Multi-national releases are a difficult process. Not only are there linguistic and cultural barriers to overcome, but very often content or simple monetary reasons can keep a game from entering one country or another. Even so, some games are desired despite their limited availability no matter where you are. That…
Ex-Midway artist Vincent Proce went back to the drawing board for a pitched, but ultimately rejected visual reboot of the developer's venerable Mortal Kombat franchise, posting the results of that back-to-basics design plan on his personal blog.
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe's roster of "kombatants" was missing some key names on both sides. That was something series co-creator Ed Boon and the MK team had hoped to address with downloadable content, which never happened.
Midway shipped more than 1.8 million copies of Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe worldwide for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, the company announced today.
Want to pummel the creators of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe senseless? Franchise co-creator Ed Boon and members of the development team will be on the PlayStation Network tonight, taking on all comers.
Fighter Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is an interesting tie-in. On one hand, you've got MK and on the other DC Comics. Interesting! But MK creator Ed Boon has even bigger dreams. In an interview, Moral Kombat vs. DC Universe senior producer at developer Midway Hans Lo dishes, "Ed has always wanted to do a mash-up —…
Amazon is at it again with their Gold Box deals, today featuring a selection of Xbox 360 titles at low, low bargain prices. The Deal of the Day is Midnight Club: Los Angeles for $39.98, and then of course they have their timed deals, slowly revealed throughout the day with tiny hints teasing them as they go. Right…
Some of our more jaded readers may poo-poo Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe's softer, more broad reaching one-on-one violence, but there's one organization who has no qualms with the T-rated brawler. That would be the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry which has reviewed the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360…
They said it couldn't be done. Actually what they really said was it shouldn't be done, followed by several what the hell were they thinkings, but Midway went and did it anyway. Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe is a concept that frightened and confused quite a few people in the gaming community, but as new footage and…
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is a massive change in direction for the fifteen year old series.
If you really want to play Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe but can't, in good conscience, do so without being able to shoot people in the face with the Joker, you're going to have to go Euro. The North American T-rated version of MK vs. DCU has been toned down to remove on-screen bullets to the head, but the region-free…
Chicago-based developer Midway announced its third quarter earnings today, pulling in $51.4 million in revenue. That's better than the $36.7 million it did the year prior and thankfully in line with expectations. The bad news — oh, there's bad news, naturally — is that Midway took a loss of $75.9 million, with losses…
By far the coolest thing I've seen come out of Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe was the Joker's fatality, which you may remember from back in August.So of course I, along with a great many of you, was upset to hear the the punchline to his killing joke was edited in order to secure a teen rating in the states. Well now…
Here are three more Fatality moves from Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe for your viewing pleasure - none of which are as good as the now-excised Joker finishing move but all of which involve Kombat and Mortality, so job done. Of the three, Catwoman's is the most straightforward (although somewhat out of character - she…
How will the end unfold when the characters from Mortal Kombat and DC Universe collide? With two beloved franchises at stake, the story behind the latest Mortal Kombat has taken on extra importance. This new trailer gives us a glimpse into the story, which was written by comic book writers Justin Gray and Jimmy…
Senior Designers John Edwards and Paulo Garcia take us through the difference between super moves and pro moves in the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. The game will feature all of the normal spear throwing, fireball hurling super moves you've come to know from Mortal Kombat as well as some new ones for the DC…
First the good news. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is still great fun. We played it from the comfort of the Kotaku couch this week and had a blast. Now the bad news. That amazing Joker fatality, the one where... well, if you haven't seen it yet, we'd suggest you watch it now. It's awesome. Anyway, it's been changed up…
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 Convention, we were pretty familiar…
Less than 20 days to go before Midway unleashes Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, and I for one am ready to explode with excitement. So are Wonder Woman and Baraka in this set of new screens, showcasing three of the game's new fighting mechanisms. Rage Mode allows the character to finally release all the rage they've…
In what I consider to be a very wise business move, Midway has decided to narrow their focus on licensed games to those that perform well. While no specifics were mentioned, the company announced that they've amicably resolved various underperforming licensed properties in order to focus on more lucrative properties…