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Ed Boon explains Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe isn’t a repeat of the past

By Spencer . July 30, 2008 . 1:01pm

In the explosion of fighting game crossovers Yoda searches for the Soulcalibur, Ryu throws fireballs at Gold Lightan, and Sub-Zero freezes Batman. It’s a strange world out there. During my conversation with Ed Boon, the Co-creator of Mortal Kombat, he…

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The Joker enters Mortal Kombat

By Spencer . July 25, 2008 . 11:44am

Add Jax, Kitana, Green Lantern, and the Joker to Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. The confirmed list thus far includes: Batman, Sub-Zero, Superman, Scorpion, The Flash, Sonya, Catwoman, Shang Tsung, Shazam, and Liu Kang. Villains will have fatalities so the…

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When Worlds Kollide Superman can pound Scorpion into the ground

By Spencer . July 23, 2008 . 11:18am

Midway has no intention of making Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe as technical as Street Fighter IV. They threw out the ability to cycle through multiple fighting styles and removed the weapons introduced in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance to make…

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Will Mortal Kombat vs. DC be anything like this?

By Spencer . April 18, 2008 . 4:29pm

Seeing Sub-Zero and Batman together is bizarre. Really, really bizarre even if Midway cuts fatalities in favor of DC Universe canon. Even stranger is this will not be the only fighting game with DC characters. When Street Fighter II clones were…

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Midway’s future, more Mortal Kombat in the horizon

By Spencer . October 3, 2007 . 5:51am

Unreal Tournament 3 got pushed back to the first fiscal quarter of 2008 and it’s going to be followed by other next generation installments of Midway's franchises. The publisher is currently developing follow ups to NBA Ballers, the Blitz football…

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Stranglehold no longer region locked

By Spencer . August 10, 2007 . 12:49pm

After cries on Midway’s official boards the company had a change of heart and decided to release the game without region coding. This means if you’re in Europe, Asia or wherever you can import the limited edition version of the…

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Stranglehold demo slips on Xbox Live

By Spencer . August 8, 2007 . 4:01am

Ever since E3, I’ve heard nothing but rave reviews about Stranglehold. I admit, I glossed it over it and I regretted it after talking about it so much. But all isn’t lost. Midway released a free demo on the Xbox…

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Stranglehold, the first region locked Playstation 3 game?

By Spencer . July 31, 2007 . 12:44pm

News popped up from the Midway Forums (thanks for the tip IceAmp!) about Stranglehold getting region coding on the Playstation 3. Previously all games on the Playstation 3 were not region encoded. Back at GDC '06 Sony made a big announcement…

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s video game box art

By Spencer . July 27, 2007 . 11:21am

I don’t know whether the Aqua Teen Hunger Force game is actually going to be a quality title or a quick cash-in for Midway. The box art is cool though and it seems to have an original concept… mini golf…

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Beer Pong on the Wii?

By Spencer . June 28, 2007 . 5:17pm

I can’t believe I didn’t notice this right away, but as Chris Kohler points out the concept art for Midway’s Game Party looks like it has Beer Pong as one of the mini games. Do you see it? Look right underneath…