Mortal Kombat

After Two Decades, I’ve Finally Outgrown Mortal Kombat’s Violence

It’s taken Mortal Kombat X to show me how much I’ve changed since 1992. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK See, back then I was in love with a new arcade game they’d just installed in the cinema at Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre (this was before the proper arcade was even built). It looked…

How Mortal Kombat X Brings Players Together While Tearing Them Apart

While the fighting is always nice, my favorite elements of modern Mortal Kombat games are the extra bits—challenges, unlockables, and side activities outside of the core one-on-one battles. That’s why I’m excited about Mortal Kombat X‘s Faction War meta game. When players begin their journey in Mortal Kombat X this coming April, they’ll choose from…

The system requirements for Mortal Kombat X recently popped up on the game’s Steam page, giving us all a better sense of what it’ll take to render all that spine-ripping in gloriously hyperbolic detail. Thankfully, it won’t take all that much by modern high-end PC gaming standards. Huzzah!

Reptile Returns In Mortal Kombat X, And He’s So Dreamy

The tongue, the acid spit, the evisceration — so adorable. The very first secret Mortal Kombat character is the latest combatant revealed for Mortal Kombat X. How far our little palette-swap has come since his clandestine Mortal Kombat debut. From hidden character with a combination of Sub-Zero and Scorpion’s powers to his own person or…

Reptile is the latest character to be announced for Mortal Kombat X, and he’s looking especially nasty. As with previous incarnations, Reptile makes use of acid-based attacks to dismantle his opponents. His fatality is..well, watch for yourself.

Our First Look At Princess Kitana In Mortal Kombat X

Of course Kitana is going to be in Mortal Kombat X. You try telling the adopted daughter of Shao Kahn to stay home and watch Gilmore Girls on Netflix. Kitana, named because one of her parents must have seen a katana somewhere, has been a fixture of the fighting game series since Mortal Kombat II,…

The New Mortal Kombat Comic Isn’t Even Bad in a Good Way

It’s one thing to have low expectations for a comic book spinning off of a video game. It’s entirely another to have the project come in under those expectations. Unfortunately, the new Mortal Kombat X digital comic out this week does the latter. Look: like many fighting games, the story driving Mortal Kombat‘s to-the-death fights…

Kung Lao Appears In Mortal Kombat X As An Old Man With A Hat

With Mortal Kombat X‘s story spanning some 25 years after the events of Mortal Kombat 9, it’s no wonder former Shaolin monk Kung Lao is looking a bit long in the tooth. It beats being dead. Not that he was dead at the end of the last game or anything. Well, not that being dead…

Five Gaming Rumors That Were Too Good To Stay Fake

Lots of things in video games sound too good to be true. But what about when it’s the other way around—when something is too good to not be true? Erhm, you know what I mean. The trivia-themed YouTube channel “Did You Know Gaming?” recently took a look at five myths that became so pervasive among…

​This Is Just the First Part of Scorpion’s Mortal Kombat X Fatality…

The rest of the undead ninja’s finishing move is… let’s just say you just have to see it. Shown during a Twitch stream by Mortal Kombat X developer Netherrealm, Scorpion’s newest finishing move is one of the most brutal moments in an already gory, over-the-top game. The stream also included fresh looks at other characters’…

Mortal Kombat Doctors Are Miracle Workers

No matter how many times I’ve torn Johnny Cage in half, he keeps coming back. The Warp Zone gives us a look at the men behind the de-mutilation. In less violent fighting games it’s pretty easy to imagine Ryu or Ken taking to the sidelines for a couple of days to nurse their wounds. Maybe…

​Looks Like Mortal Kombat‘s Evil Sorcerer Will Annoy You More Than Ever

There’s a move at the end of this character reveal that made me wince and go “Ooooh….” Quan Chi, I’ve always hated you. After teasing series creator Ed Boon teased Mortal Kombat fans for two days on Twitter, a new video reveals the return of the fighting game franchise’s demonic necromancer to the upcoming Mortal…

When Super Mario World Meets Mortal Kombat

It all began when Mario was violently murdered by Shang Tsung. It all went downhill from there. Or uphill, depending on how much you like gore YouTuber NicksplosionFX is back with yet another Mario crossover video. It’s a sequel of sorts to one of his earlier ones from two or so years ago, where Scorpion…

Netherrealm Studios’ Mortal Kombat X releases worldwide on April 14, 2015. Goro has also been revealed as a pre-order exclusive character for the game, with the teaser shot above accompanying the press release. MKX is planned to hit Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC simultaneously.

​How Mortal Kombat Is Getting More Complex

The next Mortal Kombat is going deep. Not just in the ‘show you highly detailed internal organs’ kind of way, either. The newly announced Variations feature and other tweaks in Mortal Kombat X are going to give players other layers of options for how they beat each other up. As previously detailed, players will be…

Mortal Kombat X Manages To Make Kano Look Interesting

My least favorite kombatant since the original game, Kano returns next year in Mortal Kombat X with some killer new moves and looks that will both stop and start traffic. The older, wiser Kano has received some serious cybernetic upgrades since last we saw him, accessorizing his signature glowing eye with what looks to be…

The Three Faces Of Mortal Kombat X Raiden

Is it odd that I’m less excited about the new characters coming in Mortal Kombat X next year than I am having three different versions of my old favorites, each with their own play style? Meet Combo Raiden, Mobility Raiden and Control Raiden. Or Thunder God, Displacer and Storm Lord Raiden, if you want to…

Imagining Mortal Kombat With Post-Apocalyptic Characters

On artist Sergey Svistunov‘s Mortal Kombat art, Kabal and Shao Kahn (with Sub Zero hands) look like members of a vicious, post-apocalyptic gang from Mad Max, and not characters of a game with mystic realms and gods. Their masks are so badass. There’s a bunch of characters from the artist below, check out the rest…

It’s Not Easy To Be A Cop In Mortal Kombat

And it’s not because Stryker’s in-game abilities are weak, but, as Dorkly’s recent comic shows, there is only one ninja outfit in the entire Mortal Kombat universe. And they didn’t even catch Ermac. You can read more Dorkly comics here. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

The Thunder God Raiden Returns In Mortal Kombat X

Following today’s Injustice: Gods Among Us finals at EVO, Netherrealm Studios’ Ed Boon took the stage to reveal the return of Raiden in next year’s Mortal Kombat X. As if they’d do anything without him. Excuse the stuttery vid — this was capped from the stream, so it’s — let’s just say it’s special. Still,…