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Mortal Kombat
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One of the goriest fighting game franchises returns to its roots, introducing a new story that re-tells the events of the first three Mortal Kombat games (with a unique twist).
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"The Vita version of Mortal Kombat hits just as hard as its console counterparts."
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A proper fighting game.

Best Mortal Kombat game to date. Has the moves, story, violence, everything you'd want in a Mortal Kombat game. The amount of options for modes to play in makes the replay value high for anyone that b… Read more

Pretty kool game.

The last time I got excited with a new Mortal Kombat release was Mortal Kombat 4 to tell the truth. The fact Mortal Kombat was finally going 3D was too exciting to be missed. Ultimate was great, every… Read more

Mortal Kombat Review: Your Soul is Mine!

Mortal Kombat from NetherRealm Studios serves as a reboot of the series. Raiden has been defeated by Shao Kahn in the aftermath of Mortal Kombat Armageddon and sends a telepathic message back to his M… Read more

Mortal Kombat rebooted, is this the MK you know and love? or just another disappointment.

This is the new Mortal Kombat. Is that a good thing? Well this is just one mans opinion, but if that counts for something then i'm glad to announce MK is back and as bloody and unforgiving as many a f… Read more

A Legacy Redeemed

Mortal Kombat has had its ups and downs as a series - mostly downs, unfortunately, but it's always been a lot of ridiculous fun, especially when I was younger. With this newest entry, Ed Boon promised… Read more

The best Mortal Kombat game ever.

I haven't played all 3 classic Mortal Kombat games in a long time 20 years since the original MK made it to America. This year, I've finally got what I wanted to buy. Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition.… Read more

Visceral Perfection

Let me begin this review by informing the reader that I almost never play fighting games. I've enjoyed my fair share of time with the Super Smash Brother's series,but besides that, fighting games have… Read more

Getting Your Pants All Toasty

Franchise founder Ed Boon and NetherRealm Studios came back in a big way with 2011's reboot of the Mortal Kombat series, treating longtime fans and newcomers alike to a refreshingly familiar behemoth… Read more

The definition of a perfect portable game.

At first glance it may appear that this is just another half-baked console port coming to a Sony handheld. This is not at all the case. It is clear that NetherRealm has really taken time into making s… Read more

TRMK's Review of Mortal Kombat for the PS VIta

This is the review I wrote for over on TRMK . It appears here with my permission. Check that review out for all the pretty pictures I'm too lazy to move over here. MORTAL KOMBAT MOBILE HISTORY Over th… Read more

FATALITY! MK's back and more brutal than ever!

Mortal Kombat is a side scrolling Fighting game made by Netherrealm studios and Warner bros. games. It is a reboot of the popular fighting game francise which ended with M.K.: Armageddon. The game tel… Read more

mortal kombat

OVERVIEW:I have to say that i love the mortal kombat series.Are fantastic in every way.It has graphics,gameplay,sound and of course the stab of the series gory violence.It's satisfying to cut your opo… Read more

Mortal Kombat Review: Your soul is mine

Mortal Kombat from NetherRealm Studios serves as a reboot of the series. Raiden has been defeated by Shao Kahn in the aftermath of Mortal Kombat Armageddon and sends a telepathic message back to his M… Read more

A fighter that never let's up

Mortal kombat 9 manages to accomplish a rare feat. that most video games now a days can't dare to dream of and that is to actually be worth the 60 dollar price tag. It has a complete and masterful sto… Read more

Mortal Kombat: Kanon isn’t set in stone

Having been away from fighting games for a long time, I missed out on the MK series’ previous instalments, later in the series, so I never really knew that Mortal Kombat had a storyline other than a b… Read more

Immortal Kombat

This years greatest rebirth of a franchise for me is none other than Midway’s own Mortal Kombat or to those of you who like to strap an instalment number on it MK9. The major bugbear of my weekend wou… Read more

Mortal Kombat gets the reboot it needs and deserved

Mortal Kombat fans had to stand by as Capcom unleashed Street Fighter IV in 2009. That long running franchise which garnered critical acclaim from fans re-lit the fighting game flame when it was relea… Read more

An American Tradtion Redefined

Mortal Kombat is a fighting video game franchise that has been slowly slipping off of every fighting game fan’s radar, up until now. With the last two releases — Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and Mortal K… Read more

A great throwback

I still remember seeing the first video for Street Fighter IV thinking "I wish us Mortal Kombat fans got treated this way" (while looking at the prospect of the upcoming MKvsDC). But finally this was… Read more

Almost a Flawless Victory...

My personal experiences with Mortal Kombat are far from what most would consider the "golden age". At the end of the day, although I'm sure some have fond memories of Armageddon and MK vs. DC (yes, I'… Read more

Kinda Cheap but Really Fun

Mortal Kombat 9 (that’s what I will be calling to clear up any confusion) was developed by NetherRealm Studios . NetherRealm Studios is made of members from Midway Chicago and WB Games Chicago. Mortal… Read more

A "Klassic" Return to Form

It’s hard to think that a game like Mortal Kombat once carried such a strong prohibition force. It seems almost quaint that the cherry-red blood and impossible anatomic mutilation—such as five ribcage… Read more

Mortal Kombat is back in brutal bloody style

It seems like it's been forever since theres been a Mortal Kombat (MK) game that has been so well received by the diehard fans, press and new comers to the MK franchise and up until this game I wouldn… Read more

Like dismembering dudes? Then you should probably play this.

