Mortal Kombat X is coming to iOS and Android next month as a free-to-play fighting/card-game, shades of the mobile version of Injustice: Gods Among Us. The mobile MK will link to the console version for unlockable goodness. I don't know about you, but "Swipe! Finish Him" doesn't have quite the same ring. » 3/02/15 10:09am Monday 10:09am

While the fighting is always nice, my favorite elements of modern Mortal Kombat games are the extra bits—challenges, unlockables, and side activities outside of the core one-on-one battles. That's why I'm excited about Mortal Kombat X's Faction War meta game. » 2/07/15 4:15pm 2/07/15 4:15pm

The tongue, the acid spit, the evisceration — so adorable. The very first secret Mortal Kombat character is the latest combatant revealed for Mortal Kombat X. » 1/28/15 9:40am 1/28/15 9:40am

With Mortal Kombat X's story spanning some 25 years after the events of Mortal Kombat 9, it's no wonder former Shaolin monk Kung Lao is looking a bit long in the tooth. It beats being dead. » 1/03/15 6:00pm 1/03/15 6:00pm

Netherrealm Studios' Mortal Kombat X releases worldwide on April 14, 2015. Goro has also been revealed as a pre-order exclusive character for the game, with the teaser shot above accompanying the press release. MKX is planned to hit Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC simultaneously. » 9/05/14 9:20am 9/05/14 9:20am

Is it odd that I'm less excited about the new characters coming in Mortal Kombat X next year than I am having three different versions of my old favorites, each with their own play style? Meet Combo Raiden, Mobility Raiden and Control Raiden. » 8/05/14 9:45am 8/05/14 9:45am

Who would win in a fight, Wolverine-clone Lobo, or the Joker's unhinged girl Friday? The answer might be a lot more clear if this showdown weren't happening in the Injustice universe. » 11/12/13 4:27pm 11/12/13 4:27pm

While we're still a week out from the October 25 release of Batman: Arkham Origins for consoles and PC, the free-to-play mobile game is alive and kicking. Also punching. Watch. » 10/18/13 10:40am 10/18/13 10:40am

Having NetherRealm Studio make a free mobile tie-in for DC fighter Injustice: Gods Among Us worked out so well, Warner Bros. is having them do the same thing for Batman: Arkham Origins. Bring on the beefy Batmen! » 10/12/13 9:30pm 10/12/13 9:30pm

As promised, General Zod, the super-powered Kryptonian tyrant, is now available as a downloadable character for Injustice: Gods Among Us. As an extra, Netherrealm Studios threw in a bit of a history lesson discussing Zod's past, his motivations, and his uncanny ability to shove people through the moon's core. » 7/03/13 7:20am 7/03/13 7:20am

With the Man of Steel movie debuting as a big hit, it’s no surprise that the movie’s version of Superman will be coming to the fighting game featuring the DC Universe’s biggest heroes and villains. And the Man of Steel skin will be joined by a playable General Zod add-on, who we first saw in action in a Conan O’Brien » 6/21/13 11:00am 6/21/13 11:00am

Superman goes rogue and all hell breaks loose in Netherrealm Studios' fighting title, Injustice: Gods Among Us. It's an all-out brawl between the heroes and villains of the DC Universe—who will come out victorious? That would be the critics, who are having a hell of a good time. » 4/19/13 1:00pm 4/19/13 1:00pm

DC’s been putting out a crankier, less friendly version of the Justice League in the comics tying into the newly released Injustice fighting game. Superman takes over the world for the greater good and some heroes align with him. Aquaman isn’t one them, though. » 4/18/13 5:00pm 4/18/13 5:00pm