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    News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    With reports of strong sales of its last Mortal Kombat title, Midway games is already planning the next iteration of the fighting series.
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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    I thought Midway had gone to the wall

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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    I thought Midway had gone to the wall
    Yep

    TBH I think unless their next one is jaw droppingly good (which I will put money on it not) it will be the end for them

    Times have changed, The days of Mortal Kombat, Killer instinct, clayfighter, gods of war and to a point tekken are over. Only ones that seem popular still are street fighter (flogging a very alive cash filled horse....) and tekken/soul caliber and a couple of others seem to do ok like DOA (but horrendous film)
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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    Quote Originally Posted by finlay666 View Post
    Yep

    TBH I think unless their next one is jaw droppingly good (which I will put money on it not) it will be the end for them

    Times have changed, The days of Mortal Kombat, Killer instinct, clayfighter, gods of war and to a point tekken are over. Only ones that seem popular still are street fighter (flogging a very alive cash filled horse....) and tekken/soul caliber and a couple of others seem to do ok like DOA (but horrendous film)
    how can you say such a thing about DOA the movie.

    it had me and the missus in stitches throughout the entire movie, we just couldn't stop laughing at the horrendous acting. and really poor storyline.


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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    Quote Originally Posted by finlay666 View Post
    Yep

    TBH I think unless their next one is jaw droppingly good (which I will put money on it not) it will be the end for them

    Times have changed, The days of Mortal Kombat, Killer instinct, clayfighter, gods of war and to a point tekken are over. Only ones that seem popular still are street fighter (flogging a very alive cash filled horse....) and tekken/soul caliber and a couple of others seem to do ok like DOA (but horrendous film)
    do you even know what god of war is or are you just throwing that one in there for the hell of it?

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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    Quote Originally Posted by sp3n View Post
    do you even know what god of war is or are you just throwing that one in there for the hell of it?
    Sorry I was meaning war gods, had a brain fart
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Gods_(video_game)

    Wasn't reffering to the Sony game with Kratos
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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    now it makes more sense

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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    Quote Originally Posted by finlay666 View Post
    Times have changed, The days of Mortal Kombat, Killer instinct, clayfighter, gods of war and to a point tekken are over.
    To be honest, of the list, only Mortal Kombat spawned enough sequel for that observations to be accurate. KI was well received (more than I understood), and I reckon that it only faded in fans memory because no further sequels were made in over a decade.

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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    KI is still one of my favourites. Since Rare had moved to miscrosoft I've always hoped they would have created an XBLA version.

    The last MK (vs DC) wasn't too bad, I quite enjoyed it.
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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    KI is one of the games that there seem to be constant rumours of a sequel.

    I reckon especially in the current climate with the popularity sf4 has garnered then a new KI would go down well

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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    i'd definitely buy a new version of killer instinct i plummed hundreds into arcade machines playing that game as kid/teen


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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    Quote Originally Posted by Blademrk View Post
    KI is still one of my favourites. Since Rare had moved to miscrosoft I've always hoped they would have created an XBLA version.

    The last MK (vs DC) wasn't too bad, I quite enjoyed it.
    I'm still pestering one of the guys I know at Rare to make it too

    there is hope, esp as Perfect Dark is coming out
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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    If you think about it, the last KI game came out the same year as Duke Nukem 3D. Only difference is that there has been no actual talk of development in progress. But it does show how long it's been.

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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    I remember seeing KI on Gamsmaster when they where showing off the boxers crazy combo wasnt it like 112 hit or something?

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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    i think that's one too many mortal kombat games now and this series should just be lay to rest

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    Re: News - What next for the Mortal Kombat franchise?

    One of the reasons ive always been hooked on MK is the great storyline!

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