Russian gaming magazine Gameland has released a preview of their upcoming feature article on Mortal Kombat.
The digital screenshot shows the page layout of the article along with a render of the Edenian princess Kitana posing with her Steel Fan's.
The article is to include an Interview with the games producer - Hector Sanchez which was made during the Gamescom 2010 event also.
Gameland Magazine, Issue 314 is available on Russian Newstands now!
IndustryGamers has conducted a lengthy new interview with Mortal Kombat executive producer Shaun Himmerick. The interview touches on several points such as online gameplay features, the team's relationship with Warner Bros. and the possibility of games on the handheld systems. From the article:
IG: A lot of social features are making their way into titles. Are you planning anything to make the Mortal Kombat community bigger?
Himmerick: Yeah, we’re doing two big things. We’re doing tournaments, but we don’t consider that a big part of our thing. We’re doing all the standard features like that: online fights and tournaments. We’re also doing a thing we call King of the Hill. Which literally is trying to recreate the arcade feel, so you’ll get in and on the Xbox have your avatar and on the PS3 we’ll create some. Then your guys will sit there and watch the two guys fighting. So you can see the guys fighting, “Oh, he’s using that character!” [And then you can ] kind of plan, “Oh, I’m going to use this character against that. He keeps using that move over and over, I know how to battle that.” And you can watch your guy getting closer to the front of the line. It’s kind of like the quarter thing. So you can watch that and battle guys, stay in the line, and go, “Aww, man he’s done ten in a row!” And a lot of our menus you’ll see things like on King of the Hill, that guy’s won ten in a row, so people are trying to get in the room.
IG: You seem to have a really robust engine here. Are you planning PSP or even 3DS versions of Mortal Kombat?
Himmerick: We’re not launching day one on all consoles like that. We are looking at them, we have a PSP2 in the house, and we’re looking at the engine, like what can it support. Always a big thing for us is the performance. We’re running at 60 fps, what can we do and do we have to build all the art assets over. We’re definitely looking at them. PSP2 looks like it’s a pretty powerful machine. We don’t have a 3DS system in house yet, but we’re looking to get one, and we’ll certainly look at what its power is.
Though nothing new is confirmed, at the end of the interview Shaun does mention both Raiden and Shao Kahn as "confirmed", though doesn't necessarily say that Shao Kahn is a playable character. The implication is there however, so we will keep our eyes on how that pans out. To read the rest of the interview, click here.
Thanks to Mike Williams of IG for the word on this interview!
The rumored HD collection of the original three 2D Mortal Kombat games has once again made an appearance, this time being listed at GAME, an online merchant site for gaming in the United Kingdom. This reflects Gamestop's current listed release date for the game, currently slated for 11/16/2010.
However, the game remains unannounced at this time. We will keep our eyes peeled for official confirmation of this project, which should be soon if the release date advertised on these sites is to be trusted. Gamespot is covering this story as well.
Thanks to TemperaryUserName for the word on this!
By popular demand, the guys at Netherrealm Studios have released the first in a new series of MKasts! MKasts are their series of podcasts about upcoming Mortal Kombat games. This new season of MKasts is different in that it's done in video, with hosts Hector Sanchez and Hans Lo sitting in a "fireside" setting while footage from the new MK is shown.
This particular MKast was filmed some weeks ago, right before the MK team moved out of the old Midway offices to their new studio. Most of the discussion revolved around information previously already seen, with some insider talk about discussion of how new fatalities are made, feedback from the fans, and other items. Two items of note that were revealed were that the privately shown videos of gameplay and fatalities that were shown at E3 would not make it to the general public, and that the official website would become more of a community site, with forums and other features. At the end of the video, they answered questions from Twitter, and encouraged the fans to submit questions to Hector's and Hans's official Twitters.
For your convenience, the MKast is embedded below.
In support of Shao Kahn's recent battle in Gamespot, Ed Boon himself rallied the cause via his Twitter account, promising to confirm a character or give a new screenshot. Today, he posted a small portion of this said character.
The image shows the leg of what looks to be a female character, weaing a red boot and what appears to be a draping cloth with black markings. We can only guess at this character at this point. Initially, this leg seems to most closely match Sareena, a character introduced in Mortal Kombat: Mythologies: Sub-Zero, a game chronologically occurring prior to this game's storyline. A recent Shaun Himmerick interview hinted that rumored characters could become a reality in this game, leaving a possibility for a red version of Kitana and Mileena rumored in Mortal Kombat II going by the name of Skarlet (among other nicknames). Either of these characters would be our first taste of something that was not in the 2D games, so it is possible this could be a redesigned Mortal Kombat 3 character such as Sindel or perhaps an alternate costume of some sort for Mileena or Kitana.
As soon as more information is available, we will report on it. Thanks to Ed for uploading this interesting image!
Update #1: Unfortunately, Kahn has fallen. What this means for the identity of this character, we do not know. Whether you agree with Gamespot poll or not, we must be proud of ourselves, the MK community for getting this teaser as a result of our efforts. We will stay tuned to Ed's account and hope he decides to reward us for our efforts!
