Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe crossing over in Fall '08

by Alexander Sliwinski { Apr 18th 2008 at 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?

Tags: dc-comics, midway-gamers-day-08, mkvsdc, mortal-kombat, mortal-kombat-vs-dc-universe

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ninjakamster @ Apr 18th 2008 7:05PM

Jawsome! (from Street Sharks)

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 18th 2008 7:08PM

COWABUNGA!!!(from superior animal super group)

theturtle363 @ Apr 18th 2008 7:09PM

that was a jawsome show.
Oh cod what have i done? ( HI YO!)

D_Average @ Apr 18th 2008 7:05PM

Will the game at least have "Friendships"?

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 18th 2008 7:09PM

Oh god I can see it.

Batman turning into Adam West, and dancing.

Mr.ESC @ Apr 18th 2008 7:40PM

"Batman turning into Adam West, and dancing".

Do you know how cool would that be hell even without "Chacarron Macarron" the Batwist is still epic sh*t.

Seriously bring back the Friendships and the babalities.

Banana Kid @ Apr 18th 2008 7:14PM

To answer your philosophical question: no. Absolutely not.

I hope they do a good job of rewriting the fighting engine, and it would be nice to have something to fill the void of Marvel vs. Capcom...but a Mortal Kombat game without blood and gore is hardly a Mortal Kombat game at all.

ZaxCG2 @ Apr 18th 2008 7:16PM

Jigga-whAAAA?!

Howard-the-Duck @ Apr 18th 2008 7:22PM

T-rated? Damn. I was really pulling for a "Superman dat hoe" fatality.

Benny @ Apr 18th 2008 7:26PM

I wonder if his... y'know... is green.

Benny @ Apr 18th 2008 7:25PM

Has it REALLY been necessary to post three stories in one day on this soon-to-be bargain bin decoration?

Jhongerkong @ Apr 18th 2008 7:28PM

Mortal Kombat without fatalities?

FLAWLESS FAIL

Benny @ Apr 18th 2008 7:30PM

A fatal flawless fail?

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Apr 19th 2008 8:31PM

An unfathomably fatal flawless fail, unfortunately.

wiseguy @ Apr 18th 2008 7:32PM

Not quite as awesome as Soul Calibur Vs. Star Wars. But still quite awesome.

Mr.ESC @ Apr 18th 2008 7:42PM

I just watched the trailer and is the cheesiest thing I'll ever see today unless they also include the TMNT but that just silly.

Looking foward to slit Robin effing throat with Scorpion and the Broken online.

Batman must own in that game,is the Goddamn Batman after all.

I Love Bowser @ Apr 19th 2008 6:43AM

Do you want to see something, Mr Hanson?

mccomber @ Apr 18th 2008 7:43PM

With the number of games coming out that I must buy, it's always good to know that there are still titles I'll never, ever feel the need to play.

deaftly @ Apr 18th 2008 7:45PM

MK with no fatalities is like the internet without porn

DangerMouse @ Apr 18th 2008 7:51PM

The gimmick's been overused too many times. Maybe if they focused on making an interesting fighting game rather than putting their effort into "teh bl00d" (which is in everything now, unlike 1992), they might have a more popular franchise.

Mr.ESC @ Apr 18th 2008 7:52PM

Can you imagine how the world would be that way?

*Imagines scenes of pure happiness with people singing and dancing in a world without racism, hate,war or diseases.

*Shudders.

Alexander @ Apr 18th 2008 10:14PM

Fatal Coffee Any One?

Mr.ESC @ Apr 18th 2008 7:47PM

Still I'm worried about this game,not so much about the MK part but usually games starting DC characters suck ass with a straw.

jerry @ Apr 18th 2008 8:02PM

yawn

GameDeveloper @ Apr 18th 2008 8:13PM

No. I'm pretty sure without fatalities, Mortal Kombat is just Mortal Combat...

Ninegauger @ Apr 18th 2008 8:21PM

We already have a game where the two best franchises (of fighting games and comics) duke it out, why would we want one with the second rate fighters/heroes?

gregory mitchell @ Apr 18th 2008 8:51PM

they gonna fuck it up

GreyFox @ Apr 18th 2008 9:17PM

Stop making shitty Mortal Kombat games Midway. The only reason you sell MK anymore is because your marketing isn't complete shit like the MK games.

Lame duck is lame.

ThePremierAssassin @ Apr 19th 2008 12:58AM

Just watched the trailer...

