Mortal Kombat

By Luke Plunkett The Mortal Kombat That Should Have Been Modern Warfare 2 Could Have Had Aliens, Zombies Google's New OS Runs On Metal Gear Xbox Live Bannings Summon Class Action Lawsuit NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks Make Preparations For More Shadow Complex

By Michael McWhertor Proce, who contributed to Midway's final fighting game (Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe) before being snapped up by Warner Bros, wrote that the re-imagining of the MK franchise proposed "mixing modern muti-player and dismemberment game design with the original fighting mechanic." The a...

By Owen Good •Ten Classic Games That Did Not Age Well [Destructoid] This list doesn't look at the evolution of an IP, just how the original game holds up over time. And Destructoid finds plenty to complain about, even in Mortal Kombat, Metal Gear and Half-Life. I'd throw in one of the early console Madden...

By Luke Plunkett The list provides only the single, top-selling, must-have item for the year. No room for second place here. And it shows that seven times in the past 34 years - beginning with Pong in 1975 - a video game or games console has come in at #1. Bump that number up to eight if you count 1999's Pokemon, own...

By Owen Good •Top 10 Most Ridiculous Video Game Mascots of All Time [The Kartel] "Mascots" might be overstating these characters' rank - many just look like weird characters, although Elbo, the Electronics Boutique skateboarding hipster, definitely is a mascot. Number one is Pac-Man, who is both.

By AJ Glasser Estavillo tells GP he is representing himself in these cases and, in light of his PSN ban, is playing the Wii (Metroid Trilogy) and Xbox 360 (Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe). Estavillo said that he loves playing as The Joker in the latter title and may be "a bit obsessed" with the character, add...

By Michael McWhertor After news that dozens of capable game developers have lost their jobs, a LOL-tastic video game mash-up—in this case, Mortal Kombat vs. Donkey Kong—can cheer us up. Oh, Scorpion! You ham!

By Brian Crecente Before co-founding Robomodo in 2008, Tsui worked at Midway Games on the Mortal Kombat series. He went on to co-found Studio Gigante in 2000, which developed both Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus and WWE WrestleMania 21. He later went to work for Electronic Arts Chicago where he worked on Fight Nig...

By Brian Ashcraft PSPgo Has ESRB Ratings Packed Right In Comment by: Sir-Lucius has no pictchar! Nominated by: andrewwyatt rant  So really the large amount of white characters is partially based off what is the norm in media. So take it up with Hollywood

By Luke Plunkett From Hitler moustaches to "sweat" in Mortal Kombat, Nintendo have a long history of over-reacting to violence in video games. So it shouldn't surprise you that, in 2009, you're still not allowed to call a Wii peripheral a "gun". Wonder why Nintendo went with "Zapper", then, when they could...

By Luke Plunkett Cyberball 2072 Defender Defender II Gauntlet Gauntlet II Gravitar Gunsmoke Hard Drivin' Joust Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest Klax Kozmik Krooz'r Liberator Lunar Lander Major Havoc Marble Madness Millipede Missile Command Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat 3 Mortal Kombat II

By Michael McWhertor When Warner Bros. snapped up ailing publisher/developer Midway, it bought most, but not all of the company's assets, including intellectual properties like Mortal Kombat and This Is Vegas. What else did Warner Bros. grab in the Midway closeout? Lots.

By Brian Ashcraft Happy Birthday ESRB! Fifteen years ago to the day, SEGA and Nintendo proposed the Entertainment Software Rating Board in the wake of the Mortal Kombat gore game controversy. The proposal satisfied US politicians, and the ESRB began rating games later that year.

By Stephen Totilo Overall, GunFight! had fun with Rock Band. And for this gamer? I love getting out into their world every weekend for the summer music season, and I wish more gamers would go out and try real music. The sun's been good for me. And the band seemed to enjoy their visit to "our" world of games – in fact,...

By Luke Plunkett But they could have! Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has today revealed some artwork for a proposed crossover between the two franchises, which would have seen a Mortal Kombat-infused court made available in NBA Jam. With spinal columns, dismembered heads, the works.

