Midway, the studio that brought us Mortal Kombat, NFL Blitz and NBA Jams is in the shitter right now. They have been in financial trouble for years, and are currently borrowing 40 million dollars to back their 3 releases for this year, the most anticipated release being Mortal Kombat. This one’s going to be a little different though. It’s not only Mortal Kombat this time… It’s “Mortal Kombat vs. D.C. Universe” Pretty cool but weird right? So as of late there has been some controversy behind this new Midway title.

Because of Midway’s financial burdens they are making this title a teen rating to squeeze every penny they can out of this game. Now is it may be just me I remember when the first Mortal Kombat game came out, and those suckers flew off the shelves That game was so hard to find BECAUSE of it’s violence. Midway was the Christopher Columbus of violence in video games, and people were buying a Sega Genesis just so they could have the chance to get their hands on a copy of Mortal Kombat. Now the once unprecedented powerhouse that was Midway is now turning a game that should obviously be mature into a “teen” game. Now at the center of this controversy is the Joker Fatality, which has subsequently been scrapped because it did not pass as a “teen” fatality.

Now after looking at this freaking sweet fatality here’s what I think about Midway’s decision. The Joker head-shot is awesome, and now I am undoubtedly sure that the game has some other pretty cool fatalities that have made it passed the teen rating (or maybe not…). I bet they look great, and are somewhat violent, and that you are nonetheless excited about the title’s release, but you are trying to revitalize a franchise and bring a production company back from the dead. It’s not now that you make a violent game that adults love to play into a teen game that will probably make “Tekken” look mature. That’s not what you do when you’re in this kind of a bind. You guys (Midway) are in trouble. You aren’t Squaresoft… this isn’t going to be your Final Fantasy, but it does have the potential to be good. Everything you’re trying to do takes big balls. Not a fleshy patch where your balls used to be. Get growing Midway.


--Kyle S