Midway has announced the latest in the Mortal Kombat series. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe sees your favourite MK characters fight against selected DC Comics mainstays such as Superman or Batman. With a storyline written by "the Mortal Kombat creative team and top comic scribes 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)" we can expect to see the game hit shelves this Autumn.
There's not much more information about the title, but there is a video, which we've placed after the break. It's worth a look, for sure. Even if MKvDCU isn't an M-rated game. Does that make the game a little less interesting? We expect for hardcore Mortal Kombat fans, that might be the case.
There's not much more information about the title, but there is a video, which we've placed after the break. It's worth a look, for sure. Even if MKvDCU isn't an M-rated game. Does that make the game a little less interesting? We expect for hardcore Mortal Kombat fans, that might be the case.
[Via Press Release]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-18-2008 @ 9:06PM
Valin said...
Seems to be a growing trend for fighting games. Soul Caliber and now this. I can say i'm looking forward to this more. haha
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4-18-2008 @ 9:13PM
Coriff said...
Damn.. I guess it's too late to be an April Fool's joke, right?
This game could be pretty cool or totally bomb... lol.
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4-19-2008 @ 9:31AM
Ty said...
I was just minding my own business then DC UNIVERSE VERSUS MORTAL KOMBAT UNIVERSE... and was all like WHOA MAN!!! Probably using the UE3 engine... which is good
as long as I can beat the shit outta Batman.......
4-18-2008 @ 9:17PM
Dspidey7 said...
Wow, I can't wait to see Superman do a fatality on some one, anyone, can you imagine him melting someones face off. That would be awesome.
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4-18-2008 @ 10:02PM
Fraser JK said...
Problem is that won't be the case. I read in GameSpot that the game won't be rated M, since no way will DC have their characters torn to bits!
I never though Mortal Kombat could get any worse, I don't even like Batman. Infact, I think he can't even beat Sonya!
4-18-2008 @ 9:20PM
Wayne said...
WTF.
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4-18-2008 @ 9:38PM
SG said...
It's not rated M? Damnit. For the first time in more than a decade, an MK game looked appealing to me. Oh well.
A T-rated MK game is like watching Debbie Does Dallas on TBS Superstation.
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4-18-2008 @ 9:43PM
Riley Freeman said...
looooooooooooooooool. hilarious.
yea this game needs to have the highest rating of violence for it to be appealing. also it should kind of be a little open world so u can have a coop story mode but oh well.
4-18-2008 @ 9:59PM
bugatti23007 said...
We should start a petition to stop this game from being made so Midway could make one game of Mortal Kombat and one Batman and one Superman .Nobody cares about the rest of DC comics characters.
I'm too lazy start a petition
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4-19-2008 @ 9:49AM
Fraser JK said...
Well there goes our chance to change the world, LOL! Another awesome classic series buried in the video game death pile!
4-18-2008 @ 10:04PM
Da said...
Well your an idiot, because I think fans of DC (you know.. the people who would be interested in this gamr) Actually do like other DC characters.
I wish the internet wasn't filled with tossers like youself.
4-18-2008 @ 10:07PM
MGS4 said...
MAYBE, If go M-Rate or will T-rated? because MK want blood alway kill and blood gore so like Fatality? DC have fatality? O_o? If DC have answer play fatality?
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4-18-2008 @ 10:29PM
KosmoCrisis said...
I couldn't understand a single word this little kid just said!
Let me try to answer that one:
Am with the thnk will, MAYBE, go T o M-rate.d. But with ;P want Midwai want BlO_od then they with taxes. And code to have free ThE DC - fur koats eleegul.
I hope that answers your query. I do not represent PS3fanboy.com, but I think with the quality of that answer you may think I do.
Cheezits!!!
4-19-2008 @ 1:23PM
Think Adrian said...
KosmoCrisis: hahaha! U rock.
4-18-2008 @ 10:45PM
Jesse said...
(Hardcore mk fan)
Well, at least my wallet is happy. More time for sony's line up.
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4-19-2008 @ 1:02AM
A person said...
B-B-B-B-B-B-Batman!
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4-19-2008 @ 1:06AM
Barndo111 said...
This is stupid stunt casting. "Oh gee, I wonder if this series of games will sell better if we put a digital version of Britney Spears in it?" I refuse to pay Soul Calibur (Caliber, Calibre, whatever) any respect for the same damn reason. Good job on having developing characters and then swan songing with Yoda and Darth Vader to make an extra nickel.
Thank you Midway for focusing on making a game that is worth playing on it's own laurels instead of using a stupid gimmick.
Also, if there were a game where it were possible to rip people's hearts out, their head's off and their bodies inside out, how the hell do they manage to keep the same damn boring characters in every game?
Besides, any legitimacy with Batman left when Frank Miller stopped writing and penciling and Tim Burton stopped directing. And I would seriously hope that any superhero worth his/her own weight in intelligence (that IS what Batman used to win fights, right?) would never join a tournament to beat the hell out of each other gratuitously. Win a fighting tournament to save the human world? Dumb.
Thanks for milking a hollow concept Midway. Again, why are you failing?
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4-19-2008 @ 3:37PM
matjam421 said...
Tim Burton's version of Batman was just that, his version. While the Batman Begins started the franchise over and actually followed the comics quite well. Batman Begins was so much better than Tim Burton could ever do.
4-26-2008 @ 12:42AM
semalf said...
totally agree...MK and DC do NOT belong together...i've been playing this series since i was three, and was hoping they would do something even better, with the new system and more capabilities, but then they do this!
same with soul caliber, yoda and darth vader? seriously.
ugh
they should cancel production immediately
4-19-2008 @ 4:52AM
DemiRonin said...
It can try, but it won't ever be as good as Marvel vs Capcom 2
ONLINE MVC2 PLZ!!!!
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