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ADVISORY/Videogamer Executes a Fatality on a WWE Superstar in Contest to Launch Next Installment of Controversial Mortal Kombat Franchise.


Business & Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Nov. 21)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated as MK) is a popular series of fighting games created originally by the Midway Manufacturing Company. Mortal Kombat (R): Deadly Alliance The Deadly Alliance is a faction in the Mortal Kombat video game series, making its debut in . About the Deadly Alliance
The Deadly Alliance was a temporary alliance between two powerful sorcerers: Shang Tsung, advisor to Emperor Shao Kahn and host of the last
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Times Square With Shocking Brutality and Supernatural Mystique mys·tique  
n.
An aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it: the cowboy mystique; the mystique of existentialism.
 
-- Best known for shocking the world and revolutionizing the fighting videogame genre with its hardcore fighting style, use of bloody graphics and fatalities, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is rated "Mature" (the videogame industry's equivalent to an R-rated movie) and delivers the highly acclaimed series to the next level with a lethal dose of brutality, supernatural mystique and a reinvented fighting system

-- Ben Dukes of Bloomington, Ind., entered Midway's national sweepstakes to be the first to play Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance against a WWE superstar, famous for his over-the-top body slams and unbelievable fighting moves. Ben Dukes declared victory after the live match hosted at The World Entertainment Complex on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002


-- Mortal Kombat fan and contest winner Ben Dukes declared

victory against a WWE Superstar in a down-to-the-wire match to

launch Midway's Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance videogame. The

game officially launches on -- Fatality fa·tal·i·ty
n.
1. A death resulting from an accident or disaster.

2. One that is killed as a result of such an occurrence.
 Friday -- Nov. 22,

2002


-- Best known for shocking the world and revolutionizing the fighting videogame genre with its hardcore fighting style, use of bloody graphics and fatalities, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is rated "Mature" (the videogame industry's equivalent to an R-rated movie) and delivers the highly acclaimed series to the next level with a lethal dose of brutality, supernatural mystique and a reinvented fighting system

-- Ben Dukes of Bloomington, Ind., entered Midway's national sweepstakes to be the first to play Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance against a WWE superstar, famous for his over-the-top body slams and unbelievable fighting moves. Ben Dukes declared victory after the live match hosted at The World Entertainment Complex on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002



SATELLITE COORDINATES:

Thursday, Nov. 21:

-- 21:15-21:30 (9:15-9:30PM) ET Telstar 5/c16 downlink Transmitting from a satellite to an earth station. Contrast with uplink.  4020

horiz.

-- 22:15-22:30 (10:15-10:30PM) ET Telstar 5/c16 downlink 4020

horiz.

Friday, Nov. 22:

-- 14:00-14:15 (1:00-1:15PM) ET Telstar 5/c16 downlink 4020

horiz.

VISUAL DETAILS:

-- Over-the-top battle between a WWE Superstar and Mortal Kombat:

Deadly Alliance contest winner Ben Dukes of Bloomington, Ind.

-- Ed Boon, creator of the original Mortal Kombat franchise and

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

-- Intense gameplay
For the television show, see GamePlay HD.


Gameplay includes all player experiences during the interaction with game systems, especially formal games. Proper use is coupled with reference to "what the player does".
 footage of deadly blows and brutal fatalities

-- Arista arista (ä·riˑ·st  Records' Adema performs modern rock theme song,

"Immortal," a videogame exclusive for Mortal Kombat: Deadly

Alliance

-- Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance history and "Unseen" DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.


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