GameSpot is over in Leipzig, Germany for Games Convention 08 and shot this video camera footage of the four new characters announcement of Wonder Woman, Deathstroke, Raiden and Kano in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. When each character is announced, their render was flashed on the screen, showing a glimpse of the art direction for each character.
This video would be completely unnecessary if Midway would have just released all of the renders at once, but alas, we are only treated with the one render of Wonder Woman.
Midway has released a new Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe trailer to coincide with Games Convention 08. The video is a re-cut of all of the gameplay videos to date, designed to run in cinemas and movie theaters.
Midway has announced four new characters added to the Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe roster at the Games Convention 08 in Leipzig, Germany. From the Mortal Kombat side of things, the trend of adding classic Mortal Kombat characters continues with Raiden and Kano joining the fight. On the DC Universe side, DC Comics "supervillain" Deathstroke, a mercenary and assassin who carries a blade, and the ever classic Wonder Woman.
Expect a gameplay announcement from Games Convention later in the day.
Ahead of the start of the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Midway had released nine new screenshots from Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. The screenshots feature the latest announced characters, Kitana, Green Lantern, The Joker and Liu Kang. Stay tuned, as a big character announcement along with a special gameplay feature is expected to be revealed at the Games Convention later in the day.
Today, Midway announced that the next episode of MKast, the official Mortal Kombat podcast, is now live at the Worldscollide.com website. This week, Senior Producer Hans Lo and Associate Producer Hector Sanchez discuss their past experiences at the San Diego Comic-Con and what they're looking forward to at the upcoming Moscow Games event, as well as the Games Convention in Leipzig. Today's episode of the MKast also features a special guest, Lead Graphics Designer and all around MVP on the Product Development team for Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Jon Greenberg. With the MKast, enthusiasts and fans alike can stay up-to-date on the latest news and updates for Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.
Midway has released a new high-resolution render of The Joker from the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. This render was previously exclusive to IGN last Friday.
Kotaku has the first word from the San Diego Comic-Con presentation. The four new characters announced are The Joker and Green Lantern from the DC Comics side and Jax and Kitana from the Mortal Kombat side. Also announced was that Jimmy Palmiotti, DC Comics writer, might be a hidden character in the game and that Superman's Fortress of Solitude was shown and will be an environment in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.
The big reveal at Comic-Com was the announcement of a limited edition comic book, illustrated by none other than Mortal Kombat co-creator John Tobias. The comic book, written by the MK Team, will be included in the Kollectors Edition on both Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 platforms.
IGN has a write up on the event that features a render of The Joker, along with a video that was played at the event and a few questions and answer bullet points. Here's is the video shown at the event. Click the "widescreen" button to enlarge.
"Mortal Kombat has been a pinnacle fighting franchise for well over a decade now and this is an ideal package for fans and collectors in terms of content and price point," said Mona Hamilton, vice president of marketing, Midway Home Entertainment. "With the PlayStation(R)2 still holding the highest market share of any home console, we saw this as the perfect opportunity to offer an incredible value to our consumers as we ramp up for the highly anticipated launch of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe."
Mortal Kombat: Kollection will be released in September 2008 for the Sony PlayStation 2 for the price of $29.99. View the full press release.
Senior Producer, Hans Lo and Associate Producer, Hector Sanchez are back with another MKast podcast. You can download the third episode at the WorldsCollide.com website.
Hans and Hector are joined with DC Comics writer Jimmy Palmiotti and talk about how the two universes collide, the overall collaboration between to two sides of story writers and the dialog for the DC Universe characters. It was revealed that the Midway side already had the vision and basis of the storyline, while the DC Universe side was filled out by Palmiotti and crew.
There is a few more bits information in the "MKast" and you can listen to it here.
Kotaku sat down with Ed Boon yesterday at Comic Con and got a great bit of information with regards to the next Mortal Kombat game. They are reporting that Ed said that Mortal Kombat 9 is already in the early planning stages and is looking like it'll be a return to the dark and violent roots we're all used to with Mortal Kombat.
While that grittier, darker version of MK didn't make it far beyond the technology development stages — Boon told us there was little in the way of concept art for the grimier spin on the series — the next next Mortal Kombat may strive for more blood, more violence, more of everything that warrants an M-rating.
Today Ed Boon updated his website Noob.com with a new teaser. This time it's asks us a simple question:
Tobias?
What does this mean? It could mean anything, and I'm sure we'll find soon enough. We could find out with the next MKast podcast. Or maybe it wont be revealed until the San Diego Comic-Con events tomorrow. There are lots of talk and rumors on the internet about it, so we figured we'd share our theories on the matter.
First, Ed could be hinting towards the return of John Tobias to Midway. No one knows what John has been up to in the past few years. John along with other Midway employees left in the late 90s to start up his own game studio, Studio Gigante. They put out two games, Tao Feng Fist of the Lotus for Microsoft and WWE WrestleMania 21 for THQ, before it closed it's doors in 2005.
After that, John has been said to be doing freelance work while his former Studio Gigante partners went to EA Chicago. But sadly, EA Chicago also closed its doors late last year. As earlier this year it was reported that some of them have now gotten together after EA Chicago has closed and started another company, RoboModo. On their MobyGames profile, John is not listed as one of their founders. So from what we can see, he has no other public obligations. While this doesn't rule him out of coming back, it also doesn't prove he is back. I know a lot of fans would love to see his influence and input return to the series.
Or, Ed could simply be alluding to Noob Saibot as a character for the the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. This is very possible, but in recent years they've occasionally dropped always using the "Saibot" part of his name. Perhaps they are just trying to judge the fan's reactions to rumors of characters to see if they should include one or not, an internet sounding board if you will.
Maybe even it could even be both of the above. Time will tell. Until then, stay tuned for any arrested developments as we'll bring them to you right away. We have our ears to the ground and will let you know if anything else develops.
Midway has released a new high-resolution render of Captain Marvel from the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. The WorldsCollide.com website lists the character as Shazam, which is appears to be incorrect. The character Shazam is a wizard and DC Comics appears to market Captain Marvel under the "Shazam" label. Granted the confusion is high, but this entry in Wikipedia explains the name "Shazam".
Because Marvel Comics trademarked their Captain Marvel comic book during the interim between the original Captain Marvel's Fawcett years and DC years, DC Comics is unable to promote and market their Captain Marvel/Marvel Family properties under that name. Since 1972, DC has instead used the trademark Shazam! as the title of their comic books and thus the name under which they market and promote the character. Consequently, Captain Marvel himself is sometimes erroneously referred to as Shazam.
Midway has announced four new characters added to the Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe roster at the Games Convention 08 in Leipzig, Germany. From the Mortal Kombat side of things, the trend of adding classic Mortal Kombat characters continues with Raiden and Kano joining the fight. On the DC Universe side, DC Comics "supervillain" Deathstroke, a mercenary and assassin who carries a blade, and the ever classic Wonder Woman.
Midway is seeking to capitalize on the buzz that Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is making on current generation consoles, with the announcement of Mortal Kombat: Kollection for last generation's Sony PlayStation 2. Kollection will feature Mortal Kombat: Deception, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and the action-adventure game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks all in one box exclusively for the PlayStation 2.
What does this mean? It could mean anything, and I'm sure we'll find soon enough. We could find out with the next MKast podcast. Or maybe it wont be revealed until the San Diego Comic-Con events tomorrow. There are lots of talk and rumors on the internet about it, so we figured we'd share our theories on the matter.
