The earth shakes when Tremor enters the arena! Stop dreaming and start learning to master the elements in Kombat Klass:
Tremor's variations are Aftershock, Metallic & Crystalline. Each mode gives you different advantages to enhance your standard arsenal of special moves and basic attacks. Knowing characters can help you master their winning moves, or counter attack in the heat of battle. Broaden your mastery with previous Kombat Klass subjects: Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Cassie Cage, Jason Voorhees, Erron Black, Kitana, Kenshi, Tanya, Ermac, Kung Lao, D'Vorah & Predator.
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Only the strong will survive when the Predator enters the arena! Learn to stalk your prey in Mortal Kombat X by submitting yourself to the ritual of Kombat Klass:
Predator's variations are Warrior, Hunter & Hish-Qu-Ten. Each mode gives you different advantages to enhance your standard arsenal of special moves and basic attacks. Knowing characters can help you master their winning moves, or counter attack in the heat of battle. Broaden your mastery with previous Kombat Klass subjects: Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Cassie Cage, Jason Voorhees, Erron Black, Kitana, Kenshi, Tanya, Ermac, Kung Lao & D'Vorah.
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What motives could drive a Kytinn to play nice with others? D'Vorah is a brood mother unlike any other! Learn the secrets of the swarm queen in the school of learning that is the Kombat Klass:
D'Vorah's variations are Brood Mother, Swarm Queen & Venomous. Each mode gives you different advantages to enhance your standard arsenal of special moves and basic attacks. Knowing characters can help you master their winning moves, or counter attack in the heat of battle. Broaden your mastery with previous Kombat Klass subjects: Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Cassie Cage, Jason Voorhees, Erron Black, Kitana, Kenshi, Tanya, Ermac & Kung Lao.
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Compiling video game sales from the first half of 2015, Fortune has reported Mortal Kombat X is the top selling title for the year so far!
2015 Mid-Year Top 10
#1 Mortal Kombat X #2 Grand Theft Auto V #3 Battlefield Hardline #4 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare #5 Minecraft #6 Batman: Arkham Knight #7 Dying Light #8 NBA 2K15 #9 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt #10 Super Smash Bros.
The 2015 fighting game sequel beat out stiff competition, with Take-Two Interactive's always strong Grand Theft Auto sequel coming second.
Established franchises dominated the list of usual suspects overall -- Minecraft joining GTA as evergreen titles that were present in the list, this time last year!
Fortune calls Mortal Kombat X the "biggest surprise" of the 2015 mid-year list, citing increasingly visceral finishing moves as a presumed driving force for sales. The surprise can probably be attributed to Fortune's dated understanding of the series' appeal, and failure to adequately recognize the dedicated fan base that pushed Mortal Kombat (2011) to 3 million sales [read more]. MKX enjoyed consistent interest in pre-release, trending globally with the release of the first announce trailer last June [full story].
"... while there is still a strong fan base for the game, it wasn’t expected to be the best-selling title in the first half of the year. But by upping the gore in the game’s fatalities, Mortal Kombat X had the best launch in the history of the franchise—and that created buzz that kept sales strong."
Fortune also underestimated the highly anticipated conclusion to the Batman: Arkham series -- which hit the list with Arkham Knight just a week from its official release.
MK and Batman are a testament to the reinvention of Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment as a gaming power of this decade bolstered by well curated franchises, Both sequels came with troubled releases, however, challenging future instalments with the lingering concern of bug riddled PC releases, and missing ports for last generation consoles.
Mortal Kombat X Creative Director Ed Boon noted today there will be an update concerning the indefinitely delayed PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 release soon.
Sales data comes from The NPD Group, based on sales from January through the end of June. Agreements prevent the release of specific NPD numbers. Figures do not include definitive hard data for digital sales on direct platforms, eg; PlayStation Network & Xbox Live.
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The path back to cinemas has been long and hard for the once lucrative Mortal Kombat. A theatrical return has long been discussed, but struggles to exit development hell have waned amidst experimental webseries, and changes in culture.
The movie may have received its best backing to date, with The Tracking Board reporting Saw and Insidious director James Wan will join the film as Producer.
Wan is in hot demand of late, working his way from low budget horror to the pinnacle of Hollywood action blockbusters with this year's Furious 7. He's already attached to direct Warner Brother's 2018 superhero franchise builder: Aquaman, with Jason Momoa in the title role. Past Producer credits include the first five Saw sequels.
The Tracking Board cites Oren Uziel (MK: Legacy) and Dave Callaham (Doom) as script writers. The plot remains tangentially related to the fiction of the hugely successful video game series, centering around a "seemingly harmless guy" who discovers his hidden powers, and uses them to enter the tournament. The film has reportedly been described by the studio as "a departure from the mythology" featuring "darker, brutally real martial arts."
Mortal Kombat is underway with New Line Cinema and Broken Road Productions (Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Knight and Day). This month marks the 20th anniversary of the first New Line distributed Mortal Kombat movie.
