PlayStation

Reader Review: Mortal Kombat On Vita

Mortal Kombat on the PS Vita. Like its bigger brother, it also got a massive RC stamp, and a boot on the backside from the Classification Board — but what’s it like? Regular reviewer Blue Maxima braved it, and came back unscathed with this reader review!


May 18, 2012
Xbox

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games In Japan (That Were Never Released There)

Multi-national releases are a difficult process. Not only are there linguistic and cultural barriers to overcome, but very often content or simple monetary reasons can keep a game from entering one country or another. Even so, some games are desired despite their limited availability no matter where you are.


May 16, 2012
In Real Life

What Do Predator, Mortal Kombat, Dragonball Have In Common?

This guy is Mike La Jute Blanche. He’s a French cosplayer, and holy crap, he is good.


May 8, 2012
In Real Life

The Dorkly Weekly: Video Game Real Estate Agents Have It Rough

Filled with rusty meet hooks, jumping snakes, and the odd retractable bridge over a pit of bubbling lava, video game real estate isn’t exactly burning up the market. Well, in some cases it is, but only literally.


In Real Life

Dream Mortal Kombat Cameo Proves Dr Robotnik Can Be A Right Murderous Bastard

In the latest instalment of CurtainsAreOnFire’s Mortal Kombat Secret Character Tryouts video series, the Angry Birds get angrier, Paperboy delivers carnage, and Dr Robotnik finally creates an obstacle course capable of murder.


May 5, 2012
Retro

What My Favorite Fighting Game Character Says About Me

I almost flunked uni because of Mortal Kombat on the Genesis. (Yes, that’s how old I am.) Classes skipped, papers turned in late and reading assignments left barely skimmed, all because I was trying to perfect my Scorpion technique. And while the undead ninja from the gory fighting series is a favourite of mine, he’s not the favourite. That honour goes to Lei Wulong, the occasionally drunk kung-fu cop from Namco’s Tekken franchise.


May 2, 2012
PlayStation

Mortal Kombat Comes To The Vita In Fine Form

It has occasionally felt like a dirty secret that Mortal Kombat 9 was one of my favourite games of last year. But there it is. It hit just the right blend of punchy violence, imaginative special moves and accessibility, and it got me invested in the (silly) Mortal Kombat universe and its (ridiculous) characters all over again.


May 1, 2012
In Real Life

The Most Brutal Mortal Kombat Fatality Isn’t Always The Bloodiest

Wait, what? I didn’t pay for front row seats to the Mortal Kombat tournament just to be deprived of bloody entertainment!


April 27, 2012
In Real Life

Ill-Fitting Kitana Cosplay Meets Gravel-Walking Mileena In Live-Action Mortal Kombat

Remember the ill-fitting costume that the Kitana model wore to promote Mortal Kombat on the Vita? And the model who had to brave fields of gravel in heels as Mileena?


April 24, 2012
In Real Life

How Hollywood Managed To Not Screw Up Mortal Kombat, The Movie

Editor’s note: Hollywood seems to have a penchant for shitty video game adaptations, don’t they? But the utter disaster that was a movie like Super Mario Bros. didn’t quite scare away movie producers and directors.