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Mortal Kombat on PS Vita Out This Week, Gets Launch Trailer

Mortal Kombat is out this week on the PlayStation Vita and, in order to really show off the array of features packed into the fighting game, developer NetherRealm has posted a launch trailer for the title. Mortal Kombat has impressed a wide array of gamers last year when it arrived onto the PS3 and Xbox 360 platform...

2 May 2012
17:31 GMT

Here Are the Retail Releases for the Week

Here are the retail releases for the week, with the biggest launch clearly that of Mortal Kombat on the PlayStation Vita, which might lead to an increase in much troubled sales for the new Sony handheld. PC Back to the Future: The Game - Deep Silver - 4/5/2012 MUD - FIM Motocross World Championship - Black Bean - 4...

30 April 2012
04:16 GMT

New Mortal Kombat for PS Vita Video Shows Classic Outfits for Female Fighters

Warner Bros. and NetherRealm has presented a brand-new video dedicated to Mortal Kombat for the PlayStation Vita, this time showing off the Klassic Skins that are available in the game for its female fighters. After delighting millions of fighting game fans with its reboot from last year, for the PS3 and Xbox 360, M...

30 April 2012
02:38 GMT

Mortal Kombat on PS Vita Gets New Trailer that Shows Off Its Costumes

Warner Bros. and NetherRealm have just released a brand new video for their upcoming Mortal Kombat game on the PS Vita, this time showing off the array of classic costumes that will be included in the game. Mortal Kombat impressed plenty of PS3 and Xbox 360 owners last year and received quite a lot of DLC, which inc...

25 April 2012
12:41 GMT

Mortal Kombat on PS Vita Gets Live Action Video with Kitana and Mileena

Warner Bros. is getting ready to release Mortal Kombat for the PlayStation Vita next month and, in order to get even more people interested in it, the publisher has released another live action video for the game, this time showing two lovely girls dressed up as Kitana and Mileena. The Mortal Kombat reboot that appe...

20 April 2012
03:47 GMT

Mortal Kombat on PS Vita Gets More Details, Full Live-Action Video

NetherRealm has just unveiled some more details about its upcoming Mortal Kombat game for the PS Vita platform, detailing the extra content that’s included besides the full experience seen last year on the PS3 and Xbox 360. Mortal Kombat impressed lots of people with its return to the franchise’s violent...

12 April 2012
15:31 GMT

Mortal Kombat Developer Says Fighting Game Resurgence Benefits All Franchises

Despite the rivalry between fans of the Mortal Kombat series and those supporting rival franchises like Street Fighter or Tekken, one leading developer believes that the current renaissance of the genre is good for all the companies working within its boundaries. Hector Sanchez, who is the franchise producer working...

11 April 2012
21:11 GMT

Mortal Kombat Developer Is Hiring for Next-Gen Platform Project

The development team at NetherRealm, best known for recently rebooting the fighting series Mortal Kombat, seems to be ready to work on next-generation video game consoles. It is also ready to hire at least two developers that will have hands on content with new hardware from both Microsoft and Sony. One of the new o...

10 April 2012
15:11 GMT

Mortal Kombat Live Action Trailer Features Kitana, Promotes PS Vita Version

Mortal Kombat is coming soon to the PlayStation Vita platform and, in order to raise up the hype ahead of its release in May, publisher Warner Bros. has posted a special live action teaser trailer with a girl dressed up as the lovely Kitana from the franchise. Mortal Kombat delighted lots of fighting game fans last ...

6 April 2012
11:41 GMT

Mortal Kombat for PlayStation Vita Out in May

After revealing to the world that a Mortal Kombat game is coming to the PlayStation Vita, developer NetherRealm and publisher Warner Bros. have now confirmed that the title will arrive at the beginning of May.The Mortal Kombat reboot impressed millions of fighting game fans last year on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...

2 April 2012
02:35 GMT

Mortal Kombat on the PS Vita Gets New Trailer

NetherRealm and Sony have presented a fresh trailer for the PlayStation Vita edition of Mortal Kombat, once again showcasing the upcoming fighting game and how it will behave on the handheld device. Mortal Kombat impressed millions of fighting game fans last year on consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. Now, ...

21 February 2012
15:31 GMT

New Video Shows Off Mortal Kombat on the PlayStation Vita in Action

Sony has deployed a fresh video with Mortal Kombat on the PlayStation Vita console, showing off not just actual gameplay, but also how the title feels on the Vita, as well as quite a few interesting features, like using the touchscreen to wipe your character’s blood. Mortal Kombat amazed plenty of fighting gam...

