Apparently not too long ago, some guy on the IGN boards started a rumor about a Mortal Kombat vs. DC Comics fighting game in the works, citing an “inside source” as his feed. People dismissed it as false, and moved on about their business.

Now it seems the rumor is getting more hype. TRMK.org, one of the more prominent and informed MK sites on the net, has a recent article that analyzes the rumor a bit more.

As incredulous as this rumor has sounded ever since it first made the rounds more than ten years ago, TRMK has confirmed from our own sources that the next Mortal Kombat game for the current generation of consoles – Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 – will indeed be a “Versus” style game.

While we were unable to confirm the DC Comics angle proposed by the IGN Boards message, we do know that the game will feature another well-known established intellectual property. It seems unlikely that the DC Comics license will appear along side a franchise known for its gruesome fatalities; however, the MK Team did state that they were intent on “reinventing everything from the ground up” in order to “wipe the slate clean”. Therefore, the idea that the game will not feature fatalities in the traditional Mortal Kombat style is not as far fetched as it initially sounds.

The original rumor on the IGN boards had been picked up by a user of MKOnline forums, which enticed the guys of TRMK.org to do their own digging, and it seems they got a little more than just hearsay. It seems everyone from the staff of the fansites to the fans themselves are skeptical, and with good reason. Mortal Kombat became famous for it’s gruesome Fatalities and gobs of bloodshed and violence, and has not deviated from that road since it’s conception. With DC, despite being darker, leaning more towards the anti-violence side of things, it just seem farfetched to believe this 100%.

Not alot of DC fans would be too keen on seeing Batman having his spine ripped out, or Green Lantern having his head eaten off. On the other side, MK fans would not want to see Scorpion *not* impaling someone with his spear, or Sub-Zero *not* freezing his enemy and smashing them to bits. But, I guess we’ll see.

Official word has it that the highly popular and controversial (banned in China) anime/manga series, Death Note, will be shown on Adult Swim. The series is set to premiere October 20th at midnight on Cartoon Network. New episodes will follow on a weekly basis. A press release was published the day before yesterday with more details.

Read on for the Press Release.

Source: Blogs@Newsarama

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Fileplanet has taken it upon themselves to offer up the demo release for Clive Barker’s survival horror game, Jericho. The actual game itself won’t release until November 2nd, but at least those of us who have been eying this little gem will get a taste of the gameplay.

For those who aren’t familiar with the title, the game takes place in an apocalyptic setting that seems to be a hybrid of Silent Hill and Gears of War. Your a member of the Jericho Squad, that’s been sent to cull the uprising of the “Firstborn” – grotesque and twisted creatures from the Abyss who were banished from earth by God after he feared his creations. The members of Jericho Squad are sent in with heavy artillery, as well as each one packing their own special supernatural talent, making freak killing that much more fun.

Check out the link HERE

If it’s Clive Barker, is has to be good.

TFW2005 reported a couple days ago on a few pictures that popped up on a Japanese toy board. The pictures appear to be of two packaging samples with the figures inside. One package is a two-pack featuring Classics Jetfire and Classics Grimlock. The other package is another two-pack featuring Classics Optimus Prime and Classics Ultra Magnus. Both feature Classics packaging with a pop-up display of each character in robot mode. I have attached the pictures because I’m sure my description is severely lacking, but they speak for themselves.

This will be a great chance for people who missed out on figures, particularly the Target exclusive Ultra Magnus, that was available only with Classics Skywarp.

 

OK, now you have it. Maybe you got it at midnight, maybe on your break from work or school, maybe on your way home today: but if you own an Xbox 360, today is the day you get Halo 3. What do you think? Chime in using the comments section for this post (No spoilers!) or register for our forums and visit the Halo 3 Appreciation Thread, where you can discuss the games’ story, revelations, and ultimate outcome.

Tonight, many Powet forum members and staff will be online playing matchmaking and co-op. Feel free to post your gamer tag at our XBOX Live section, and add us to your list. Its a weeknight, but we’ll be on as late as we can.

October 6th we’re going to have an official Powet Game Night for Halo 3. You’ll have a week and a half to work on your skills, learn the new maps, create your custom Spartan, and come up with some new game types to share. More details will be posted to the forums soon.

Happy Halo Day!

A review of the ricockulous pre-order incentive that comes with the Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer movie.

$0 gets you nothing, apparently.

Yes, a few weeks ago we posted some stuff from the manual. And yes, on September 13th, Powet was shut down for a period of 20 hours for not removing the material at Microsoft’s request.

Now, as if to rub it in our faces, Microsoft has posted the entire book, using this new Silverlight app, which I’m installing and will probably never use again.

So here you go. Halo 3 Manual. Thanks for enforcing that DMCA stuff, Microsoft.

13 hours until I can play this game…

In less than 48 hours, one of the greatest first person shooter franchises will make its return. So what better time than the present to take a look at one of the other types of shooters? Before FPS games, 2-d side scrollers (and their cousins the vertical scrolling shooters) ruled over gaming. They came at a dime a dozen, but three series stood out amongst the rest: Darius, R-Type, and Konami’s Gradius. Gradius had some awesome levels, cool music, challenging gameplay, and a unique power-up system. There have been several classic entries in the series, including the spin-off series Parodius, and the two-play cooperative Life Force/Salamander. Lets take a look at this classic series, becuase its as gamers, it’s imperative that we don’t forget where we came from, particularly in this age of Unreal Engine 3 graphics, Havok Physics, and Emotion engines.
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