Hahhahahaha. Does anyone still play Mortal Kombat? The last one sucked.

Good for you DC. Better get it out to get trounced by Marvel’s new Spidey game and new Ultimate Alliance.

C’mon Marvel/Capcom: kiss, make up, and show ‘em how it’s done.

Sweet Both Marvel and DC coming out with great games

First Rob Liefeld’s Apocalypse now..this.
Will the stupid ideas never end?

Not only does this sound completely enigmatic but on the other side it seems to be very exciting. I don’t feel like its going to make as big of a splash compared to Street Fighter 4. That game looks beautiful.

Also, this seems like it would have been real awesome 10 years ago.

The game could go either way, but that art is bugging me a little. It seems to be a problem for video games to get Batman’s face right. If you try to look at Bats without his mask on, his eyes would be kinda high up on his face. His chin/mouth are pointed outward and down a little too far.

But I’m just being nitpicky, will be interesting to see how this pans out.

I’m just hoping this’ll lead to a Mortal Kombat comic book series from DC. That’d be sweet… especially if they could talk Ed Boon in to writing it.

Meh. The last good Mortal Kombat game was like fifteen years ago. If DC had gone with Capcom for this, I’d be buying it in a second.

Hope they put Karate Kid from The Legion in there (with his high collar of course). He’d be right at home in the MK arena.

Haha, looks like a lot of fun. Definitely reminds me of the Marvel vs Capcom games. I’ve always thought that the MK universe had a great cast of characters, so hopefully this will turn out well.

“FINISH HIM!!!”

Superman: “Um, no.”
Batman: “I don’t think so.”
Wonder Woman: “Do you know how much crap I took after the last time I killed someone?”

Can’t wait for one of the MK characters to rip Batman’s spine out, with Batman shrugging it off with a “Been there, done that” attitude… then Batman slices his opponent’s head off with a Batarang.

Hell yeah! I hope we can see Superman and Aquaman rip Liu Kang in half!

Well, this is different. I’m not sure what to think just yet, but the idea is intruiging. I mean, since the idea of the series is to pluck the best fighters from Earth and have then fight the best fighters from Outworld, I suppose it is possible that the Earth they’ve gone to this time is the Earth that’s populated by DC characters. We’ll see.

They’ll surely have to take the finishing moves out - no way that DC would let their characters get used in an M-rated game, or would want to deal with the bad press of “violent video game where you rip Superman’s spine out.”

That is something I can get behind. Just as long as it has solid and diverse gameplay abilities.

You won’t be able to kill the DC characters. There is no way DC will let Sub-Zero rip Wonder Woman’s head off or let Superman melt Sonya’s face. MK, like it or not, for good or bad, is defined by two words: finish him. Without fatalities, MK is not MK. Even if the gameplay is superb, without fatalities, it just isn’t MK.

@Beheader: I literally, actually, honest-to-God laughed out loud at that. Nice one.

Your comment was in line with what I was thinking — this just seems like a weird match-up; I can’t picture any major DC heroes having any sort of Fatality move… (Maybe Lobo, the Spectre, or Guy Gardner, though.)

Odd. But hey, whatever.

The only way this works is if they focus on the more street level DC characters. I could see most of the Bat family, the Green Arrow characters, the Question, or maybe some of the Outsiders. But if they include folks like Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, of Flash, its just not going to work. There’s no way people like Liu Kang could go toe to toe with those types of powerhouses.

But will it sell?

Oh, and I forgot to mention that Marvel vs. Capcom worked because they both have similar violence levels. MK is too gruesome to pair up with mainstream super heroes.

Marvel vs. Capcom is friggin OVERATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There I said it. Bite me Marvel fanboys.

Marvel VS CapCom was total crap, I punch him and then wait five minutes for the combo to end, I punch him and wait ten minutes for his combo to end, lather, rinse, repeat. I want to play a Fighting Game.

It definitely seems like the Capcom characters would have been a better fit for DC’s universe, but I guess that’s not how business deals are done.

I see this manifesting as Darkseid sponsoring the fights but the actual storyline will be less violent with the fatalities and such being unlockable later.

