NetherRealm Studios

COMPANY» Founded 2010-06-10

Chicago,IL,USA

Formerly known as Midway's Chicago studio and WB Games Chicago, NetherRealm Studios is now the development studio responsible for the Mortal Kombat series.

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Overview

When Midway filed for bankruptcy, Warner Brothers acquired various Midway assets for 33 Million USD, among them the Midway Games Chicago office. The acquisition also brought forth the ownership rights to several Midway properties most prominent of which was Mortal Kombat. In 2009 originally rebranded WB Games (Company) Chicago, the studio would only a year later in 2010 be folded together with Midway Games (Company) to create NetherRealm Studios and begin work on the newest iteration of the Mortal Kombat franchise under the leadership of Ed Boon (Person). The ninth installment of the Mortal Kombat series was the first game to be developed by the newely named studio and Martin Tremblay, President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment assured fans that they aimed to “re-establishing the brand with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment" and that "Mortal Kombat innovates on past games while staying true to the brand’s legendary characters and fighting style.” In addition to Mortal Kombat, NetherRealm alos sought to create a new fighting game IP wholey seperate from the Mortal Kombat line, the fruits of this labor resulted in Injustice Gods Among Us a fighting game based on the DC Comic universe.

Developed Games

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Batman: Arkham Origins (Game)

16 October 2013

Mobile game in the vein of Arkham City Lockdown

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Batman Arkham City Lockdown (Game)

7 December 2011

Infinity Blade meets Batman in this prequel spin-off of Batman: Arkham City.

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Injustice 2 (Game)

16 May 2017

When a new league of supervillains threatens alternate-universe Earth, it's up to Batman's crew of superheroes (and their shaky alliance with Superman's ruthless Regime) to stop them.

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Injustice 2 Mobile (Game)

14 February 2017

The mobile companion game to the sequel to Netherrealm Studios' DC fighting game.

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Mortal Kombat Mobile (Game)

7 April 2015

Mortal Kombat Mobile began as a companion to the console version of Mortal Kombat X in 2015, but transitioned into encompassing the franchise as a whole with the release of Mortal Kombat 11 in 2019.

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Mortal Kombat: Onslaught (Game)

17 October 2023

Onslaught is a mobile role-playing game set in the Mortal Kombat universe.

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Company details

Name

NetherRealm Studios

Abbreviation

Founded

10 June 2010

Location

Chicago,IL,USA

Website

http://www.netherrealm.com/

Aliases

WB Games Chicago,Midway Games Chicago,Warner Bros Games Chicago,Warner Brothers Games Chicago

Developed Games

• Batman: Arkham Origins (Game)
• Batman Arkham City Lockdown (Game)
• Injustice 2 (Game)
• Injustice 2 Mobile (Game)
• Mortal Kombat Mobile (Game)
• Mortal Kombat: Onslaught (Game)
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Published Games

• None
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Franchises

• Mortal Kombat (Franchise)
• DC Universe (Franchise)
• Injustice (Franchise)
• Batman (Franchise)
• Batman: Arkham (Franchise)
• God of War (Franchise)
• Hellboy (Franchise)
• Infinity Blade (Franchise)
• Justice League (Franchise)
• Marvel vs. Capcom (Franchise)
• Rambo (Franchise)
• RoboCop (Franchise)
• Spawn (Franchise)
• Superman (Franchise)
• Teen Titans (Franchise)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Franchise)
• Tekken (Franchise)
• Terminator (Franchise)
• WWE (Franchise)

People

• Phil LaMarr (Person)
• Susan Eisenberg (Person)
• Adam Baldwin (Person)
• Alan Lee (Person)
• Alan Tudyk (Person)
• Andrew Bowen (Person)
• Andrew Morgado (Person)
• Antony Starr (Person)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (Person)
• Bridgette Wilson (Person)
• Carl Lumbly (Person)
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Person)
• Cherise Boothe (Person)
• Chris Cox (Person)
• Christopher Lambert (Person)
• Cristina Vee (Person)
• Daisuke Tsuji (Person)
• David Sobolov (Person)
• Ed Boon (Person)
• Enuka Okuma (Person)

Characters

• Kuai Liang (Character)
• Scorpion (Character)
• Raiden (Character)
• Johnny Cage (Character)
• Kano (Character)
• Shao Kahn (Character)
• Baraka (Character)
• Goro (Character)
• Jax (Character)
• Kitana (Character)
• Kung Lao (Character)
• Liu Kang (Character)
• Mileena (Character)
• Shang Tsung (Character)
• Sonya Blade (Character)
• The Joker (Character)
• Batman (Character)
• Bi-Han (Character)
• Ermac (Character)
• Quan Chi (Character)

Concepts

• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• Guest Character (Concept)
• Unreal Engine 3 (Concept)
• Heat Vision (Concept)
• Lightning Manipulation (Concept)
• Martial Arts (Concept)
• Alternate Costume (Concept)
• Blood (Concept)
• Cryokinesis (Concept)
• Cyborg (Concept)
• Fatality (Concept)
• Fire Manipulation (Concept)
• Hand to Hand Combat (Concept)
• Jump (Concept)
• Online (Concept)
• Projectile (Concept)
• Superhero (Concept)
• Teleportation (Concept)
• Voice Acting (Concept)
• Alternative Blood (Concept)

Locations

• Netherrealm (Location)
• Outworld (Location)
• China (Location)
• Earth (Location)
• Gotham City (Location)
• Psychiatric Institution (Location)
• The Pit (Location)
• Arkham Asylum (Location)
• Batcave (Location)
• Cemetery (Location)
• City (Location)
• Dead Pool (Location)
• Fortress of Solitude (Location)
• Living Forest (Location)
• Shao Kahn's Battle Arena (Location)
• The Krypt (Location)
• The Subway (Location)
• Arena (Location)
• Atlantis (Location)
• Bell Tower (Location)

Objects

• Mask (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Sword (Object)
• Cape (Object)
• Katana (Object)
• Bow (Object)
• Gloves (Object)
• Laser (Object)
• Pistol (Object)
• Razor Hat (Object)
• Arrow (Object)
• Chains (Object)
• Fingerless Gloves (Object)
• Fist (Object)
• Hammer (Object)
• Knife (Object)
• Missile (Object)
• Sai (Object)
• Bang Flag (Object)
• Candle (Object)