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Midway Gamers' Day: Midway announces Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Nick Chester
\\ 04.18.2008
85 comments

Yesterday, at a Gamers' Day event that took place in Las Vegas’ remote Red Rock Casino, Resort, and Spa, Midway’s Ed Boon finally pulled the cover off of the next chapter in the Mortal Kombat series.

Called Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, the Unreal Engine 3.0-powered title pits characters from Midway’s videogame universe against DC Comics’ iconic super heroes. The details on what brings the two universes together are being kept under wraps, but Midway’s creative team has joined with comic book writing talent Justin Gray (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight) and Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane) to make sense of the peculiar mash-up. Presently, Midway are only confirming Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Superman, and Batman as playable characters in the upcoming title.

“Every console generation we like to wipe the slate clean with Mortal Kombat,” Boon said, “With this generation we’re starting new with both the new fighting engine, and as you can see, the story mode. We’re very excited about the new fighting mechanic that marries the intense brutality of Mortal Kombat with the signature moves from DC characters like Batman and Superman.”

More (though not much) info after the jump. 

While the game wasn’t playable, a teaser trailer displayed some of the game’s new fighting mechanics: “Freefall Kombat”, where players can battle in the air while transitioning between areas, and “Klose Kombat,” brutal up-close fighting that will highlight the game's real-time damage, including torn clothing and bruising. Boon also promised the ability to throw characters off of and through buildings.

One final thing, and I hope you’re sitting down for this one -- MK vs. DCU will not feature one of the series’ staples -- fatalities. It seems that this signature feature of the Mortal Kombat titles doesn’t sit well with DC Comics’ values. Could we be seeing the first T-rated Mortal Kombat title coming to market? We’ll have to wait until E3, when Midway plans to reveal more details on the title, which is scheduled to ship for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall.



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manta's Avatar
wat
liquidninja's Avatar
Without fatalities I guess they'll have to- I don't know... focus on making the game good on it's own merits instead of banking on the nostalgia of the 2 good games they made in the series.
MrSadistic's Avatar
I said it once, and I'll say it again: there aren't enough facepalms in the universe that express how I feel about that news.
king3vbo's Avatar
Wait, no fatalities.

FUCK THAT SHIT
Lord Helmet's Avatar
wat
Unicorn's Avatar
lolwut.
Unicorn's Avatar
actually, as cool as the new engine sounds... just release Mortal Kombat II, but give it HD. keep it 2-d. keep it all the same, but just give it fucking High-def-ness.


that's all i want from MK.
Conan-san's Avatar
Wait, what happened to the Wii in all this?
Steaming Grits's Avatar
Guys seriously, this could be a great game. MK fanboys everywhere seem to be crying themselves to sleep. I don't get it. This is the best thing to ever happen to the MK series and I predict a few million in sales based on the DC characters alone. Let's just hope the fighting engine is good.
Oh by the way. People are REALLY bitching that it will be rated T -for teen. I think it could be a good thing. Think of all the awesome finishers you could do that aren't overly graphic. Batman could toss out one of his cables that tie up the guys legs and then string him up upside down. For superman he could unleash a massive uppercut that sends him the guy into space. There are just tons of options. Think innovation over shock value. I for one am sick of the standard decapitation, arms rip, torso rip,
exploding body etc. It's just tired.
Also, people never bitched about the Hulk taking on Ryu.
WillyFourEyes's Avatar
This is a late April Fools' Day joke, right? Right?
kariomart's Avatar
Can Midway just put the Mortal Kombat franchise to bed? They've been kranking out krap for well over decade now.
mix's Avatar
Hrmmmmmmm, no fatalities would NOT be good in my eyes....but having DC characters has peaked me enough to be interested as I am a comic buff.
Gynecologist Cobra's Avatar
*sigh*

Damn it.
fromagex's Avatar
That's quite the Batman. What's up with his face?
animateria's Avatar
This game suffered a FATALITY!

