecube, and ps2 to
program for, meaning that A)Midway WONT release MK:DA on ps2,
or B) They WILL release it, but a month to 2 months after the
x-box and gamecube versions.
However lets put this into perspective for a sec.
Midway NOT releasing the new mk on ps2 would DRASTICALLY reduce
their profits for the game, Namely because around 50 percent
of next gen owners own a PS2, the software and hardware on the
ps2 are just as powerful as the xbox and gamecube, just a few
months older. Plus there are certain advantages to porting to
ps2. Mainly, the dvd player already INSTALLED. Think about it,
the gamecube has NO dvd functions at all unless you go buy the
panasonic version thats out in japan right now. Xbox is made
by microsoft.....we ALL no how BAD microsoft is at software...i
mean COUNTLESS bug fixes, rollovers, updates, and the like for
all software they've put out....you cant do that for a console.
Consoles have to be PERFECT out of the box, and microsoft cant
do that, as demonstrated on numerous complaints of xbox's being
defective.
Now, some other advantages to porting on ps2 would
be...fan base. Fans of the psx bought a ps2 just because it was
the next playstation....simple as that. Games. Besides the countless
number of psx games that are backwards compatible with the ps2,
there are already a ton of ps2 games out there. Consistency.
When the psx first came out, it was new, exciting, and way cool.
But what happens after the new shine wears off? Sony goes and
ups the stakes by releasing some of the best video games EVER.
Final Fantasy series, only on sony, crash bandicoot, only on
sony, TEKKEN, only on sony. And the more time the psx was around,
the better the games got leading up to games such as WWF Smackdown!
1 and 2, and the much beloved Chrono Cross...a game Sony Stole
right out from nintendo's nose. And most importantly when the
psx became stale...what happened? Sony released The Playstation2
and the cycle started all over again.
BOTTOM LINE IS:
IF MIDWAY DOESN'T RELEASE THE GAME ON PS2, MIDWAY
WILL DIE. THEY WILL PUT OUT OTHER GAMES, BUT THEY'LL NEVER GAIN
THE LOYAL FANS BACK THAT THEY LOST.
NOW...
The returning NOW CONFIRMED characters also lead us
to another round of questions, namely...where's Liu Kang?...lol...an
mk game just doesnt feel like an mk without liu kang's cheap
tactics and combo's...lol Also, will there be a sub-boss character?
Who exactly will be the new boss? What new gameplay modes will
the game introduce? What will the new battle system feel and
look like? This is a time of reflection, for the mk series has
FINALLY moved into the new millenium, and i for one, welcome
it with open arms...:)
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Well, if you've been here in the last 2 weeks then
you might notice that on EVERY page i've changed MK5 to MK:DA,
due to the fact that Midway last week confirmed the next Mortal
Kombat game to be called Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. Also
i've fixed a few broken links, did some stuff like that. Finally
remembered to upload the fonts you guys need to see this site
correctly In IE, you can get them from the Multimedia section.
I've also updated the rpg page with the skinny on
the new version of Sub-Zero's Fantasy currently under the knife.
You might wanna browse through it, as a couple big things have
changed, plus a ton of little things.
Not much news to report as far as MK:DA is concerned.
As always remember to check out MK5.org and PlanetMK, as they are the most likely source
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CHICAGO – January 28, 2002 – Midway Games
Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading software industry publisher and developer
announced today that the official title for the all-new, next-generation
version of the popular fighting game franchise will be Mortal
Kombat: Deadly Alliance. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is currently
in development and scheduled to ship fall 2002 for the Xbox video
game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance
and other next-generation gaming systems.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance marks the relaunch
of the Mortal Kombat series with an all-new engine delivering
punishing action that will reward long-time fans of the franchise
as well as next-generation game lovers. The game features intense
hand-to-hand and special-weapon combat, secret hidden moves and
combinations with deadly body blows and fatalities.
“Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is the next phase
of the Mortal Kombat series that gamers have been waiting for,”
said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. “With
all-new characters and worlds, never-before-seen features and
a totally new fighting engine, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
will set a precedent for all other next-generation fighting games
to follow."
Click here to view the press release in its entirety.
SITE NEWS:
Well...wasn't that bit of news just jim dandy?..lol...MK5...or
as we now know it as...Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance now...seem's
to be on its way whether or not the gaming world is ready for
it. However, given this new news, new questions have arised...namely
why is it that the press release failed to mention that MK:DA
will be released on PS2?
Just technically speaking...Midway in turn would lose
a SHIT LOAD of cash if they didn't release MK:DA on PS2, mainly
because for a few months before gamecube and xbox, PS2 was the
only next-gen system out besides the dying dreamcast, meaning
that everyone bought a PS2, so if midway DOESNT release MK:DA
on PS2, half of mk's current fan's would be forced to buy a new
system to play the game...meaning less sales all together for
midway.
And has anyone convienently NOT noticed something
VERY IMPORTANT about the damn title. Mortal Kombat Deadly ALLIANCE...thats
Plural people. Meaning there has to be a team up somewhere between
boss and sub boss...and since the money is on quan chi being
a sub boss/boss character, that means he'll probably end up teaming
up with some sinister other, But will it be a familiar face?
Or someone totally new into the mk story?...I guess only time
will tell.
I'm hard at work on the rpg right now, if you dont
know by now i've scrapped the version i was working on before
the layout change in favor of a new coding system of mine, which
gives better freedom for me, as well as a better game for you.
So keep your eyes out for a few screenshots and maybe a video
preview in the next month.
thats about it right now for updates here...so keep
checking back every week or so. |
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Wow...we've got a lot of stuff to cover..lol Alright, there
was breaking news early last week of a HUGE DISCOVERY in the
mk world. Upon heading to MK5.org,
the closest thing we have to a real mk5 website (plug plug),
it was known that Midway Games, the guru's behind mk, have Registered
the trademark, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. Could this
possibly be the new name for the next mk? Want more proof?
12/21/01: Midway Trademarks the name Mortal Kombat:
Deadly Alliance.
12/17/01: Midway Registers the domains Http://www.mortalkombatdeadlyalliance.com
and Http://www.mkdeadlyalliance.com
12/18/01: Midway Trademarks the nameTassia (unknown
reason)
1/16/01: MK5.org
contacts midway regarding the new found info, Midway
replies that they will be shortly announcing something. |
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The new site is officially open, with new features,
better layout, and a new crew. So check out the site. The code
pages are only complete up to UMK3 however. I'll finish those
later. Check out the site map for some up to date layout info
on the site.
And please, if there are ANY broken links to ANYTHING,
e-mail me at the link on the bottom of the page. Thank you:) |
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This VERY loyal mk fan site was first introduced into the community
around a year ago. With over 200 pages of code (entire site)
this is a very efficient and well ran mk site, that updates quite
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