It's been nearly 20 years since the original Mortal Kombat debuted in arcades. It was a decent game that relied on two gimmicks -- gore and digitized fighters -- to gain notoriety. Now the ninth game in the franchise it spawned is here, and while the gore is still there, it's completely overshadowed by just how exceptional a game this is overall. Series ...
Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition konfirmed for PC in July
The Komplete Edition of the 2011 Mortal Kombat finishes Windows PC this summer, with the digital distributed fatality pinned for July 3. Retail annihilation is due a month later, so duck and cover on August 2 in Europe, and on August 6 in North America. As per the version released for consoles ...
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 2 premiere trailer
Get over here! Sorry, sorry, that was way too forceful. Would you please have a seat and observe this trailer for the upcoming second season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy? Here's some tea, enjoy. ...
Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition seeking Australian classification
Warner Bros. will submit Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition for classification in Australia. GameSpot reports the fighter will seek a rating under the country's new R18+ classification for games. Mortal Kombat was refused classification in the region when it launched two years ago and also lost a ...
Mortal Kombat Komplete slices into its price for Amazon's daily deal
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition is just about half-off today on Amazon, priced at $16.50, down from its standard $30. When we say it's "just about half-off," of course we mean it's dangling by the barest thread of blood-soaked connective tissue. Of course. This deal applies to PS3 and Xbox 360 ...
First seven EVO 2013 games announced, eighth game determined by charity drive
When it's time for the year's Evolution Championship Series fighting game selections to be announced, normally the process shakes out like this: A post goes up on Shoryuken, the fighting game community cheers and/or jeers for a while, and then everyone gets back to practicing. This year, however, ...
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 2 announced
Kevin Tancharoen's fatality-focused webseries Mortal Kombat: Legacy will be coming back for a second season, according to the exceptionally hokey announcement video above. Having wrapped up most of the important origin stories in season one, season two will focus on the Mortal Kombat tournament ...
Get hype: EVO 2012 results and Grand Finals videos
Another EVO Championship Series has come and gone, taking with it the hopes, dreams and aspirations of a community. EVO is the Super Bowl of fighting games, but also a cultural mecca for those who share the genre as their life's passion. This year's proceedings were punctuated by surprises, upsets ...
Watch the EVO 2012 Championship Series World Finals right here
The culmination of a full year's worth of regional tournaments set around the globe, the EVO 2012 Championship Series World Finals have begun in sunny Las Vegas. Players from the world over have assembled to compete in six games across three days, and you can watch all of the action right here on ...
Buy a Vita, get free Mortal Kombat and 4GB memory card
For those of you who want to test your might at any moment, no matter where you are, Amazon has a deal to help you out. Right now, if you purchase the Wi-Fi model of the PS Vita, you'll get a free copy of Mortal Kombat, along with a 4GB memory card – which will hold you over just fine until ...
Deja Review: Mortal Kombat (Vita)
We're of the firm opinion that your time is too precious, too valuable to be spent reading a full review for a game that was already reviewed many, many years ago. What's the point of applying a score to a game that's old enough to be enrolled in the sixth grade? That's why we invented Deja Review: ...
