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The perfidious sorceror is back and ready to conquer Earth-realm once again.

#yoursouldishis It's wonderful to see the traitorous sorcerer Shang Tsung up to his old transforming tricks again, isn't it? More »

Bring the arcade experience home with King of the Hill mode online!

#gotnext Back in the day we used to gather around the Mortal Kombat machine at the local arcade, cheering or booing the current set of kombatants as we waited our turn to play. Next week's new Mortal Kombat brings that feeling back with the King of the Hill online mode. More »

#finishhim The first episode from the much hyped Mortal Kombat web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy is now online. More »

http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=FRMU1YyB-18 In advance of the release of the new Mortal Kombat, one YouTube user with some free time on his hands stitched together nearly two hours worth of fatalities and finishing moves from more than two dozen video games for your viewing pleasure. More »

#finishher Over the weekend, the community manager for his year's upcoming Mortal Kombat posted a handful of clips that feature the cosplayers representing Sonya Blade, Kitana and Mileena. More »

#flawlessvictory While it's had its fair share of cross-franchise cameos before, one thing Mortal Kombat has always lacked has been guest appearances by classic arcade mascots. Let's fix that. More »

Over 17 minutes of furious fatalities! The sixth episode of Fatality Friday brings a massive amount of mutilation from Mortal Kombat: Deception!

You know, just in case you were wondering.

Get a glimpse of Shang Tsung's character and how he pledged his life to Shao Kahn.

#mortalkombat Long before the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung discovered a portal to Outworld and pleged his service to Shao Kahn, he was known to take his baby by the hand and make her do a high hand stand. True story. More »

Big-budget web series coming April 12 to an Internet near you!

A new character story video for Mortal Kombat has been revealed via Gamespot. This latest Mortal Kombat trailer reveals what Shang Tsung has been up to. Check it out...

Planning to be in Vegas later this summer and know a thing or three about pulling off Fatalities? Good news: PDP Tournaments is coming to Bally's in Las Vegas on May 14 through 15, and is bringing along $21,000 in prize money for a Mortal Kombat tournament.

All you need to do to enter is sign up on the event's website (though you'll need to book a place to stay if you're not from around there, of course). The tourney will be played using official PDP Mortal Kombat joysticks, so you've got the option to shell out $129.99 at sign-up for your own to practice on.

The event sounds exciting: double elimination over two days of nothing but MK. Good luck to everyone who enters; we'll help you start psyching up right now.

#music This month's Mortal Kombat reboot will be accompanied by an all-new collection of electronic music inspired by the bloody, fatality-filled fighting game. You can listen to it right now, if you're looking for some new MK-inspired jams from the likes of MSTRKRFT, Skrillex and Congorock. More »

Will you be ready when the fatalities start to flow? We preview Mortal Kombat!

#video Mortal Kombat's most self-centered kombatant is the star of our latest look at the series' bloody revival. Watch as Johnny Cage lights up the screen in "Fight Dirty" his follow-up to "Ninja Mime." More »

The Deadly Alliance is here to spill some blood in the third dimension as Fatality Friday enters the 3D gameplay realm in the fifth episode!

#finishher First we got an all-ninja round of Mortal Kombat tag team action, and now Netherrealm Studios gives us an all-female battle royale. It's all fun and games until the crotch skin comes off. More »

#mortalkombat Mortal Kombat publisher Warner Bros. wants to encourage fighting game fans to buy new (or pay to play online) by implementing an "online pass" scheme for the upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game. More »

Warner Bros. may be following in the (very large) footsteps of Electronic Arts and THQ when it comes to discouraging -- or at least profiting from -- the sale of used games. Joystiq has learned from a tipster that when Mortal Kombat hits shelves on April 19, its box will include an "online pass" token that must be redeemed before playing online. At present, WBIE evidently intends to do the same for its high-profile releases F.E.A.R. 3 and Batman: Arkham City. Since the latter won't feature multiplayer, though, the token would have to unlock some other (equally attractive) content.

According to an email obtained from our source, which appears intended for retailers, WBIE won't be promoting the pass -- in fact, no reference to it will appear on the game's packaging. Instead, it is apparently providing retailers with details on the pass, including how to purchase a new one if you're buying a used copy of the game. Unsurprisingly, a new pass will run 800 Microsoft Points / $10 for Xbox 360 and PS3, respectively. We've contacted WBIE for comment on this information. You can find an excerpt from the retailer email past the break.

In an article that has since been pulled from CVG, NetherRealm Studios producer Hans Lo seems to have let some new info slip about the studio's post-release plans for its upcoming fighting game, Mortal Kombat. He named the first two downloadable characters for the game, the blind, sword-toting ninja Kenshi and a new lady in red, named Scarlet.

Scarlet is perhaps the more interesting of the two potential options, though only because her origin isn't the result of careful design. In the arcade version of Mortal Kombat II, a red version of Jade, Kitana, or Mileena would occasionally load due to some sort of palette glitch. Much like any other inexplicable or unnamed character or bug in any of the early MK games, fans quickly assumed this was some sort of deliberate secret, and took to calling the character "Skarlett." With no official spelling available for the character, we'll have to wait and see how that all comes out.

Kenshi as he appears in MK: Deadly Alliance In the interview, Lo said that Scarlet will feature a unique fighting style and move set. The same goes for Kenshi, who has already appeared in numerous MK games as a playable character. "They won't be copy and pasted from characters already in the game--they're going to have their own unique fighting styles, moves, fatalities and X-rays--all the good stuff," Lo declared.

Assuming the now-removed interview is accurate, Lo is also quoted as saying to expect these two add-ons relatively soon-ish after the game's launch. No price, of course, was announced for either character.

#rumor If you think looking at a character select screen for a fighter is a spoiler, move right along. If you'd like to see what looks like the final roster for the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot, though, please continue! More »

Wait, you mean to tell us that even though the game hasn't actually come out yet, you're already bored with the roster of fighters included in Mortal Kombat? How is that even possible? Regardless, you don't need to worry -- Netherrealm's Hans Lo recently revealed to CVG that two new kombatants are already in the works for post-launch DLC: Series regular Kenshi, and "Scarlet," a fully fleshed-out character based on a glitch in the old Mortal Kombat arcade machines, which turned Jade, Kitana and Milena blood red.
Lo explained, "People always thought it was a hidden unlockable character and it wasn't, it was purely a programming glitch." He added, "She's no longer a glitch - she's an actual character, and she'll be coming pretty soon post-launch." We wish other developers were this sentimental about their earlier mistakes -- maybe then we could finally get that Laddergoat game we've always dreamed of.

It's time for some more fatality fun featuring the blood spilling, limb severing, face scorching and downright painful deadly endings of Mortal Kombat 4!

How naturally does Kratos fit into the Mortal Kombat universe?

#readyfight Scorpion and Sub-Zero square off against Cyrax and Sektor in the ultimate ninja-on-ninja battle. Come for the fighting, stay for the scenery! More »

PS3 owners: here's what you'll get in your version of Mortal Kombat.