The official release of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is imminent and with much talk about available function at launch amongst fans, developer Digital Eclipse has outlined exactly which games will offer online matchmaking, and how it works. Get the details here:

Multiple versions of your favourite klassics will be available for online competition at launch, but initially these options will be restricted to randomized opponents. Online Options will allow you to filter random opponents based on connection strength, input lag, and other unspecified details, but challenging your old arcade buddy -- or mortal nemesis who killed your family and clan -- will have to wait. Public & Private Lobbies are expected at a later date, with more details to come.

Fortunately there will be multiple versions of most of your favourite klassic titles ready to host random online battles with first adopted with Mortal Kombat X. These include definitive Arcade builds of Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, and Mortal Kombat 4, as well as console-specific ports.

Nintendo's original Switch won't have access to MK4 online, but otherwise there'll be plenty of retro rumbling ready to satiate your hunger for klassic kombat. Thanks to Legacy Kollection's extensive customization and secret options -- you'll also have no trouble with the Blood Code!

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Online competition isn't your thing? Single player options are well and truly covered with the inclusion of MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero and MK Special Forces! Preview examples of MK4 enhancement options and watch the latest trailer.

Will you board the online nethership to be part of the first randomized online match-ups? Tell us which version of MK Legacy Kollection you'll be playing and which games you're most excited to revisit in the comments below! Dig deeper into the phenomenon in the 2D Kombat Klassics and 3D Kombat Klassics discussion categories!

It's been a couple of months since movie sequel Mortal Kombat II announced a change to its theatrical release schedule, and although it left fans disappointed to have to wait until next year, the latest change will bring a minor reprieve for those eager to resume live-action kombat on the big screen. Read on:

Deadline reports that New Line Cinema has changed the date again, bringing the official theatrical release of Mortal Kombat II forward by one week to May 8th, 2026.

The studio is said to be very confident and excited about the movie, so much so that a third installment is being considered with writer Jeremy Slater, and producer Todd Garner, continuing their roles on the prospective sequel. Slater acknowledged the plan for another go around during the recent New York Comic-Con live event.

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Ed Boon is co-creator of Mortal Kombat and Chief Creative Officer of NetherRealm Studios, but he's trying on some new hats as Mortal Kombat II draws nearer. The face of the franchise played host at the New York Comic-Con, discussing the upcoming film with cast & crew, and giving us a preview of his role. Watch the whole panel experience right here:

Mortal Kombat II has been a victim of its own success according to returning director Simon McQuoid. The filmmaker invoked the popular opening scene from the first film while touting the momentum of the sequel, which is a Summer blockbuster that explores the realms of MK -- moved from its October release to May next year. "You will cry when you watch this movie" says Boon, who has seen it multiple times, and emphasized the emotional drama as well as the action.

Karl Urban and writer Jeremy Slater discussed their interpretation of a brooding Johnny Cage, who's fallen out of his martial arts training and successful moviestar career, but will rediscover himself as he's recruited by Raiden (Tadanobu Asano) and Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) to compete in the Mortal Kombat tournament.

Adeline Rudolph may have earned a yellow belt in taekwondo, but she worked hard to adopt fight choreography as Kitana. She shares the film as one of its main characters, struggling with Tati Gabrielle as Jade, a real life best friend whose loyalty is torn under Martyn Ford's evil Emperor Shao Kahn. Of course, they aren't the only new talent hitting the screen. Boon unveiled his cameo role of Ed the Bartender, as well.

The cast also did battle with cosplaying fans in a round of Kombat trivia. Live stream watchers couldn't see the behind the scenes featurette shown to the NYCC crowd, but you can watch it now right here. Mortal Kombat II comes to theatres and IMAX starting May 15th, 2026. Are you excited by what you've heard? Share your thoughts in the comments below and discuss more movie mayhem in the Media & Merchandise category!

Mortal Kombat II is the blockbuster film sequel to the 2021 live-action movie reboot. Delayed until next year, the movie has a little more time to whet fans appetites during New York Comic-Con with a featurette promising a bigger action-adventure blockbuster with fatalities and more. Watch:

Newcomers Karl Urban (Johnny Cage), Adeline Rudolph (Kitana), and Martyn Ford (Shao Kahn) lead a chorus of actors and director Simon McQuoid hyping the arrival of Johnny Cage, and all the super-sized action the sequel promises to contain.

Footage shows off Urban's movie star martial artist as he confronts the supernatural challenges of Outworld and beyond alongside Josh Lawson, returning as Kano, and Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada). The footage also gives us more Baraka, Noob Saibot, and Shao Kahn.

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The portals to the DC Universe are opening again -- and Mortal Kombat is front-and-centre among a group of popular guest stars arriving in DC Comics! Special guest Ed Boon appeared at the Jim Lee and Friends panel at New York Comic-Con to announce the surprise crossover which features another familiar face from Mortal Kombat 1. Read on for more:

Characters from the Dynamite Comics and Warner Bros stables will appear in a "bonus level" tie-in special to the headline-grabbing DC K.O. comics event. Sub-Zero, possibly in his Mortal Kombat 1 guise, appeared in a reveal graphic by artist Jeff Spokes, that also includes legendary comics icon Vampirella, Red Sonja from the Conan universe and Dynamite comics, Samatha The Bear from IDW horror comic Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, Anabelle - spooky doll from The Conjuring films, and fan-favourite fascist villain Homelander -- star of The Boys comics and live-action adaptation, and a Mortal Kombat 1 guest character.

DC K.O.'s loose fighting tournament structure, and quest to defeat the existential threat of big bad New God Darkseid, has already drawn frequent comparisons to Mortal Kombat, and fueled speculation that the next NetherRealm Studios video game could have something in common with comic book, as much as the Injustice series.

As reported by Popverse, DC Comics President Jim Lee explained "We thought it would be really cool to pull in characters from outside the DC multiverse and kind of spice things up". In addition to the February 2026 "bonus level" crossover special, DC K.O. pulls in elements of the popular alternate DC Universe of the "Absolute" comics imprint.

In February, IGN reported that DC Studios Co-Chiefs Peter Safran and James Gunn confirmed talks with NetherRealm Studios during a presentation. Gunn noted "We see designs for the projects in their very earliest stages. We talk about those. We talk about when they're talking about what the story might be, we say, ‘Well, maybe you want to go this way because we're planning on maybe doing something with this character and so forth and so on,’ and help to deal with that" In August, Gunn told a Peacemaker press event, ""We have a couple of little DC games coming out. But we also have talked about – and in early stages of planning – some bigger things. One thing in particular I'm excited about, but it does take time. There's been some changes in Warner Bros. Games, and so we're dealing with new people." The changes refer to a corporate restructure of WB Games around tent pole brands.

Fans might have to wait until next year to see who else joins the four-colour comics crossover, and if there's any overlap with NetherRealm's next game, but there's plenty of precedent for the MK/DC meeting to revisit. The brands first met in 2008's Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe video game, before reprising crossovers with DLC characters included in the Injustice [Scorpion], Injustice 2 [Sub-Zero & Raiden], Mortal Kombat 11 [Joker], and Mortal Kombat 1 video games [Peacemaker]. They were together again earlier this year when Mortal Kombat joined the pop culture cast of Fortnite skins.

DC Comics also notably won approval from fans with their 2015 Mortal Kombat X tie-in comic book, which told stories within the time skip between games with a broad cast of characters from series history. A relationship that could've tied the Warner Bros own properties closer together, as detailed by writer Gail Simone, who revealed an aborted pitch to fold the Mortal Kombat characters into the DC Universe permanently!

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