I would love to see more DCU martial artists like Connor Hawke (snap–brain dead!), Batgirl (good or bad this month?) or Richard Dragon (”Chuck Dixon ruined me with a bad series”)…wait, no, maybe not.

But a Vic Sage Question that disappears in smoke would fit this game well.

Being a Marvel zombie, admitted DC hater, and enormous Mortal Kombat fan, nothing will give me more pleasure than literally killing these characters in disgustingly brutal ways.

Mileena,Frost, crap any of the females in the MK universe could mop the floor with the DC charaters,this game is piontless.

This sounds like a glorified MUGEN rip-off.
Could be fun, but I don’t know how Ed Boons says it is going to be ” serious”. Who can take somethung like this seriously?

They should have done it with Street Fighter or any other fighting game, I have a very hard time picturing Superman ripping people’s heads off or Batman stabbing them to death, or Wonder Woman breaking their ne….Ok I can picture Wonder Woman in that game but still…. Mortal Kombat is an awesome game but not really an environment for a DC game.

That said I’ll still play it but it’s going to be weird.

Well, this seems like a huge waste of time and money on everyone’s part.

On MK’s side, all the games after the MKII, which was great, sucked. Why they keep making them is beyond me because they don’t attract anywhere near the attention (maybe the revenue?) they did in the mid-90s. Unlike Street Fighter, which actually made gameplay improvements throughout its development (and no, animalities/babalities/friendships WEREN’T improvements), MK has always been about fatalities. That’s why it got popular in the first place. They didn’t play that well and looked marginal at best (the MKI sprites make my eyes wanna barf), so why play it? Because you could kill the other guy. I heard some of the more recent ones were ok, but the series just doesn’t have any kind of pull anymore, unlike Capcom’s franchises. So let’s face it: Capcom > Midway

DC just has a history of going to low-quality game producers in an effort to get their characters into video games (usually to try and respond to Marvel since they did it first). Remember Justice League Task Force? A sucky response to X-Men:Children of the Atom and Marvel Super Heroes. Justice League Heroes? A sucky response to X-Men Legends/Ultimate Alliance. Superman Returns? A sucky alternative to Spider-Man 2 or Incredible Hulk:Ultimate Destruction. This project is clearly meant to respond to the Marvel vs. Capcom games; however, they’re 10 years too late.

What we want is for Marvel and Capcom to make up, go to DC and say, “We wanna make Marvel vs. DC. Interested?” Hell, they could even throw the Capcom characters in there too. Sure, the amount of fighters might be in the hundreds, but Tobal No. 2 had 200 fighters, and that game was made by (then) Squaresoft.

As for this game, unless it gets stellar reviews, it’s just more proof DC is behind the curve when it comes to digital entertainment.

*End Sermon*

This will be the greatest game ever. I am so buying it.

Scorpion ripping Batman in two? Count me in.

Mortal Kombat hasn’t been big since it went 3d. If DC really wanted to try to make a game that got people’s attention they’d have Wonder Woman as an unlockable character in DOA and try to get Batman in Tekken! Now THAT would be huge.

if dc puts spawn in the game it going to be bad ass i cant imagine spawn been in soul calbure before

If there are no fatalities as the rumor says then it is NOT MORTAL KOMBAT!

Unless the PS3 suddenly starts selling like hotcakes and theres a price drop, there is no way in hell I’m playing this game.

People talk about comics and the “events” problem. Well, the video games industry these days is simply pathetic with Microsoft console that can’t even turn on and Gamecube 1.5 being popular for some odd reason.

I think the difference between this and Marvel VS Capcom is that Capcom’s characters lent themselves to over the top superhero-style battles than the Mortal Kombat characters do. They seemed to have something in common with the Marvel characters from the get go, so it only made sense that a company that had a pretty good track record with adapting those characters for a fighting game would do a mash-up with it’s biggest franchises. This just came completely out of left field from a company that has a sketchy track record at best when it comes to adaptations of anything, and doesn’t seem to have much of anything in common with DC. I mean really—Mortal Kombat’s claim to fame is not good gameplay—it’s gimmicky killing moves at the end of fights. How many DC heroes are they going to be able to scrounce up that would fit with this? And let’s not all kiss Marvel’s rear either—they allowed Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects to rear it’s ugly head not too long ago. I’m afraid that’s what this will end up like.

