Netherrealm Studios has sent out flattened renders (artwork) from the original cyborg assassin tandem of Sektor and Cyrax for January 24's Mortal Monday weekly event!
Mustard and Ketchup, as they were known during the development of Mortal Kombat 3, stand ready for battle. Sektor takes a martial art stance while Cyrax reveals his chest cavity, which is known to contain all manner of bomb, saw and claw.
In addition, a face many MK fans know was also included in this Mortal Monday. 1995's Mortal Kombat was one of the most praised video game movie translations of its day and remains among the prestigious group of praised video game based movies. The animatronic head of Prince Goro was recently sold at a prop auction by Amalgamated Dynamics Inc, but thankfully Netherrealm Studios themselves were able to pick up this prize before a private collector could and have provided us with an image of the lifelike monster voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson in the cult classic.
Warner Premiere has today issued an official press release to announce their upcoming ten episode, live-action digital series based on Mortal Kombat. A formality to confirm what was already widely reported January 15th; the release reiterates Kevin Tancharoen's role as director of the shorts, with filming set to start in Vancouver this February.
In reference to Tancharoen's work on the well known Mortal Kombat: Rebirth viral video [full story], the press release makes deliberate note of it's status as an "unofficial fan short." The ten episodes are also described as revealing unseen history regarding the characters fans "know and love", suggesting the digital series may have much closer ties to the video game canon than the urbanized versions seen in Rebirth.
No casting was revealed in the press release, but Michael Jai White has already made it known he will return to reprise his Rebirth role as Jax, appearing alongside confirmed characters; Scorpion, Johnny Cage, and Liu Kang.
Update Jan. 25: When asked if she would appear in the new project, actress Jeri Ryan, who appeared in Rebirth, confirmed via Twitter that she has been offered the role of Sonya and is in negotiations. Ian Anthony Dale offered similar confirmation on the 15th, regarding his return as Scorpion.
Update Feb. 6: Jeri Ryan has confirmed via Twitter that she has accepted the role of Sonya Blade. She will leave for Vancouver tomorrow, where the series is set to be filmed. Ryan notes her enthusiasm for her chapter, "BTW, just finished reading the whole script for Mortal Kombat. Holy crap... I think u might just love it. Get ready..."
If the digital shorts do indeed elaborate on the history of the icons of the franchise, they will be part of a noted effort to explore the characters and their stories, adding to animated vignettes that have already been released to reveal more about Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Mileena in the lead-up to the game.
Warner Premiere today announced development of a live-action digital series based on the best-selling Mortal Kombat videogame franchise. Directed by Kevin Tancharoen, known for his popular unofficial fan short Mortal Kombat: Rebirth which garnered over 10 million views online, and in conjunction with the upcoming Mortal Kombat videogame, this action-packed, digital series will take gamers deep into the history of warriors they know and love such as Scorpion, Johnny Cage and Liu Kang. Shooting for the digital series will take place in Vancouver starting in early February.
Mortal Kombat is one of the most celebrated videogame franchises of all time. Since its debut in 1992, it has spawned four arcade games, 10 console-based videogame titles, two movies (Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation), two televisions series (Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and Mortal Kombat: Conquest) and an animated prequel Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins. Additionally, a new Mortal Kombat game will be coming out April 19, 2011 on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
Available this spring through online digital retailers from Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, the Mortal Kombat digital series is an anthology of multiple live action shorts, each providing never-before-revealed insights into characters featured in the upcoming videogame as well as the game’s universe. Additional details, including casting, will be announced in the coming weeks.
The ten episode "digital series" will be made available this Spring, likely through avenues such as iTunes and Amazon. You can already find MK releases through these services: the first of WaterTower Music's Mortal Kombat: Songs Inspired by the Warriors collaborations with Teenage Riot Records has been made available as a pre-release [iTunes/Amazon].
Mortal Kombat, the new video game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, will be released April 19 in standard and special editions. Mortal Kombat Online will report on confirmed details for international versions as information is made available.
Today, Warner Bros. Games has officially announced the release date of April 19 for Mortal Kombat (2011).
In addition, they have released the box art for the new game on both systems
Finally, the Mileena gameplay trailer from yesterday [full story] is no longer a European exclusive and has been released to gaming entities in all nations.
