Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: More Fights, More Tights

by Jordan Yerman | April 19, 2008 at 10:00 am

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Mortal Kombat is 16 years old?! Jeez, it seems like just yesterday that you could rip a ninja's spine out and swing it around...

Anyway, MK is back, but with a few twists:

The series has become an institution that's managed to change with the times and keep its fans--and this is no mean feat. The downside to that kind of longetivity is that 16 years in the public eye makes it pretty hard to deliver a surprise. Of course, after spending some time with MK series creator Ed Boon, we've seen it's not impossible. The veteran developer dropped more than a few jaws with his announcement of the eighth entry in the series, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Yep. That's right Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and the MK posse versus Superman, Batman, and familiar faces from the DC universe. And yeah, it's not going to be M-rated. How's that for some curveballs?

OK, so maybe you can't rip Robin's head off (c'mon, throw us a bone here, guys), but the additional combat engines sound pretty compelling. Still, the mixing of such different pop-culture worlds seems really jarring.