NetherRealm successfully rebooted Mortal Kombat, returning the series to its roots and making the hyper-violent fighter relevant again. It’s now taking on the DC licence for a second time, trying to atone for its sins with the frankly awful Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Injustice: Gods Among Us does away with Mortal Kombat’s baggage and with it the gratuitous violence, focusing instead on just the heroes and villains from the comic books. It’s a better game for it.
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C’mere! Looks like Mortal Kombat is headed to PC
True story, I need souls to survive. Why, just meeting Geoff for five minutes at the airport last night was enough to get my energy levels topped up, as his emaciated husk of a walking corpse can attest to. It’s also a great line to start a story about how one of the finest fighting games of all time is about to lay the TOASTY on PC.
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Top Ten Video Game Resurrections
This upcoming weekend is more than just a well deserved break and an excuse to eat more fish than usual! There’s a few religious conotations attached to it as well, dealing with a super-saviour showing the Romans who the real Israeli Wolverine was! Romanes eunt domus! So in keeping with that theme, we’re taking a look at several video games which also managed to come back from the dead.
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy scores some new and old faces for season 2
Well here’s an uppercut of bloody good news. Last year, Mortal Kombat returned with a bang, alongside a web-exclusive series of shorts set in that universe, albeit with a more realistic take on familiar characters. And the fans loved that slice of grittier action from director Kevin Tancharoen, making a sequel series inevitable.
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Prepare…For Mortal Kombain!
Farming Simulator 2013 is out, and we’ve been struggling to get Yolanda to finish the review for it. That’s mostly due to the fact that whenever she boots the game up, she slips into a catatonic state in order to preserve her sanity. But believe it or not, there is a way to make the game actually interesting. And it calls for some… MORTAL KOMBAIN!
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Mortal Kombat needs next-gen innovation, not more characters
I’m still head over heels in love with Mortal Kombat, as the pseudo-reboot of the gory franchise is one of my fighting game highlights of this generation. I’m not the only person who felt that way though, as the game sold bucket-loads of copies across platforms. A sequel is pretty much inevitable in this day and age, something that series co-creator Ed Boon says will need to do more than just throw in a few new characters, and might even be a next-gen game as well.
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Less violence, more over the top action in Injustice: Gods Among Us
My inner nerd is in a happy place right now. NetherRealm created the best fighting game of 2011, in a revived Mortal Kombat, and they’re staying close to their roots with a new fisticuffs tile that swaps ninjas for comic book superheroes instead. But the previous MK game to star kombatants in spandex left me underwhelmed, with its lack of trademark gore and toned down violence, something that will continue in Injustice: Gods Among Us, which will focus on spectacle instead of bloody brutality.
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Mortal Kombat returns for a second legacy-filled season
Mortal Kombat was, without a doubt, the fighting game to own in 2011. The nostalgic return to traditional gameplay, mixed in with new technological advances made for one outstanding game, but it also brought with it a great promotional tool, in the form of Mortal Kombat Legacy, a web-exclusive series of short episodes that gave a familiar universe a real world spin.
And it’s returning for a second season.
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Don’t make Sub-Zero angry,you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry…
Mortal Kombat is a serious game. How serious you ask? Why, dead serious(Ha!) I shout in response! Having your heart and spine ripped out daily, while fighting inter-dimensional monsters and mutants is no laughing matter, something that is reflected in this Sub Zero bust. Just look at those eyes people! They’re emitting all kinds of Nic Cage crazy!
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Grab the popcorn, sit down and watch the greatest fighting tournament on earth, EVO 2012!
There aren’t too many tournaments out there which can really grab my attention. South Korea usually demonstrates their superior strategy on Starcraft with utmost ease every year, while racing games usually devolve into a who-can-crash-first spectacle.
Evo is different though. It’s fans fighting each other, with the matches themselves being tense affairs, able to turn at a moments notice. Here’s a look at some of the matches, and where to watch them, this year.
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The new Mortal Kombat movie sounds stupid
We already know that a new Mortal Kombat movie is coming, and that it’ll be made by Kevin Tancharoen - the guy who made those initially intriguing Mortal Kombat Legacy short films. Great! He seemed to really know the source material - and though he played loose with the series canon, he captured the ridiculous spirit of it all. then why am I worried about the new film?
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Happy 20th birthday, Mortal Kombat! Let’s celebrate with kake and a retrospective!
Twenty years ago, opportunistic politicians around the world received a strange buzzing sense in their head, as a certain game was released, triggering their spider-sense. Concerned mothers headed for the hills, while young kids walked into an arcade, and were greeted with then revolutionary graphics, and more gore than the history of violent cinema combined.
Mortal Kombat had arrived.
It’s the twentieth anniversary of the Ed Boon and John Tobias creation, and to celebrate, we’re going to take a look at each and every single game, released since then.
Gavin Mannion
Mortal Kombat Vita–Mileena Trailer
I categorically refute any accusations that the only reason I am posting this trailer is due to the excessive amount of cleavage and lack of clothing that this well rounded lady is wearing.
I’m posting this trailer because… well… hey look a squirrel
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Lazygamer TV – Top five current-gen fighting games
If there is one pastime that brings people together, it most definitely is fighting. Bashing an opponent senseless is something that’s been with us since the dawn of time, from the ancient gladiatorial battles of Rome, through to the old-timey boxing matches of a more Victorian age, culminating in various sports where such techniques are put to use today.
But it’s a somewhat bloody spectacle that has transcended into different mediums, from its roots in open-air colosseums, through to stadiums and television, and into gaming itself. We recently had a look at the top five such games to grace consoles and PCs in our current generation.
Leeeeeeeeet’s get ready to RUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBBBBBBLLLLLEEE!
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The best 5 games to play with your partner on valentines day
Today is valentines day, the day of love and the day you can show your partner how much they mean to you. A lot of people love complaining how today is over commercialised but to be honest I think it’s a nice break in an otherwise very busy life.
I try to remind my wife all the time that she’s the most important part in my life but I’m not perfect and do forget and that’s why I like this day as it’s a day that you can’t forget or ignore. Also it’s a leap year so it’s her job today so if you’re the guy today then you can sit back and enjoy. I’m entirely not sure what happens with lesbians and gays today… anyone know?
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