First off, I work for Midway. In my opinion, an “elseworld” of “outworld” promises some pretty cool matches between the best of the two universes.

Doing DC justice required a hard reset. The official site provides a glimpse of gameplay - http://worldscollide.com

With Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti crafting story to complement the dark, gritty next-gen graphics of the engine, I think the match-up will reinvent what gamers can expect from a fighter.

there making it rated Teen so we wont see any Fatalities with gore, they will have finishing moves, Personally I think its a crappy Idea They coulda thought about something else? I have one why not create a male or female ( for story or konquest) make them follow path of evil or good, create YOUR OWN FAT. and powers. you know wow look at all these Ideas they coulda came up with but no they went to RATED T area now we gotta see S.Man Lose Bye Sub zeros Ice Kriptonight

Thanks ED…. I thought you gave up on us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Crap!!!!! How DID I miss that comment right above mine??? Rated T!!!??? What the hell?? Ed Boon whats wrong with you man?? Dont get me wrong I REALLY like the JLA and most of DC, but those of us loyal to the MK universe have standards!!!! I mean its bad enough that MKA had generic fatalities for all kombatants, but Rated T fatalities??!!? We’ve been waiting a long time for something like this and they take away the ass ripping?? C’mon man gas is $3.50, we dont need that!!

also, Ed Boon will probably eliminate the gibberish each Mk character yells when they attack because it wouldnt match the DC characters, only thing that would make this Mk game dope, is if theres realistic blood, intenses graphics, realistic scenery that can be destroyed and more weapons, moves, combos,attacks, characters, and a tag team battle. I for one, doubt that this game would be a hit especially that the two games have characters that hane completely different costumes. This game is disgraceful and non tasteful and buying it would be wasteful. This is the WORST idea ive ever heard sinse Dynasty Worriors Gundam!!!

Honestly, I think this brings the overall quality of MK down. The only thing I think that could really turn this thing around is if they give all new powers to everyone including the ones they already have.

HaHa… Aquaman vs. Meat. Kabal vs. Flash. Liu kang vs. Karate Kid. Wonder Woman vs. Sonya. Onaga vs. Darksied. Maybe DC should of went with DBZ. I’ll buy this one just to see how they thought they could pull this off. MK can’t do a vs. fighter. nothing else fits into thier mythologies.

When are we going to see Marvel vs. DC? Come on people! How long must money sit in front of your face before you take it?

To all those idiots who keep spouting Diarrea of the mouth, about how “MK characters can kill any DC character hands down”, clearly you do not know the first thing about DC’s characters. Superman has the strength of a god, and is followed (Potentially even TRUMPED) by Wonder Woman, and Martian Manhunter. Sindel vs. Wonder woman???? Wonder Woman had to HOLD BACK her powers when fighting superman just to avoid KILLING him when he was hitting her with everything he had. And you are going to try to convince me that Sub-zero, Scorpion, or even RAIDEN, could take her down??? You people need to get your facts straight. Another thing, for those of you who keep saying “Man, MK is going to have to tone down their fatalities”….well, keep it on the record that MK is not the only one having to change some things for this game to happen. DC has had to tone down their nearly god-like characters, to make it a bit more plausible that they are fighting characters with human strength, and being beaten.

I love MK, and i love DC, but you people need to pull ur heads out of your asses before spouting “facts” that are actually more like opinions.

Another thing, those that only bought the game for fatalities (and you make yourself well known, by your obsessing over there being no fatalities) , well, u are the people that i mopped the floor with in the arcades with the games in this franchise. LOL You asshats that were only worried about a fatality, when i was busy learning the combos, and the game-play. MK is more than a set of fatalities. It’s a GREAT storyline. It’s graphic, great story-telling, and most of all, THEY WERE FUN. I think you people are missing the most important aspect of this.

FUN.