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Mortal Kombat‘s Shang Tsung’s Got Soul, Unfortunately It’s Yours
It’s wonderful to see the traitorous sorcerer Shang Tsung up to his old transforming tricks again, isn’t it? He may be ancient, but he’s still got moves. Shang Tsung, as I mentioned last Friday, is a vile sorcerer that betrayed EarthRealm in order to achieve the sort of power it takes to transform himself from…
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Lay Your Quarter On The Console In Mortal Kombat‘s King Of The Hill
Back in the day we used to gather around the Mortal Kombat machine at the local arcade, cheering or booing the current set of kombatants as we waited our turn to play. Next week’s new Mortal Kombat brings that feeling back with the King of the Hill online mode. We’ve seen spectator mode in online…
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Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Everybody Shang Tsung Tonight
Long before the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung discovered a portal to Outworld and pleged his service to Shao Kahn, he was known to take his baby by the hand and make her do a high hand stand. True story. Back then he was so in phase and cool on craze, but it was a different…
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Watch The Lovely Ladies Of Mortal Kombat Beat Each Other Skinless
First we got an all-ninja round of Mortal Kombat tag team action, and now Netherrealm Studios gives us an all-female battle royale. It’s all fun and games until the crotch skin comes off. Which is better, Mortal Kombat ninja battles, or this video of the Mortal Kombat ladies in action? It’s a trick question, really.…
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Mortal Kombat‘s Tag Team Ninja Throwdown Is A Glorious Spectacle
Scorpion and Sub-Zero square off against Cyrax and Sektor in the ultimate ninja-on-ninja battle. Come for the fighting, stay for the scenery! We’ve seen plenty of fighting footage from Netherrealm Studios’ next Mortal Kombat by now, but most of it has been against a backdrop of the treacherous hellscapes of the Netherrealm itself. It’s refreshing…
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The God Of War Brings His Quick Time Events To Mortal Kombat
If there was any doubt that God of War’s Kratos was a good fit for the PlayStation 3 version of Mortal Kombat, this trailer crushes them brutally. He’s a perfect fit, right down to the button-mashing quick time events. Netherrealm Studios treats Kratos like the god he often is in his cameo in next month’s…
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Spines Shatter When Mortal Kombat’s Thunder God Steps Into The Ring
There’s gonna be big trouble in Little China when Raiden tosses his wok-shaped hat into the Mortal Kombat tournament. We all know Raiden’s story. After failing to take down Jack Burton during the Little China incident, Raiden transformed from inept villain to slightly more ept do-gooder, talking the Elder Gods into letting humanity battle the…
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Why God Of War III‘s Game Director Considers Kratos’ Mortal Kombat Cameo An Honor
In December it was revealed that God of War series star Kratos would be entering the ring in this year’s Mortal Kombat. No one was more excited about the news than God of War III game director Stig Asmussen. On one level, the inclusion of Kratos in the Mortal Kombat refresh is a marketing move,…
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Without This Guy There’d Be No Mortal Kombat
When Shao Khan threatened to merge our reality with his, the thunder god Raiden appealed to the Elder Gods to give EarthRealm a fighting chance. Where would we be without his timely fight-to-the-death suggestion? This story video for the new Mortal Kombat has me wondering what would have happened if Raiden had been a bit…
By Mike Fahey