By Brian Crecente Midway's UK studio was shut down this morning, all staff let go as the time to find a buyer for the studio behind Wheelman and Necessary Force ran out, a Midway spokesman told Kotaku today. While the Wheelman IP is now owned by Warner Brothers Interactive, along with the Midway trademark and...

By Owen Good Giant Gundam Statue, Now In PlayStation Home Warner Bros. Now Owns Midway, Mortal Kombat One Weird Wii Control Scheme Monster Hunter Sets PSP Record In Japan New Nintendo Release Exacerbates Lefty Gamers' Lament Who Needs Nintendo Chiptunes When You've Got Sega Rock?

By Michael McWhertor Where does that leave Midway? While the name may have changed, a company spokesperson told Kotaku today that "Midway Games Inc. still exists, and the Midway trademark and games such as Mortal Kombat and This is Vegas and most of the IP library are now owned by Warner Bros."

By Michael McWhertor The third MK flick, sometimes dubbed Mortal Kombat Devastation and sometimes simply Mortal Kombat, looks to have a director in Chris "Mink" Morrison. Since there is so much seemingly unconfirmed about the newest MK movie, we're checking in with the last-known production company to see...

By Michael McWhertor Boon had hinted at appearances from characters like Kung Lao and Doomsday in interviews, showing designs for one MK Vs. DC character that was planned for release, Quan Chi, first introduced in Mortal Kombat 4. The MK team lead released a render of the Mortal Kombat character via his Twitter...

By Stephen Totilo The sale to Warner Brothers is expected to close in the next 10 days, according to Midway spokesperson Geoffrey Mogilner. That will put the Mortal Kombat license, the This Is Vegas project, Midway's sports and arcade brands as well as the company's Chicago and Seattle studios under the WB...

By Stephen Totilo Add Mortal Kombat to the video games Michael Jackson was into. You mean you read books?'' Any in particular?'' I love X-Man. Pinball. Jurassic Park. The martial arts ones - Mortal Kombat.'' I played some of the video games at Neverland,'' I said. "There was an amazing one called Beast Buster.''

By Mike Fahey Lawrence Kasanoff, the producer behind the Mortal Kombat movies, television show, and animated series has filed suit against Midway in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in order to make sure he retains series milking rights. In a way I suppose he is right. While those of us steeped in gaming would recogn...

By Luke Plunkett While the rest of Mortal Kombat's cast of in-game characters were digitised actors, Goro obviously wasn't. He was, instead, a stop-motion miniature, whose moves were recorded on the 1990's most cutting-edge recording equipment: a table, a blue screen and a table lamp.

By AJ Glasser Dhalsim, Street Fighter – Father of Datta: Dhalsim serves as a father to his entire village by entering the World Warrior tournament to raise money for them. Joe Hayabusa, Ninja Gaiden – Father of Ryu: Leads an entire ninja clan and raises a badass ninja son.

By Luke Plunkett Further down the list, Flower continues to do well, as do other PSN stalwarts like PAIN and Mortal Kombat II, though PS3 owners fascination with Noby Noby Boy seems to be fading fast. Analysis: Top 10 PlayStation Network Titles For April, 2009 [Gamasutra]

By Michael McWhertor The idea behind the project stems from growing up at an arcade, and my eventual love affair with Mortal Kombat," Lefcourt explains on his Flickr photostream. "Before Mortal Kombat, violence in video games was largely unheard of or ignored because of its extreme pixelized simplicity."

By Michael McWhertor According to a report from MCV, Warner Bros. is "keen to acquire Midway's flagship Mortal Kombat and Stranglehold franchises" as well as casual fare like the Touchmaster series and legacy intellectual property that the company has squandered over the past decade. As WBIE co-published M...

By Luke Plunkett The new plan is geared more towards encouraging 28 "key employees" (including developers & executives) to ensure the company is sold. Those 28 will share in $600,000 when someone agrees to buy Midway, and they'll split $1,000,000 when any sales deal is made final.

