On October 8, 2022, Mortal Kombat will be 30 years old, no longer interested in staying out past nine and wondering if it has been lactose intolerant the whole time. This means, as co-creator Ed Boone wrote on Twitter, it is currently 30 years since the team at Midway began working on Mortal Kombat and […]
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New Mortal Kombat movie canonizes Ultra Instinct Shaggy
Warner Bros. Animation’s new animated Mortal Kombat movie, Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, dropped Tuesday, delivering a familiar, bloody tale of the battle of Earthrealm’s warriors against the villains of Outworld. It also quickly confirms the canonical existence of “Ultra Instinct Shaggy,” the Dragon Ball-inspired Scooby-Doo meme of yore (aka 2017). Mortal Kombat […]
Mortal Kombat 11 DLC is done as NetherRealm shifts to next project
NetherRealm Studios, the company behind the Mortal Kombat series, is moving on to a new game — and won’t be producing any more Mortal Kombat 11 content, the company announced Friday. The studio is “now focusing on its next project” after supporting Mortal Kombat 11 for more than two years, it said in a tweet […]
NetherRealm Confirms Mortal Kombat 11 Content Is Done As Studio Moves Onto Next Game
NetherRealm Studios has confirmed that after numerous DLC for Mortal Kombat 11, the time for the latest entry in the fighting franchise has come to an end. The studio then confirmed that this decision was made to better support the next game under the NetherRealm name, perhaps the long-rumored Marvel adventure? The studio took to […]
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle Of The Realms Trailer Revealed Ahead Of August Release
Back in June, Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon shared our first look at the Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms box art and the film’s release date. At that time, we didn’t have any video to go off of, but that’s changed thanks to our first official trailer for the sequel to Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s […]
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle Of The Realms Gets A Release Date, New Box Art
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms is the direct sequel to Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge. The sequel was revealed earlier this month from Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Interactive, and NetherRealm Studios, and now we’ve got a Battle of the Realms release date and our first look at the official box art. Confirmed today, Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of […]
Fans Think Mortal Kombat's Ed Boon Is Teasing A Marvel Game
Ed Boon is known for his clever tweets, but sometimes the gaming community makes a big to-do over harmless posts. Is his latest post another theory gone wild, or is the Mortal Kombat co-creator really teasing a new Marvel game? You decide. Boon and his Twitter account are always in the conversation. Sometimes he posts things that […]
Mortal Kombat’s UK Release Date Has Been Revealed
Warner Bros. has revealed when Mortal Kombat fans in the UK will be able to watch the new movie. The third attempt at a Mortal Kombat movie hit theaters and HBO Max this month and it appears to have been a hit so far. The video game adaptation has received a fresh rating on Rotten […]
Ranking Every Mortal Kombat Game From Worst To Best
Mortal Kombat is a landmark franchise for the video game industry. Not only did it push the boundaries of what is acceptable in interactive media in the ’90s, but the series has continued innovating and evolving the fighting-game genre with high-quality cinematic story modes, new approaches to post-launch support, and a continued desire to push the […]
Mortal Kombat’s secret weapon is comedy (and Kano)
Despite paternal and political hand-wringing over ripped-out spinal columns and characters clutching still-beating hearts, the Mortal Kombat games have always had a silly side. Even the modern games’ gruesome, now photorealistic fatalities, where a crumpled fighter’s intestines are pulled out of their mouth by magic, aim to provoke a laugh at the absurdity of it […]