NetherRealm Studios have released the next in their line of official character gameplay montages, this time featuring the malicious moves of man-eater, Mileena!
To download the videos yourself, you can use these links:
Mileena's trademark sai weapons play a prominent role as a classic projectile, along with other favourite moves from previous appearances, her telerport kick, rolling thunder, and a smoothly integrated leaping bite, among the highlights. The video shows off the improved fluidity of Mortal Kombat's new fighting engine, boasting seamless tag team assists, as well as bone crushing X-Ray specials!
Also included: dialogue between Mileena and an unseen character, whose voice was previously attributed to MK3 alumnist, Stryker, in a series of leaked audio files. It remains unclear if this is part of a seemingly interactive pre-fight intro sequence, or a brief snippet of the games confirmed story mode, which will operate similarly to the mode seen in 2008's Mortal Kombat versus DC Universe.
More intriguing, perhaps, is the appearance of a new background character. Over the course of previews, Shao Kahn's Coliseum has played host to a small handful of chained women in reference to the Mortal Kombat II appearance of Sonya and Kano.
This new character, an unindentified woman in red, may yet have ties to a teaser image posted to Twitter by Ed Boon in September, last year. Revealed as belonging to an unrevealed character in part of an incentive campaign to earn votes in a Gamespot competition [full story], the leg has been speculated to belong to Sareena, Sindel, or a long rumored fake character known as Skarlett.
If the very deliberate manner with which the trailer focuses action around the woman in red's section of the arena didn't convince you, then perhaps a playful message from the official Mortal Kombat Twitter feed will help:
A lot of tactical legwork went into today's Mileena trailer, too bad didn't reveal any characters. #OrDidWe
The gameplay video is currently exclusive to Eurogamer, and can be viewed at full size on their website. The video comes as response to massive support shown for Mileena on the official Mortal Kombat website. You can help unlock more materials by joining the official message boards.
For more Mileena, be sure to check out the barrage of materials released in January, including; fully rendered artwork, an animated backstory vignette, and design renders of both Mileena, and Kitana. Also available on iTunes and Amazon, the first track from Mortal Kombat: Songs inspired by the Warriors!
Mortal Kombat is expected to be released in April for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, available in standard and special editions. Information about international versions of kollectors extras is expected to be made known soon. Stay tuned to Mortal Kombat Online for updates.
Thanks to forum member for noticing our mysterious lady in red.
You can follow conversation and speculation about the character on the MKO forums. If you think you've spotted something special, or have a newslead, let us known!
The previously announced Kollector's Edition of Mortal Kombat showcased what NTSC players could expect, but what about PAL players in European regions? The wait is over as today merchant site Take 2 has revealed the contents of this package. From the website:
CONTENT of the Mortal Kombat Kollector's Edition: (note subject to change without prior notice)
* The Game
* A Figurine
* An exclusive SteelBook™
* A collectible Art book
* DLCs including an exclusive Mortal Kombat classic costume skin and avatar costumes.
The newest chapter of the iconic fight franchise marks a triumphant return to the series' mature presentation and a reinvention of its classic 2D fighting mechanic. Driven by an all new graphics engine, the fan favorite Fatality is back and presented in more gory detail than ever before. In addition, Mortal Kombat introduces a number of new game-play features including tag team and the deepest story mode of any fighting game. Players can choose from an extensive lineup of the game's iconic warriors and challenge their friends in traditional 1 vs. 1 matches, or take on several new game modes.
The included figure is unique to the ones offered for NTSC Kollector's Edition games. Instead of separate Scorpion and Sub-Zero figures, this figure is a statuette featuring Scorpion using his iconic spear on his nemesis, complete with generous amounts of blood.
Whether or not the every skin will be available from the NTSC region or just a specific one remains to be seen, we will update this story with more information once it is known.
Thanks to forum member for word on this story!
Update: 1/27/11 - We have added a high quality image to the story which shows off the features of this set better. In addition to the previously announced classic attires for Sub-Zero, Scorpion and Reptile European players will be treated to a palette swap of a different color: Ermac! The official Mortal Kombat Twitter has confirmed that the classic Ermac will be available in North America as well as Europe!