7 February 2012
04:05 GMT

Mortal Kombat Developers Eager for New IP, New Challenge

Mortal Kombat might be a big franchise, successfully resurrected during 2011 by developer Netherrealm and by publisher Warner Bros., but the people behind it have decided that it is time to take a break and work on another intellectual property in the near future. Ed Boon, the leader of the development team at Nethe...

1 February 2012
02:59 GMT

Mortal Kombat on PlayStation Vita Gets First Details

Last week we heard that the very impressive Mortal Kombat fighting game, after its release last year for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, is set to appear on the PlayStation Vita handheld device. Now, the creative director of developer NetherRealm, Ed Boon, has revealed quite a lot of details about the game and its fe...

23 January 2012
04:11 GMT

New Mortal Kombat Announced for PlayStation Vita, Cover Revealed

Video game publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developer NetherRealm Studios have announced that they are developing a version of their fighting game Mortal Kombat which is set to be launched during the spring of the year on the new PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony.The two companies are promising ...

18 January 2012
10:15 GMT

Writers Guild of America Nominates Uncharted, Assassin’s Creed, Batman, Brink, Mortal Kombat

The Writers Guild of America has announced the five video games that will fight for the video game award when the association gives away its annual prizes away on February 19, during a ceremony that is set to take place in a theater in Los Angeles, California.The nominees for the WGA Awards include:- Assassin’s...

13 January 2012
15:11 GMT

Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition Out in March

Warner Bros. and NetherRealm have confirmed that a special Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition will be launched at the beginning of March, which includes the full game as well as the variety of DLC that was released for it. The Mortal Kombat reboot that appeared last year delighted millions of fans from all over the worl...

10 January 2012
04:24 GMT

NetherRealm No Longer Working on Mortal Kombat

Ed Boon, who is the leader of the NetherRealm development studio, has announced that his team was no longer working on the Mortal Kombat franchise for the time being and was focusing on creating a new intellectual property.The veteran video game creator has not mentioned whether his company was still linked to the fi...

14 December 2011
14:01 GMT

MacBook Sub-Zero Mod Is ‘Cool’

For the die-hard Mortal Kombat fan who owns a MacBook (Air or Pro) and is bored of the minimalistic gray enclosure of the laptop, here comes the Sub-Zero case mod to give your old Mac laptop a new sub-degree of coolness.It is unclear whether one can still order this item (it’s listed as sold over at etsy.com), ...

18 November 2011
10:43 GMT

Mortal Kombat Might Get Crossover Games

Speaking to G4 when asked about a possible Mortal Kombat crossover, Ed Boon, who is the creator of the fighting game series and the leader at Netherrealm Studios, has said, “We absolutely have thought about it.”It seems that the main problem for any possible collaboration is that Mortal Kombat sees over t...

26 October 2011
13:31 GMT

Mortal Kombat Movie Planned by Mortal Kombat: Legacy Director

New Line Cinema has confirmed that after the extremely successful Mortal Kombat video game, a reboot of the long running fighting series, a new movie is planned, with the director and the writer of the recent Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series already on-board.The Mortal Kombat franchise wasn't going through the b...

30 September 2011
14:21 GMT

Marcus Fenix Might Come to Mortal Kombat

The new, rebooted Mortal Kombat has been a success story and it seems that the fighting game might soon get a new character borrowed from the much more well known Gears of War series from Epic Games.The possibility was raised by an exchange of Twitter based messages between Ed Boon, the main who is behind Mortal Komb...

29 September 2011
03:29 GMT

Massive Mortal Kombat Patch Released on PS3 and Xbox 360

Mortal Kombat, the recent reboot of the classic fighting franchise, has just received a pretty big update, solving a variety of issues and addressing balancing problems for almost all of the characters included in the title's roster.The new Mortal Kombat has been a huge success, reaching impressive sales and fin...

26 September 2011
14:21 GMT

Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection Out Next Week

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has confirmed that the previously announced Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will be released onto the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade services next week. The full-pledged Mortal Kombat reboot that appeared earlier this year made quite a lot of money for Warner Bros.,...

24 August 2011
03:25 GMT

Ed Boon Says Freddy Krueger Fits Well into Mortal Kombat

The new, rebooted Mortal Kombat has managed to do well when it launched earlier during the summer and the developers at NetherRealm Studios have worked hard to keep up player interest in the fighting game by launching downloadable content for the game. But some players have been critical of the latest DLC announce...

