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Mortal Kombat license up for sale, plus crap new finishing move photo

God, I would totally buy the rights for Mortal Kombat. And then rape the license. Mortal Kombat vs. Clayfighters. Mortal Kombat Goes To Pac-Land. Mortal Kombat Animal Crossing. They wouldn't be the greatest games, but I bet I could do a better job with the franchise than Midway did.

So the license is up for sale now. Midway isn't doing so hot lately, and selling off one of their most popular games is how they're trying to bail themselves out. The publisher is seeking an “execution of an asset purchase agreement for the sale of Midway’s Mortal Kombat franchise assets,” according to court documents.

What is Midway without Mortal Kombat. though? Not much, right?

And here's a move that will want to make you rip out their spines: It seems that the Midway people selling off these properties (they just sold Wheelman) are paying themselves millions in bonuses, and they're using the cash that was previously promised to canned employees.

[Via VG247 and Kotaku]


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RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 08:45
RonBurgandy2010
I got $10! $10 right here!
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 08:46
Tubatic
Rockstar's Mortal Kombat.

Strauss/Houser Brothers, jump all on top of that. We all know you can afford it.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 08:49
RonBurgandy2010
After actually finishing the article, I strongly feel that Midway execs should be lynched. Nothing pisses me off more than selfish executives stealing money from the people they put into the poorhouse.
Doomsday Forte's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 08:55
Doomsday Forte
I agree with Burgandy, but unfortunately it's something that happens in more places than just Midway. It's mainly the reason why the president has set that pay cap on executives and stuff, so they don't abuse the stimulus money that they were going to abuse anyway. And probably still will find a way.

Don't you just love greed?
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 08:57
TheToiletDuck
to paraphrase the immortal A Tribe Called Quest :

Industry rule number 4080 - games company people are shady


I see RonBurgandy2010's offer of $10 and raise it.. offering them £10
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 08:59
MrSadistic
Microsoft should buy it up. Charging people 1200 MS points for each fatality or loss of limb sounds pretty awesome.
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 08:59
PappaDukes
At least they still have Gauntlet! AMIRITE!?
Freekdeman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 09:05
Freekdeman
Finish it, it would be the humane thing to do...
Scientist tz's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 09:07
Scientist tz
Re: Rockstar's Mortal Kombat

Now featuring:

30% more nudity
Exit wound rape
Realistic Physics
Just Another Juke's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 09:18
Just Another Juke
Maybe We Can See Some Shit Like Mortal Kombat Vs. Killer Instant... Rare Stop Being A Pussy And Make KI3...
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 09:19
F Whipple
I would buy Mortal Kombat vs Clayfighters at a high price. That's game of the year material
0bshaky's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 09:20
0bshaky
I hope EA gets it. They will continue the legacy of crap that Midway has brought thru the years with the MK franchise.

MK needs a whole new fresh start so please start with cutting out the block button. This is not a 3d movement game ya know.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 09:20
RonBurgandy2010
@ TheToiletDuck
I just saw another article saying our economy is falling even further, so your comment is even colder and funnier.
SephirothX's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 09:50
SephirothX
Capcom PLEASE buy this license!
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 09:51
Chronic Logic
Mortal Kombat vs Marvel vs Capcom vs SNK vs DC vs Soul Calibur vs Tekken vs ...
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 10:03
Magnalon
This franchise was sour since before MK4, when I was a kid.

Seconded Sephiroth! Buy this shit Capcom, so we can have a bomb ass Street Fighter versus Mortal Kombat game with SF4 graphics.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 10:12
Tubatic
@Sephiroth and Magnaton

Capcom would make MK pretty righteous and respectable: I hope that never happens!

MK's a two trick pony: Blood/Gore and Cheesy Kung-Fu-ism. Legitimizing that franchise with Capcom quality would be a shame
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 10:29
DaedHead8
MK vs Clay Fighter would be the best fighting game ever and everybody here knows it.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 10:53
Im OK
RIP Midway. Getting rid of Mortal Kombat is absolutely the nail in your coffin.

For what it's worth, I actually thought MK vs DCU wasn't too awfully bad, but oh well.

I hope Capcom gets the franchise, if only for even the remotest possibility of Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter/Capcom vs SNK vs Marvel vs DCU vs Tatsunoko vs Clayfighter vs Smash Bros Brawl vs... okay, getting carried away here.

Also, I read this and this on the POE News forums the other day. Apparently written by a disgruntled former employee of Midway. Interesting, if true, and I have no reason to doubt it.
smang's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 11:00
smang
they should bring back nba jam, that game was awesome.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 11:06
michiyoyoshiku
What SephirothX
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 11:06
michiyoyoshiku
I mean What SephirothX Said
Sam Spectre's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 11:57
Sam Spectre
That is horrible. Greedy bastards like that should be thrown in jail for the rest of their lives.
retroNutZ's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 12:07
retroNutZ
I liked the franchise, all the way up to MK2, everything past that was just nonsense. But I wouldnt say the series as a whole was awful.
BulletTrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 12:32
BulletTrain
Jesus, nobody could be any worse with the license than Midway was for the past 10 years.
BlackFreefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 12:58
BlackFreefall
You mean Mortal Kombat will be fun again? Sell sell sell.
q-pa's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 14:35
q-pa
"God, I would totally buy the rights for Mortal Kombat. And then rape the license."

You mean it wasn't already??
Teen Idol's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 14:35
Teen Idol
DIE MIDWAY DIE!!!!
q-pa's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 14:38
q-pa
And smang: They did bring back NBA Jam.
NBA Jam Extreme for the PS1, and "NBA Jam" for the PS2 and maybe other systems.

They were terrible.
pixelpunx's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 14:43
pixelpunx
Capcom, please! We NEED Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat!
DrScience123's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 14:54
DrScience123
Killer Instinct vs Mortal Kombat would have been way better then the DC crossover.
Unicorn's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 14:58
Unicorn
w...wh...what about my sequel to Psi-Ops?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 15:12
RonBurgandy2010
Fuck Psi-Ops, Second Sight was the superior psychic game.
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 15:53
Johnny Justice
Correction: Mortal Kombat Animal Krossing.
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 16:18
mrplow8
MK Vs. DCU was the first MK game since the series went 3D that actually felt like a Mortal Kombat game. I was hopeful that things were starting to turn around for the series, but now it'll probably be taken over by completely new people who will just drive it into the ground.

Companies like Capcom don't need to buy other people's IPs, they make enough money off of their own games. It's far more likely to be bought by some no name developer who will just cash in on the "Mortal Kombat" name and never actually do anything good with it.
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 20:03
Kalmah
Namco should buy it. While Capcom might not be such a bad idea, they're known more for their 2D fighters while I think we can all agree that Namco has just about perfected 3D fighting.
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2009 20:39
wanderingpixel
Hmmm... I think that who ever does eventually buys it needs to do a RE4 style total makeover.
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 00:33
mrplow8
@Kalmah
I'd rather play Mortal Kombat than Tekken or Soul Calibur.
Solivagant's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 09:31
Solivagant
Let Bethesda buy it so we can get Mortal Kombat VI: First Person Shooter!
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