The December 2005 update to the Xbox backwards compatibility list for the Xbox 360 has been posted and Mortal Kombat: Deception has been removed from the list.

In our Mortal Kombat: Deception on Xbox 360 feature from two weeks back, we exposed the numerous flaws in the Xbox 360 emulation of the original Xbox version of Mortal Kombat: Deception, rendering the fighting game portions virtually unplayable. We contacted Midway with our findings shortly after we published our feature and it appears that Microsoft has responded in this latest update with removing the title from the list.

What does all of this mean? At the least it means that Microsoft is aware of the problems and removal may well mean that they are working on fixing them.