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Warner Bros. Interactive has released a new character vignette showing off Scorpion in NetherRealm Studios’ upcoming Mortal Kombat title. The video demonstrates a number of Scorpion’s classic abilities such as his harpoon, teleport punch and hellfire backflip. Judging from the trailer, Scorpion’s abilities give him great combo and juggle potential, meaning he could again prove …

Mortal Kombat mastermind, Ed Boon, says the latest upcoming MK game is the first in the series to be designed for the hardcore/tournament player. “This is the first Mortal Kombat game where we are consciously putting in features for the hardcore/tournament fighters and we have some amazing fighting game “experts” playing our game and giving …

Have you ever wondered why Scorpion and Sub-Zero don’t get along so well? Did Sub-Zero hit on Scorpion’s missus? Did Scorpion break the unspoken rule never to buy the same outfit as friends at the mall? Did Sub-Zero admit to wishing he was in Killer Instinct and break Scorpion’s heart? It has to be a …

Warner Bros. has opened the doors to its website for the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot. TheMortalKombat.com will place the spotlight on five ‘legendary characters’ including ninja duo Scorpion and Sub-Zero, as well as Tarkatan clone Mileena. The site will also feature a detailed look into the history and background of each character as well as …

Remember how satisfying it was to land a meaty uppercut into the jaw of a Mortal Kombat fighter and watch them fall to their spike-induced death? Well, good news. The trailer below shows how the classic level, called ‘The Pit’, has evolved through the times to its current lethal-looking state in the upcoming MK game. …

Tekken’s Katsuhiro Harada has revealed the first details on Tekken Tag Tournament 2. The series’ producer talked about double-teaming, the Tag 2 roster and, erm, walls in a recent interview at TGS, where the sequel was announced. Harada said that this time tagging in and out and switching attacks would be a bit more sophisticated …

The new Mortal Kombat is the one that will bring the series back into the spotlight, or so series creator Ed Boon hopes. The confident developer told IGN: “We saw this opportunity to sort of give [fans] what they want on every single level – not just the fact that we’re going to an M-rated …

When a couple of thugs raided gaming cafe PC Gamerz in Hawaii – demanding money and punching both monitors and the owner – it looked like gamers would be victims of abuse yet again. But those no-good hoodlums demanded a Nintendo DS from one Dylan Hayes. It was at this point they crossed the line. …

Rival fighting game producers Yoshinori Ono (Capcom) and Katsuhiro Harada (Namco Bandai) took to the stage at Comic Con this weekend to announce not one, but TWO Street Fighter vs Tekken games; Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter. Street Fighter X Tekken is headed to 360 and PS3, and being developed by …

Next year’s Mortal Kombat reboot is the first instalment to “focus hard on the hardcore player,” says series co-creator, Ed Boon. Speaking to Gamasutra, Boon says that while ultimately there are more casual players ready to be grabbed, hardcore players are the most vocal. “Oddly enough, this [new Mortal Kombat] is the first one in …

Warner Bros. today announced a new Mortal Kombat game is on the way. Evidently dubbed simply “Mortal Kombat,” the new game is being developed by a new team for release in 2011. The new team, called NetherRealm Studios, is being guided by original Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon. This new Mortal Kombat promises a “reinvention …