By Brian Ashcraft This arcade game collection includes Jambo Safari, R360, Mortal Kombat, Tekken 2, Guitar Freaks, Galaxy Force II, Ms. Pac-Man, Super Street Fighter II and two versions of Crazy Taxi. The arcade cabinets alone occupied 60 pages of the auction catalogue!

By Luke Plunkett Also contained in the document, despite the heavy use of REDACTIONS, is a suggestion Midway have "overstated the value of Mortal Kombat", and that Citigroup were hired last year to look for someone who could buy the troubled company. Their findings? "Citi failed to find interested inves...

By Brian Crecente With Midway in the middle of troublesome bankruptcy proceedings and rumors of the Mortal Kombat dev team leaving, it's a little surprising to learn that not one, but three companies are considering buying the company. Reached for comment this morning, a Midway rep said the company does n...

By Luke Plunkett Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai 14.99 Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai Another Road 14.99 Dynasty Warriors Vol 2 14.99 Final Fantasy I 9.99 Final Fantasy II 9.99 Flatout Head On 9.99 Iron Man 14.99 Mortal Kombat Deception: Unchained 9.99 Ratatouille 9.99 Sonic Rivals 2 14.99 Warriors of The Lost Empire 14.99

By Brian Crecente Iron Fist Joins Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Cast Interplay And Masthead Team For Potential Fallout MMO Battlestations Pacific: Lets You Win the War With Japan R.U.S.E. Tweaks, Slows Real-Time Strategy Rhythm Heaven Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mortal Kombat Team Looking To Split From Midway

By Michael McWhertor Mortal Kombat publisher Midway caught some heat from its creditors and a government-appointed trustee over some questionable bonuses attached to the sale of its properties and a publishing agreement with Wheelman co-publisher Ubisoft.

By Mike Fahey Frost was one of the less interesting additions to the Mortal Kombat roster in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, but suddenly I get the overwhelming urge to give her another try. Marie-Claude Bourbonnais pulls off Frost just as well if not better than she did Caitlin Fairchild from the Imag...

By Luke Plunkett Senior management should not be paid incentive bonus payments... to perform duties required to be performed by their obligations under the Bankruptcy Code." Translation: Midway executives shouldn't be paid for trying to sell the Mortal Kombat franchise, since under the terms of their ba...

By Mike Fahey If you play this game the way you should – by slaughtering victims in the most foul of ways – it ends up being a non-stop highlight reel. The ranked boss battles are especially entertaining – think Mortal Kombat Fatalities with the budget of a Star Wars movie. All of the accelerometer-based sh...

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By Mike Fahey Ten new titles receive special packaging and a special $19.99 retail price come April 5th as part of Sony's 2009 PSP push. God of War, Patapon, and SOCOM: Tactical Strike are the only first-party titles to make the cut. Ubisoft represents with Tom Clancy's Advanced Warfighter 2 and Rainbow S...

By Brian Crecente Culture Capcom Announces *Another* Phoenix Wright Musical Gut This TF2 Crossword Like A Cornish Hen A DSi Fit For Mickey Mouse And Square Enix Resident Evil CGI Movie On PlayStation Network Podcast: Street Fighter IV With Seth Killian

By Mike Fahey Late last year, Sumner Redstone sold his controlling interest in the failing Midway Games to industry unknown Mark Thomas for the sum of $100,000 plus debt. The sale led to creditors being able to demand immediate repayment for the $150 million they were owed, which ultimately resulted i...

By Michael McWhertor One of my faves? This streak of BS, attributed to Mortal Kombat 3: "There is a special move that allows the character to impregnate one of the female characters. This is said to cause the character to explode after a span of time and make babies appear to come out of the character's belly."