I was nervous about the prospect of importing this after it'd been refused classification on our shores. It was difficult to determine the legality of doing so. A bunch of people said it was fine, som… Read more

Get Over Here...and play Mortal Kombat!

Mortal Kombat 2011 Mortal Kombat comes back strong and hard for its ninth installment titled simply Mortal Kombat. This game is somewhat of a reboot to the Mortal Kombat Franchise both in terms of sto… Read more

MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAAT

I remember playing MK 1 and 2 in the arcades when i was a young lad, but as i got older the MK games refused to really grasp my interest. I bought UMK3 for XBLA a couple years back and enjoyed my expe… Read more

Nearly a Flawless Victory, But Close Enough to One...

Mortal Kombat is back in a big way and it is glorious. The franchise has been through a lot despite still being successful over the years. Even though the past 3D games weren't amazing especially in t… Read more

Yo, Mortal Kombat is actually good again.

Finish him. Two words that if your a child of the late 80’s early 90’s almost always triggers visions of Mortal Kombat. Now nearly 19 years and 8 games later the 9th game in the series simply titled “… Read more

The Komeback Kid - Mortal Kombat Komes Full Circle

Updated this review to include a look at the multiplayer elements for the PS3 version. Enjoy, and please leave some feedback! Also if you don't like this review leave a comment telling me how to impro… Read more

Bloody good fun

Back in the days of the SNES, there was only one fighter for me - Mortal Kombat. Well, make that two, Mortal Kombat 2 also had my heart. To my young brain, far too young really, there was nothing fine… Read more

I don't buy fighting games. I bought Mortal Kombat

I have never been a big fan of fighting games. I have played Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and can respect those games as great fighters but they never appealed to me. However, I hav… Read more

Highly recommended

Mortal Kombat will serve any fan of the series and fighting games in general. This ninth entry to the main series has plenty opportunity to fight dudes in gruesome manners in addition to a plethora of… Read more

Why are you reading this and not playing Mortal Kombat.

Mortal Kombat is a franchise that I feel lost it's way somewhere around Deadly Alliance. While always being known for its high amount of blood and gore, it went from a 2D to a 3D format and the change… Read more

And the award goes to...

Mortal Kombat is a reboot of the franchise and a game that is getting firmly back to the roots it laid with the first 3 games. This game is fan service at its finest and anyone who was already a fan o… Read more

Mortal Kombat!

Mortal Kombat is a very messy and gory game... and its damn fun this game looks great and play's even better back to the classic two d game style of the original 3 games some could say Mortal Kombat i… Read more

Reminiscent of MK Trilogy for this Generation. MK Return to FORM!

It's been a LONG LONG time since I have been interested, at all, in a fighting game. The most recent fighting game I actually paid for (not played) was probably... Tekken 2. Anyway, I've been a fan of… Read more

Mortal Kombat

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Mortal Kombat is back.

I’ve grown up with Mortal Kombat. Through the years, the bone-crushing series has progressed from 2D stop-motion sprites up to the 3D offerings on the current generation of consoles. Mortal Kombat vs.… Read more

A return to greatness for the MK series

Back in the late 80s and early 90s, I was an arcade junkie. Weekends, after school, before or after work. Whenever I could, I was someplace with an arcade machine or a full fledged arcade. And the gam… Read more

The Fighter That Hooked Me

I have a confession to make; I did not play much Mortal Kombat before this game. I had a copy of Armageddon, but something about it just didn't grab me. In fact, that's something that can be said abou… Read more

Mortal Kombat Review (PS3)

For me Mortal Kombat has always been a series that had lost its way after Mortal Kombat 3 back in 1995. But with this newest instalment I can honestly say the Mortal Kombat is back and it’s ready to c… Read more

Successfully Re-establishes and Redefines a Masterpiece.

I can't believe that in 2011, I was this excited about a new Mortal Kombat game. 2008's massively disappointing Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe left many fans upset after the T rating controversy, and w… Read more

Mortal Kombat Review: Your soul is mine!

Mortal Kombat from NetherRealm Studios serves as a reboot of the series. Raiden has been defeated by Shao Kahn in the aftermath of Mortal Kombat Armageddon and sends a telepathic message back to his M… Read more

Heads, and everything else, will roll

The latest Mortal Kombat seems designed to appeal to those select group of people who say "why can't they make <insert game here> anymore?" The series hasn't exactly been starved for new release… Read more

Toasty!

I pre-ordered the Tournament edition a few months back and I have to say that I am impressed with the contents. The arcade style joystick is no joke. Playing with it makes you feel as if you had skipp… Read more

arcade dreamer

I remember the first time I laid eyes on the original in the arcade. I couldn't believe my eyes. The gore. The brutality. The sheer excitement of not knowing what to expect next. Then came part 2, whe… Read more

Best Darn Fighter I've Laid My Mitts On

Alright I'll keep this short. Got my game at midnight and these are my thoughts thusfar. The game is bad ass. It's the most polished fighter I've seen in a LONG time. Lets break down the graphics firs… Read more

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