Then again... When was the last good MK game anyways?
sleepingagain's Avatar
lol people need to stop buying mortal combat games so they stop making them
DV2FOX's Avatar
No Fatalities = NO THANKS
Kitana's Inflation Fatality = DO WANT
Chocobo Knight's Avatar
What the hell? No fatalities? The game can't rest on the DCU alone, they need to bring what makes MK, well, MK. Otherwise, it's just going to become another forgotten fighter like Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
bluemeep's Avatar
Finally! I can post my Baraka/Aquaman erotic fan fiction!
RskimB's Avatar
MK has been castrated.
Seventh Rectory's Avatar
Lame I say, lame!
Das Inchworm's Avatar
red tornado plz?
kevvo's Avatar
Got to give it a chance, I mean, the last few MKs have been great, the 3d wones, good fighting system, and the fatalities were pretty good, cept for the last one, fuck the "make-a-tality" system. Youg would have to kinda expect it to be that way, dc wouldnt want supe's head ripped off by subzero. I am hoping its a str8 up fighter 3dish fighter and not like the marvel vs capcom ones. I dont need 4 people jumping around the screen with insane combos
ElfAngel7's Avatar
sigh. I don't see how they could possibly incorporate DC into the MK universe and have the whole thing work out. The reason MvC worked out was because it was grounded in the Capcom combat style. I don't see DC allowing Midway to work the game in the MK format. We all know that fatalities make up what little enjoyment there is in MK. Without it, there's a 3rd rate fighting game that rides on the coat tails of nostalgia.
FuhkTwatTheClown's Avatar
Uch. Hopeful for the game, but OF COURSE if there's going to be a Green Lantern it'll be John Stewart. Because...you know...he's such a great character...*aids*
smurfee mcgee's Avatar
I've been playin MK for the majority of my life. I have to say I disagree with everybody who says there are only two good MK games. I think it's progressed decently. (the fighting system anyways)
I don't think there are alot of people who won't at least try this game.
Wedge's Avatar
I don't really want to see fatalities combined with DC characters, that'd be retarded.

On second though, I don't want to see MK characters with DC characters, so this game is retarded.
Remz's Avatar
Perhaps the lack of fatalities will force then to, you know, make a decent fighting game.
brainderailment's Avatar
Let's reach deep into a random bag of franchises, then let's reach really deep into a random bag of game franchises, let's put those 2 things together, it'll make millions.

Fuck this game.
Chaosye's Avatar
Superman will kill everyone.
topgeargorilla's Avatar
Jeeze, this is so damn unnecessary.

Can somebody post that creepy batman photograph?
brainderailment's Avatar
Also, Down syndrome batman ftw.
Kayka's Avatar
superman as a playable character..
Creamsnake's Avatar
@Steaming Grits: Hmmm, you made a couple of good points there, friend.

Here's to hoping we can still do "finishers" if not "fatalities."

I agree that the whole fatality thing is tired. What is left to do that we have not already seen a million times?

I think the time is right for friendships to return.
AgentMOO's Avatar
THERE BETTER BE BLOOD OR I WONT DRINK THAT MILKSHAKE!
Christiangamer's Avatar
The controls of the Mortal Kombat games combined with Batman and Superman's game history. Sounds like win to me.
Holyetheline's Avatar
I thought the community blogs about this from the morning were jokes... This is just odd.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
I still can't believe this is real. I'll play it but man.....just doesn't make sense.
Reeper's Avatar
Bleh. Why Mortal Kombat? Should be Marvel vs DC. That's been needed in video game form for a long time. With 2-D fighters, or 3-D but 2-D fighting style. Here's to hoping this will be as good as Marvel vs. Capcom.
jakethebob's Avatar
OK since like that last few mortal combat games have sucked i really hope they don't screw this up
EternityInBlack's Avatar
... If there's no fatalities and no blood, then this is no MK. I guess both Soul Calibur 4 and MK are trying to win the biggest douche award by whoring their franchises to other brands.
GeminiEye's Avatar
Wow talk about a slap in the face. This could be either really gay or just or really really gay.
Andrex's Avatar
....Marvel Vs Street Fighter anyone?
Kalmah's Avatar
It will have finishers and special moves. It does have blood, just not the unnecessary excessive amount the previous games had. There's already a teaser trailer out, and it doesn't look all that bad... take a look and give it a chance.
brotherkirk's Avatar
It feels like some kinda WWE gimmick match-up/mash-up.

Pros:
We could be seriously lucky and get some characters from the Vertigo imprint. Baraka v. Swamp Thing? Scorpion v. Sandman? Preacher/Superman, come on! None of that's probably likely to happen, alas.