By Brian Ashcraft Midway To Keep Paying Mortal Kombat Creator To Make New Mortal Kombat David Perry Throws Down, Swears Next PSP Won't Have UMD PS3 Exclusive Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) Sold 300,000 Halo 3: 1,000,000,000 Games And Counting The King of Fighters XII Hits PlayStation 3s This Summer

By Luke Plunkett History lesson: despite decreasing sales and quality standards of late, Mortal Kombat is without a doubt Midway's most important remaining asset. And Ed Boon created Mortal Kombat. So he's important to Midway. Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon's $1 million bonus [The Cut Scene] [Image]

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By Luke Plunkett Midway, publishers of the Mortal Kombat franchise, are in trouble. And how are they looking at getting out of trouble? By giving key Midway employees bonuses! Oh, and by possibly selling off Mortal Kombat. On the one hand, selling off the Mortal Kombat rights might net them enough cash to ke...

By Michael McWhertor The King of Pop's collection of arcade cabinets and game ephemera spans a good 60-plus pages, full of titles like Jambo Safari, Mortal Kombat, Tekken 2, Guitar Freaks, Galaxy Force II, Super Street Fighter II and two versions of Crazy Taxi. Clearly, Jackson likes his Sega hardware, optin...

By Michael McWhertor Raines told DICE attendees that "collector's editions" of titles account for a healthy portion of overall new game sales, with 36% of Metal Gear Solid 4 sales being of the "limited edition" variety, with more than half of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe sold at GameStop sold to "collectors."

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By Luke Plunkett Midway filed for bankruptcy yesterday. Grim news, but it's also a bit...vague. It's hard to tell from mere words just how badly the house of Mortal Kombat is faring. So let's use numbers instead. You better pay Epic back, Midway. Mark Rein will cut you.

By Brian Crecente Midway enters this process with strong underlying fundamentals, as evidenced by solid fourth quarter sales that exceeded expectations in spite of a challenging retail and general economic environment," Booty added. "Overall, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe sales are approaching two m...

By Luke Plunkett Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix Mortal Kombat II Suikoden Downloads made in PlayStation Home (clothes, furniture, etc)– o Top three PlayStation Home downloads Hooded Top Resident Evil Degeneration g-Virus T-Shirt Summer House

By Brian Ashcraft Tired of Mortal Kombat Killer? How About Xbox Taco Assailant? Comment by: Black-Dog-Howls Nominated by: 天 Comment by: Ted Nominated by: Sutekh_Slain Obama Family Brings Gaming One Generation Closer to the Presidency Comment by: Sam Scott Given Nominated by: RealitySucks

By Michael McWhertor This year represents, as far as I know, my biggest haul. The reason? This is the year I started to get review copies of games — a blessing and a curse. The total? Exactly 54 games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360 and PC — just slightly more than one game per week....

By Owen Good The PlayStation 3 Gift Guide The Wii Holiday Gift Guide The Portable Holiday Gift Guide The Xbox 360 Gift Guide Holiday Game Review Madness Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Review: A Pretty Good Start Left 4 Dead Review: 2 Good 2 B 4gotten Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Review: Finish Him

By Brian Crecente The Xbox 360 Gift Guide LotRO Enters The Mines Of Moria Frankenreview: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe The Official Raving Rabbid's Ass Pad Left 4 Dead Review: 2 Good 2 B 4gotten New Club Nintendo Prizes Underwhelm The Kids In The Hall Think Portal Is HILARIOUS

By Mike Fahey Fans of old-school Mortal Kombat action will delighted with the fighting engine in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Gone are the weapons and multiple fighting styles from the last few iterations, as are the super-long chain combos, replaced with shorter chains that can be linked together w...

By Owen Good Today Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, 360) Shaun White Snowboarding (DS, PS2, PS3, 360, PSP) Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades (DS) AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack (Wii) Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Wii)

By Michael McWhertor A trio of Xbox Live Arcade games are about to go budget, as Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Worms and Feeding Frenzy look to be getting a permanent 50% discount. Although the three are still listed at full price on Xbox Live Marketplace, the official Xbox web site lists the new additions to the prog...

By Michael McWhertor Midway's Ed Boon and Paulo Garcia, game designers on Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, stopped by the Kotaku "offices" yesterday to give us a near-final look at the upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 fighting game. Having already played the game at E3, Comic-Con and the Leipzig Games Convent...