25 July 2011
04:30 GMT

Mortal Kombat Gets Season Pass Bundle for the Xbox 360

Warner Bros. Interactive, the publisher of the recently launched Mortal Kombat fighting game, has announced that it will make the four pieces of downloadable content that will be launched on the Xbox 360 available for a reduced price for those who pick up a Season Pass.The new Pass is set to cost 1200 Microsoft Point...

20 June 2011
13:51 GMT

Mortal Kombat Gets Classic Costume and Fatality DLC on June 7

The recent Mortal Kombat reboot will get its first piece of downloadable content next week, when Warner Bros., its publisher, and NetherRealm, its developer, will unleash the classic costume and fatality pack for the fighting game. As many fans know, Mortal Kombat received various pre-order incentives from plenty ...

30 May 2011
15:21 GMT

Mortal Kombat Update Eliminates Fighter Balancing Issues

Mortal Kombat has just received a small update over the weekend, with developer NetherRealm pushing a patch for it in order to eliminate some of the balancing issues reported by players. Mortal Kombat appeared last month, to the delight of many fighting game fans, offering a great reboot for the popular series. ...

23 May 2011
15:51 GMT

Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection Out This Summer for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

After the surprising success of the full-pledged Mortal Kombat reboot that appeared last month, Warner Bros. and NetherRealm have announced that a special downloadable collection of classic Mortal Kombat titles is set to be released this summer. The Mortal Kombat franchise has been successfully restarted with the ...

13 May 2011
15:21 GMT

NPD Software: New Mortal Kombat Sells More than Portal 2

The video game industry has managed to have a pretty good month in the United States during April, with the tracking firm NPD Group saying that the increase in overall sales versus the same period of 2010 amounts to 20 percent. The industry has managed to sell goods valued at 961.2 million dollars during the month...

13 May 2011
04:43 GMT

Analyst: Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat Push Industry Forward in April

Michael Pachter, who is an analyst for Wedbush Morgan and often comments on video game industry matters, has said that a slew of high-quality game launches will push the market forward for the month of April, which is expected to see an increase in overall sales for the first time since November 2010. The analyst ...

10 May 2011
16:41 GMT

Zumba Fitness Beats Portal to United Kingdom Number One

Zumba Fitness, the video game that combines kilogram shredding routines and dancing, has managed to retake the number one position in the United Kingdom based video games chart, after spending last week in third position. The 505 Games published exercise experience has proven quite popular in the last few months o...

10 May 2011
03:47 GMT

Censorship Was Right for First Mortal Kombat, Not Needed Now

Ed Boon, the man who created the Mortal Kombat franchise and still works on its development, has said that when the first game in the fighting franchise was released on the SNES, it was right for the publisher to censor the game and take out all the blood. Ed Boon told Eurogamer that, “The controversy with t...

22 April 2011
15:31 GMT

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Attracts 5 Million Viewers

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and Machinima.com have announced that there were more than five million people watching the Mortal Kombat: Legacy web exclusive series that the two companies launched last week, accompanying the launch of the new video game in the same franchise. The web series will be made up of ...

21 April 2011
15:11 GMT

Mortal Kombat Creator Explains Lack of Xbox 360 Exclusive Fighter

Mortal Kombat is now being released all over the world on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but only PS3 gamers are receiving a bonus fighter in the form of God of War's Kratos, so franchise co-creator Ed Boon has now explained the lack of a similar offer on the Xbox 360 console. The new Mortal Kombat game has ...

20 April 2011
17:21 GMT

Ultimate Mortal Kombat Unlockables and Hints (DS)

Ultimate Mortal Kombat is a video made only for the Nintendo DS handheld platform by Other Ocean Interactive and published by Midway on November 12, 2007, as the 18th game that was part of the company's hugely successful and long-running Mortal Kombat fighting franchise, which originated in North American game a...

19 April 2011
09:50 GMT

Ultimate Mortal Kombat Cheats II (DS)

Ultimate Mortal Kombat is a video created exclusively for the Nintendo DS handheld platform by Other Ocean Interactive and published by Midway on November 12, 2007, as the 18th game that was part of the company's hugely successful and long running Mortal Kombat fighting franchise, which started life back in Nort...