Cons:
Every knucklehead company out there's gonna try something like this. Picture: SNK Versus Valiant.

It's not the Worst Idea Ever, but they'd better try really hard not to mess this up. Sometimes I wish I was less jaded.
Edwood's Avatar
But...No one can beat Sub-Zero
peeetah's Avatar
Oh great another shitty installment of MK cant we just let this series - FUCK YOU ALL BATMAN VS SCORPION IS FAR TO EPIC AN IDA TO FAIL
Outer Heaven's Avatar
Fatalities would be the only reason I'd want to play this game. I mean, who wouldn't want to tear Superman's arms out of their sockets?
Crumpet Lips's Avatar
Hmm well at first I was thinking "COOL! I can totally be Superman and kick Scorpions ass with some killer moves and then finish him off with some wicked, over done fatality", then I read peoples comments and it looks like fatalities are not in this new MK, which probably means this will have no blood and gore, which means we have a Dead or Alive 4 game with Sub Zero, Scorpion, Superman and Batman.

Fuck you Midway
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
Finally I get to live out my dream match of that guy from Mortal Kombat vs. that guy from DC.
CaptainApocalypse's Avatar
I can haz Captain Marvel in a game now?
Terror Player's Avatar
Well... pitting Batman against Sub-Zero seems like a fair trade-off for the fatalities.

Also, WHAT ARE THE FUCKING ODDS OF THIS GAME HAPPENING!!! WHAT NEXT??? SUPER MARIO GALAXY ON PLAYSTATION 3??
The-Excel's Avatar
The sheer ridiculousness of this concept will be enough to fill the void. It just may be the second wildest crossover I've never dreamt.
The O's Avatar
Honestly, I don't care if the fatalities are taken out, just so long as it plays more fluidly like MK3 (Vanilla or Ultimate flavor), or Hell, even like MKII. Because I'm avoiding it like the plague if it plays like any of that 3-D garbage.
killatia's Avatar
thats it! after reading this im now demanding nintendo to make a super smash brothers vs. jump super stars crossover fighting game! whos with me that they want to see mario kick goku's ass?
joeisremy's Avatar
retarded
freeman1's Avatar
Are they just taking out fatalities, or are they taking blood out all together? I can't imagine uppercutting someone without a ridiculous amount of blood flying out of their face.

2008 will be remembered as the year of the cross over fighting games. First Snake and Sonic in Brawl, then Vader and Yoda in Soul Calibur 4, and now this.
Kartzan's Avatar
WTF...? Does anyone think this sounds like something EA would do?
nanowerx's Avatar
While the more modern Mortal Kombat games are actually pretty good, the Fatalities and brutality of the game made it a real standout to other games of the ilk. This is a stupid move. I wouldn't even buy the SNES version of Mortal Kombat 1 cause it didn't have blood....thank you Genesis!
BigKev's Avatar
Are people actually complaining about the crossover? Do we not remember how awesome Marvel vs Capcom was? I actually dont understand what there is to complain about here.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar
I'd rather have a new Marvel vs Capcom game.
Edco's Avatar
>shudder<
Im OK's Avatar
*reads previous comments*

And here I thought that I was a cynical, jaded asshole. Wow, you guys. Just... wow.
BattyAdroit's Avatar
This gaming disaster coming from a mile away.

DC comics has traditionally had dismal showings when it comes to gaming, and the freshness date of Mortal Kombat expired in 1993.

Seriously, I can't believe there are people in this thread that are psyched about it..(???)
Im OK's Avatar
Seriously, I can't believe there are people in this thread that are psyched about it.

Just as I can't believe that there are people already writing it off as shit and a waste of time, even though all we have to go on is just an announcement and a single image.
kadosho's Avatar
With fatalities being taken away (the harboring of the entire franchise). Can this team make a decent MK game again? I have often wondered what an MK game would be without what made its core audience find it fascinating.

==, why did i have to guess now
SonnyCrockett's Avatar
eeh. makes sense kinda. considering nobody in DC "con" has ever ripped Supermans head from his body.
DynamicSheep's Avatar
I'm glad they're using a new fighting engine for this one. I hope they don't fuck this up... nothing could be more satisfying than freezing Superman and then shattering him into little pieces, or stealing his soul and watching him shrivel up.
mister1337's Avatar
This fits seeing as the Mortal Kombat universe is about 1/1000th the size of the DC universe.

