Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe crossing over in Fall '08
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Apr 18th 2008 7:00PM
Despite the
trailer koming out earlier today, here's the "official" announcement of
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. The storyline for the game will be written by the "
Mortal Kombat creative team," with comic writers Jimmy Palmiotti (
Painkiller Jane, Marvel Nights, Jonah Hex, 21 Down) and Justin Gray (
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, JLA Classified, Punisher Red X-Mas, The Resistance), and will weave the
Mortal Kombat and DC Universe's together into a cohesive narrative -- at least, that's the plan.
Ed Boon, executive producer for
Mortal Kombat, says, "Players will now be able to answer the question: what would happen if Batman fought Sub Zero?" It's an interesting question to think about now, but we're pretty confident that up until 24 hours ago -- when news of this game
first started leaking out -- that pairing never came up in a "Picard vs. Kirk" style geek-off. We're sure to learn a lot more about this non M-rated version of
Mortal Kombat at E3. For now, philosophically speaking, if a
Mortal Kombat game doesn't have fatalities, is it still
Mortal Kombat?