If there was ever a game idea that deserved to be shot on site its this...

This is just so wrong...in so many ways. It just shouldn't exist and the fact that Midway thinks this is a worthy endeavor speaks volumes of how stupid the company has become.

embassy @ Apr 19th 2008 6:22AM

Now what if like...MARVEL teamed up with like...STREETFI..no no..scratch..ALL OF CAPCOM in a super battle royal?!!..now THAT would be something id play.

...

wait a gosh darn minute.

I Love Bowser @ Apr 19th 2008 10:07AM

Faily Mcfail says, "this game might fail".

Jacksons @ Apr 19th 2008 12:10PM

I wonder if Superman will win by getting the snot beat out of him until the enemy gets bored like he usually does.

JoseMiguel @ Apr 19th 2008 12:12PM

Well yeah. But when do we get robocop vs terminator again?

Tim The Enchanter @ Apr 19th 2008 1:44PM

I want this game to have epic win all over it, but the forecast calls for epic cow sized hail. I mean fail.

Prove me wrong!!!

Mr Khan @ Apr 19th 2008 2:42PM

Immortal Kombat: The Eternal Struggle to get that T rating

cjshrader @ Apr 19th 2008 11:16PM

I asked this last time, but didn't get an answer. What did any of this have to do with noob.com's cryptic message? I don't remember mentions of anything in it that lead me to believe there would be a crossover Mortal Kombat game.

Genius @ Apr 21st 2008 11:38AM

I gotta laugh at how much faith people in this thread have for Midway. The same Midway that hasnt made anything worth playing since the 90s. That said, Boon is the only reason Midway isnt putting up a going out of business sign, so if anybody can manage not to make a crappy Midway game its him.

DRGN @ Apr 21st 2008 5:25PM

I would rather see a Michael Myers vs Jason Vorhees game

DITES @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:29AM

No Fatalities
Mortal kombat Vs DC OMG what next maybe they should bring out a new release mhm maybe Mortal kombat Vs Disney world keep it pg for the kiddies but that has to be the worst idea ever Mortal Kombat was sooooooo gd because of the fatalities and with no fatalities no purchase from me!

lol @ Apr 22nd 2008 1:46PM

Well, X-Men vs. Street Fighter/MvSF/MvC/MvC2 definitely set the precedent.

The difference here, of course, is that Capcom has a tried and true fighting engine that they've pretty much adhered to for years on end. Yeah, different rules were tweaked, but at the core, it's still that familiar CPS style gameplay.

Midway always changes the fighting engine. ALWAYS. MK and MK2 were the most alike, and then you MK3/UMK/MKT had the same engine, then MK4 and its revisions had another engine, then the straight to console versions had yet another engine.

Now this thing is gonna come along, and what are they going to base it on? Not to mention, this would definitely be an explosion of characters. MvC2 had an explosion of characters, and face it, most people only use about a third of that roster. 30 MK characters and an additional 30 DC universe characters would be ridiculous.

I'd be for fatalities if they were moves that could be performed when the health is at a certain level. If the move KOs the opponent, you get the fatality. If not, it's a whiff.

Can we just get TMNT Tournament Fighters: Second Round and call it a day?

Knight D3mon @ Apr 24th 2008 9:24PM

I know what you're all thinking

they shoulda used killer instinct (silly face)

lucas @ May 3rd 2008 1:21PM

Batman,Superman and the Joker have all been confirmed for the game.I think it will be cool but its got to have lots of playable characters and fatalities.

Knight D3mon @ May 3rd 2008 5:36PM

I'm all for fatalities,but the bad news is they said no fatalities,but rather "Finishing moves".I'm just hoping they change that,better late than never.Reason why there will be no fatalities is supposidly dc comics will not allow their characters to be killed.But instead I think its gonna be one of those super move kinda things with this game.But like I said,its still early and hopefully they will change their minds and put in fatalities

barracks homeboy @ Jul 4th 2008 1:20PM

i totally agree i mean nobody has ever seen a batman spine and to crush dc with fatalities is TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL and + it would increase market sales by x2

Scorpion's Disciple @ May 5th 2008 9:45PM

If there are no fatalities then this will be the first ever Mortal Kombat game that I won't want to play. I'm fine with them adding DC's characters, but without fatalities, what is Mortal Kombat? Just people in costumes throwing punches and kicks. I love the fatatlities. I love Mortal Kombat. WITH FATALITIES!!! Without fatalities, this is just Mortal. Not Mortal Kombat, just Mortal.