[Joe Kerr]

Midway has revealed a few bits of information about the latest Mortal Kombat(for Playstation and X-box) title, Mortal Kombat: Deception. using an enhanced version of the Deadly Alliance engine, Midway promises photo-realistic characters models as well as multi-tiered enviroments and- in a first for the series - ONLINE PLAY. The newlyreleased trailer offered up even more detail. Baraka appears prominently, While Sub-zero, Scorpion, and Mileena make cameos. Some grislt stage fatalities were shown as well - one character tossed into a lava pool, and another was kicked in between two giant spiked post, Which ground the character into paste and sprayed blood every where. As if that wasnt enough to get your blood lust on, Deception is taking the series to exciting new places. It will feature several intriguing gameplay types, including a free-roaming quest mode (with time-sensitive fights) where youll unlock MK items as you go. Also confirmed are a chess based battle mode and a very interesting puzzle game type reminiscent of super puzzle fighter 2 turbo. Best of all each of these modes is available online.

taken from Game Informer Magazine.