By Stuart Houghton Midway has announced that Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe will be available to buy in North America on November 16th. Euro gamers will have to wait until Nov 21st to get their fix of Superman's 'Brutality'. MIDWAY ANNOUNCES MORTAL KOMBAT® vs. DC UNIVERSE SCHEDULED TO HIT U.S. STORE SHELVES NOV. 16t...

By Brian Crecente In the early 90s games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter replaced pool as a viable way to shark for money. Most college arcades had its own Street Fighter muscle, Mortal Kombat expert. We’ve recreated this experience," Killian said. "The arcade experience is so awesome. People become fr...

By Owen Good Midway • Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe • Wheelman • TNA iMPACT! • This is Vegas • Unreal Tournament 3 • Game Party 2 • Touchmaster 2 • Mechanic Master • MidwayArcade.com Southpeak • Big Bang Mini • Brave: A Warriors Tale • Igor The Game (Windows PC, Wii & Nintendo DS – September 2008)

By Brian Crecente The thing about Mortal Kombat, for example is that it was heavily influenced by certain movies like Enter the Dragon, and therefore it was kind of an easy adaptation to turn the game back into a movie," explained Anderson. "Resident Evil was heavily influenced by the Romero zombie movies t...

Art of Midway ($24.95): Packed with more than 160 sketches and 200 illustrations, this book is a must have for fans of Mortal Kombat, Area 51, Psi-Ops or just art. Okami Art Book ($20-40) It's a gorgeous book full of concept and in-game art from Okami. Lots of very pretty pictures from a very pre...

By Michael McWhertor CHICAGO, Illinois, October 2, 2007 - Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY) today announced revised estimates for the Company's third quarter ended September 30, 2007, and fiscal year ending December 31, 2007. The changes are primarily to reflect Midway's decision to release Stranglehold for t...

By Mike Fahey In a world much like our own. . .except with magic and aliens and way more ninjas. . .war is beginning. Thus begins Press Start, a movie celebration of old school video games created by Ed Glaser of Dark Maze Studios. The natural evolution of countless YouTube gaming parodies, it's the story of a youn...

The GameCube didn't exactly have a ton of fighting games, at least not one's that were strictly fighters, but Mortal Kombat, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Bloody Roar, UFC and, of course, Soul Calibur have all made at least one appearance on the Wii precursor.

By Mark Wilson We've seen the game before on both PC and 360, but hey, we've bought these shiny PS3s and already got sick of Mortal Kombat II. Yeah, there's Calling All Cars, but what if it sucks? It would break our heart and possibly injure our slightly-more-than-platonic Jaffe man-crush. So there's F.E.A.R.

By Luke Plunkett April 9 Super Paper Mario Nintendo May 15 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Midway May 29 Mario Party 8 Nintendo June 11 Big Brain Academy Nintendo Nintendo DS June 4 Nintendo DS browser Nintendo June 4 Planet Puzzle League Nintendo June 11 Touchmaster DS Midway

By Mike Fahey GameSpot awarded the Xbox Live downloadable Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 as Best Fighting Game of 2006 IGN.com awarded Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Best Fighting Game of the Year 2006 1up.com nominated Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for Best Fighting Game of the Year

By Michael McWhertor Bear down folks, 'cause it's toilet seat time again. Uber tipster Jane, who should really be doing something other than trolling eBay for such things, lets us know that the man responsible for the Master Chief crapper cover is back at it. This time, it's the famous Mortal Kombat dragon logo,...

By Brian Crecente Mortal Kombat : Armageddon (PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system; October 2006) - Introducing Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - the latest chapter in Midway's best-selling, award-winning, videogame fighting franchise. With the most complete Mortal Kombat roster ever, includi...

By Brian Ashcraft Hollywood and video games haven't exactly been a match made in heaven. The appropriately titled Hollywood and Games Summit in Los Angeles aims to figure out how to meld these two mediums effectively. (And made loads of money in the process.) What did the pundits have to say? Keynote Speaker P...