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Boon: “We think we’ve done Kratos justice” in Mortal Kombat
Ed Boon has said that the first time NetherRealm Studios saw Kratos doing the business in God of War, the team thought: “Oh my God, what a great Mortal Kombat character he would make.” Flash forward a...
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Mortal Kombat to feature DLC characters
Two DLC characters have been confirmed for Mortal Kombat: Kenshi and Scarlet. If the latter isn’t familiar to you, you’d better hit the books, son. While Kenshi, who debuted in Mortal Kombat: Deadly...
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Mortal Kombat creator would like to see more adaptations
Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has said he’d like to see more cross-media adaptations of the gory fighter. “I’d love it if this was the first of a number of things that we can do with Kevin and Warner...
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Online pass is “necessary for games,” insists Mortal Kombat creator
NetherRealm Studios head and Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has said that use of the online pass system is right for all games, including his gory fight franchise. Speaking to Eurogamer about the...
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Mortal Komat DLC to be out “within the next month”
Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has said DLC for the game will be released “in the next few weeks.” According to Boon, the DLC will also contain a patch which will add balance changes along with playable...
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Mortal Kombat retail-exclusive DLC packs to see general release
Mortal Kombat’s retailer-exclusive and pre-order bonus DLC will soon be made available for purchase. Creator Ed Boon tweeted the news, saying the DLC will be trailered on Friday. Unfortunately for...
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Ed Boon added Freddy Krueger to Mortal Kombat because he “made sense”
Ed Boon has said the inspiration for adding Freddy Krueger to Mortal Kombat as a DLC character was because NetherRealm wanted to add a famous character into the series that fit with the overall theme....
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Cliff Bleszinski wants to talk Marcus Fenix in Mortal Kombat
An interesting little Twitter exchange between between Netherrealm’s Ed Boon and Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski suggests a possibility of a Gears of War character appearing in a Mortal Kombat game....
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Netherrealm “absolutely” keen on Mortal Kombat crossovers
Netherrealm is just as wistful as gamers about the prospect of a new “Mortal Kombat VS” crossover game. “We absolutely have thought about it,” creator and Netherrealm boss Ed Boon told G4 when asked...
View ArticleNetherrealm Studios teasing “unexpected surprise”
Netherrealm boss and Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon is teasing an imminent reveal. “Unexpected surprise from NetherRealm Studios coming…….?” he tweeted. In response to queries, Boon said the surprise is...
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NetherRealm on break with Mortal Kombat, working on something else
NetherRealm head Ed Boon has said the studio is currently taking a breaking from Mortal Kombat, confirming the studio’s now working on something else. Speaking at the VGAs – we think this may have been...
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Mortal Kombat Vita has exclusive Challenge Tower, touchscreen fatalities
Ed Boon has said the development team really “went to town” with front touchscreen interaction in the Vita version of Mortal Kombat, but decided against making use of the system’s reach touchscreen....
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NetherRealm wants “to do more than just make Mortal Kombat”
Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm hopes to expand its horizons beyond the famed fighter series in the coming years. “I would be surprised if Warner Bros. and us never released another Mortal Kombat...
View ArticleInjustice footage shows Superman beating up the Flash
Check out fifteen minutes of Injustice: Gods Among Us, the DC-licensed fighter from the team behind Mortal Kombat. Netherrealm boss Ed Boon presented the game to audiences at EVO; if you missed the...
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Injustice targeting “elaborate story” and strategic stages
Injustice: Gods Among Us isn’t just about having Batman beat up on Superman, it’s also focusing on a deep story and strategic use of the fight arenas, according to creative director Ed Boon. Talking to...
View ArticleInjustice: Gods Among Us DLC won’t interrupt multiplayer for non-buyers
Injustice: Gods Among Us developer NetherRealm has revealed that the game will push DLC content to all formats and players – even if you don’t buy it – so that you won’t be excluded from multiplayer...
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Injustice: Gods Among to be us less “gratuitous violence”, more “over-the-top”
Injustice: Gods Among us trades DC comic characters for Mortal Kombat’s colourful kombatants, and according to NetherRealm boss Ed Boon, it throws out the gore in favour of spectacle. “We replaced...
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Mortal Kombat sequel ‘needs innovation, not just new characters’, says Boon
Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm has revealed that work on a follow up to its 2011 brawler has not yet begun, but once it does, it can’t just be a new update that adds exta characters. Instead, it...
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Injustice: Gods Among Us – arena choice is just as important as character...
Injustice: Gods Among Us arena choices will be just as important as choosing a character in the game, according to Ed Boon. Speaking at the EB Expo in Sydney, Boon said chosen arenas are important in...
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InJustice: Gods Among Us getting the comic book treatment
InJustice: Gods Among Us is getting a comic book, according to Netherrealm’s Ed Boon. “We’re working on an Injustice comic book to carry the story and tell the events that came before the game,” Boon...
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