FAIL!
TheToiletDuck's Avatar
babality?
Elrando's Avatar
I'm not too sure about this.

I think I'd get sick of seeing "Batman Wins" after a while. :)

Batman always wins.
Brandon Undead's Avatar
Jesus Christing shit fuck balls.
Some stupid rumors should stay just that.
loki d20's Avatar
Now all I need is someone to actually play against face to face. Online is just so impersonal for fighting games. But, loving the idea.
Shin Oni's Avatar
hopefully they realize that the last few shit games didn't do anything and they need to go back to their MKII roots. hopefully.

this MAY...just MAY turn out decent granted they don't screw it up and go overboard. but I feel the latter happening. Obtaining DC comic characters in a game prolly made Boon and Tobias cum their pants.
Detox's Avatar
@ Shin Oni's remark to the game: really? it sucks? so I should play a cheap 2D game called street fighter that's been enhanched in HD? no thank you, I think I'll play whatever appealed more to the audience, street fighter is an EPIC FAIL. I always wanted to kick supermans ass, and now I get the chance to, when aliens vs. predator was an idea back in the 80's you trolls didn't complain about that, now did you? lol you just can't accept new good stuff, and making MK 3d was a GOOD move. Who the fuck would play 2d games on next-gen consoles? seriously, are you gonna pay 60 bucks for a 2d game in 2008? MK is so under-rated it's not even funny, you don't like because you think it's a spin-off right? I'm sorry that I like qaulity over basic crap.
spacecadetjoe's Avatar
this is awesome, all you haters can suck a shit
The Johnggernaut's Avatar
MK - Fatalities = Fuck That Shit
amalgamut00's Avatar
People only play the MK series for fatalities.
luvmysegadc's Avatar
saw the trailer...looks like it sucks ass.
Knives's Avatar
I'm already done sighing about this :P
Im OK's Avatar
I'll say it again. Just... wow. Exactly when did gamers, generally speaking, get to be this fucking jaded? I mean, I know it's kinda been that way for a while now to an extent, but when and why exactly did it become so? It's not like you guys are going to be fucking strapped to a chair and forced to play this or anything, if and when it ever comes out. I, for one, hope this ends up rocking everyones' faces off, fatalities or not, and I refuse to write it off as fail until it is actually shown to be fail. I mean, I can see why people would be hesitant to get all gung ho about this and all, hell I'm going to reserve judgment until I see some gameplay and such myself, but I seriously don't get all these declarations of "OMG epic fail!!11!`!12!!" when it's hardly even out of the fucking gate though. Seriously, at the very least the concept of this is not any more or less retarded than Marvel vs Capcom, and those turned out okay, so why is this getting the bum's rush right off the bat?

And for all of those saying that it's only the fatalities that make MK what it is: Bullshit. Anecdotal evidence: My high school had an UMK3 machine in the cafeteria back in the day, and because the administration were pussies they had the blood and fatalities turned off (which was retarded because the year before that they had a MK2 machine in there with everything enabled, but I digress). Yet, despite this, the UMK3 machine was still always packed, while the other contemporary games there were mostly vacant. The only games that came close to the number of players were NBA Jam TE, Raiden II, and D&D Tower of Doom. Yes, it would have been better if they'd enabled the blood and fatalities, obviously, but many many people still played it regardless, despite the fact that there were other, equally (perhaps even more) viable choices to be had. Honestly, I preferred ToD myself, but I still played more than my fair share of gimped out UMK3 as well.

Also, the thought of Meat or Mokap kicking Superman's or Batman's ass is absolutely ludicrously hilarious to me, as much as would be, say, Aquaman vs Sub-Zero or something. If the game allows for these scenarios, I will be content. Unless the game sucks balls, that is, in which case I won't give a shit.
Im OK's Avatar
FWIW though, I'm still just waiting for something like this to become an actual official game and not just a fan-made flash thing.
The Unforgivable's Avatar
April's fools day is kind of late... Why they tryn to be Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter?!!
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Blackhat's Avatar
Not being able to rip off Aquamans head pretty much ruins any draw I initially felt.

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