18 April 2011
13:51 GMT

Ultimate Mortal Kombat Cheats (DS)

Ultimate Mortal Kombat is a video developed by Other Ocean Interactive and published by Midway on November 12, 2007, exclusively for the Nintendo DS platform and part of the company's hugely successful Mortal Kombat fighting franchise, being the 18th game released in the long-running series that originated in No...

15 April 2011
15:00 GMT

Mortal Kombat Could Invade Other Media

The Mortal Kombat franchise has staged a comeback in the visual space with the launch of the new Legacy live action series that received its first episode, and with the upcoming launch of the rebooted video game series, the series seems to be on the verge of a major comeback. Ed Boon, who is the creator of the Mor...

14 April 2011
03:39 GMT

First Gameplay Video of Kratos in Mortal Kombat Appears

After revealing the massive news that God of War protagonist Kratos will be appearing in the upcoming Mortal Kombat fighting game, NetherRealm, its developer, Warner Bros., its publisher, and Sony, the owner of the God of War franchise, have revealed the first gameplay trailer of Kratos fighting with the other charac...

24 March 2011
16:51 GMT

Mortal Kombat Gets Kollector's Edition, Exclusive Figurines Included

NetherRealms Studios, as the developer, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, as the publisher, have announced that fans of the Mortal Kombat series will be able to get a Kollector's Edition for the newest title in the franchise. The new package will be available in limited numbers and will allow fans t...

21 March 2011
16:11 GMT

Gears of War 3 and Mortal Kombat Are Most Interesting Upcoming Releases

A study coming from Ipsos OTX MediaCT shows that video games like Gears of War 3 from Epic Games, Mortal Kombat from NetheRealms Studio and Uncharted 3 from Naughty Dog are the ones that gamers in the United States and the United Kingdom are most interested in buying once they are launched. Gears of War 3 has been...

21 March 2011
14:31 GMT

Central Interference: Australia Will Confiscate Imported Mortal Kombat Games

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has announced that the upcoming fighting game Mortal Kombat was added to an official blacklist and that all those who try to import copies of the title will see them confiscated and might also receive a fine which can go up to 110,000 Australian dollars. A spoke...

16 March 2011
09:33 GMT

PlayStation Store Update: Mortal Kombat and PSone Classics

The North American PlayStation Store has been updated this week with a wide array of PSone Classics coming from Disney, as well as with a demo for Mortal Kombat, exclusive only to PlayStation Plus subscribers.First off, on the PlayStation 3, older gamers will be thrilled to hear that plenty of classic PSone games hav...

9 March 2011
14:21 GMT

Mortal Kombat Playable in 3D and 2D at the Same Time

The Mortal Kombat demo, as well as the full game, will be playable in both 3D and regular 2D at the same time, thanks to a special rendering mode implemented by its developer, NetherRealm. The use of 3D in games is increasing these days, with plenty of developers opting to use the rendering mode in their new title...

9 March 2011
02:40 GMT

PlayStation Plus March Update Brings Mortal Kombat Demo

After the special update for European PlayStation Plus subscribers last week, Sony has now revealed what North American members will be getting this month. Headlining the update is exclusive access to a demo for Mortal Kombat, which will include four playable characters: Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Johnny Cage and Mileena...

7 March 2011
14:21 GMT

Mortal Kombat's Mature Rating Allows Gruesome Fatalities

Mortal Kombat, the upcoming reboot of the popular fighting game series, benefits largely from its M-rated nature, which allowed the develops to really take the Fatality moves to new and gruesome heights. The upcoming Mortal Kombat title aims at making amends with fans for the last few releases, and will once more ...

22 February 2011
02:30 GMT

Incoming 2011 - Mortal Kombat

What we know Mortal Kombat is set to make its return later this year with a full-pledged reboot, dubbed simply Mortal Kombat, which aims at erasing some of the previous, lackluster iterations, and focus on delivering the proper fighting game experience that made the first games in the series so popular. The new...

16 February 2011
08:05 GMT

New Mortal Kombat Comes on April 19

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, as the publisher, and NetherRealm Studios, as the developer, have announced that their combat game Mortal Kombat will be launched for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and for the PlayStation 3 from Sony on April 19 of this year. The developers have said, when the reboot for the f...

24 January 2011
17:31 GMT

Mortal Kombat Will Respect God of War's Kratos

The upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot will respect God of War protagonist Kratos, who is set to appear as a bonus fighter in the new game. Many Mortal Kombat fans were surprised last month when it was revealed that Kratos would be a bonus fighter in the PlayStation 3 version of the upcoming game. The move was the r...

6 January 2011
02:35 GMT


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