Yeah, the way that this video pays homage to the old-school digitized look of the first few Mortal Kombat games is cool. And it’s great that there are nods to signature moments of the latest MK title in there, too. But what really makes this video work is the secret revelation about thunder god Raiden.
A couple of weeks ago, you might've seen Superman kill the Joker in cold blood in the prequel comics that build the backstory for upcoming fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us. You could argue that Batman's archenemy had it coming since he's a psychopathic mass murderer. But as the series has continued, The Man of…
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You might know that DC Comics has an Injustice comic running which sets up the stage for all the brawling in the upcoming fighting game. The story by writer Tom Taylor and artists Mike Miller and Jheremy Raapack is appearing in digital form first, with print editions following. Check out this excerpt, where Jimmy…
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It's become a recurring trope that the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight beat each other up when things go terribly wrong in the DC Universe. The big difference in each of these brawls is the catalyst for the conflicts. As shown in a comic-book prequel releasing tomorrow, the reason for the World's Finest fallout in …
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This statue pictured above will be coming with the collector's edition of Injustice: Gods Among Us, the fighting game that pits DC Comics' most popular super heroes against each other. (Don't worry; they fight villains, too.) The sculpture shows just how much the relationships must have deteriorated between the…
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Ed Boon, the father of Mortal Kombat has a priority for the DC Comics super-hero fighting game his MK studio is making. He wants to make the backgrounds, the levels, play "as pivotal a role as the characters you chose."
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Netherrealm and WBIE proudly stride into Capcom territory—y'know, trying to sell you a game you already own—with the already announced Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition. Hrm.
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Yesterday's confirmation of a Mortal Kombat game for Sony's upcoming handheld didn't offer much in the way of details. There was cover art and not much more. Boo.
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Mortal Kombat, once just one of those games we knew was coming to the Vita somewhere down the line, is now coming this Spring.
