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Mortal Kombat launches on PC via Steam, price slashed on PSN
NetherRealm Studios' gory one-on-one fighter, Mortal Kombat, is now available on PC platforms via Steam and other digital distribution services, collecting all previously released DLC in an all-in-one package. A retail version is set for release on August 6. Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition includes all DLC released in the months following Mortal Kombat's 2011 console launch, adding the playable characters Skarlet, Kenshi, Rain, and yes, Freddy Krueger from the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. Fellow slasher film star Jason Voorhees was not invited to the tournament, unfortunately. PlayStation 3 owners can currently pick up a digital copy of the original, non-Komplete version of Mortal Kombat at a steep dis[k]ount. For this week only, Mortal Kombat is available from the PlayStation Network for $9.99, and the price is slashed to $5 for PlayStation Plus members. The PS Vita version is also on sale for $9.99, or $5 for PS Plus subscribers.
Kneel before Injustice Zod footage; 'Man of Steel' skin in July
In July, a pair of DLC items will be available to Injustice: Gods Among Us players: a new playable character in Zod and a Man of Steel skin for – well, the man of steel, Superman. Zod, available as part of the Injustice: Gods Among Us season pass or as an individual download for $5, is shown off in the video above. The Man of Steel skin, available in July for 80 MS Points ($1) and plucked from this summer's Man of Steel film, can be seen past the break.
Zod revealed as next Injustice DLC character
The heroes and villains of the DC Universe will soon kneel before Zod, as the perennial Superman villain has been revealed as Injustice: Gods Among Us' next DLC character. The announcement was made during the latest installment of Conan O'Brien's Clueless Gamer series, wherein Conan loses to a blindfolded Aaron Bleyaert. The segment also revealed a character based on Conan: "The Flaming C," which was co-designed by Conan and legendary DC animated universe pioneer Bruce Timm. We've reached out to Team Coco to find out whether The Flaming C will be coming to Injustice, or if his creation was solely for the show. We'll be simultaneously keeping our fingers crossed for The Flaming C, while also keeping our ears to the ground for more specific information about Zod's release, in the days to come. [Thanks, Steve!]
Mortal Kombat's Scorpion is next Injustice DLC character
Because it went so well the last time, the Mortal Kombat universe is once again crossing over with DC for Injustice: Gods Among Us. The first crossover character announced is Scorpion. Tell him to "get over here" for 400 Microsoft Points or $5.
Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition konfirmed for PC in July
The Komplete Edition of the 2011 Mortal Kombat finishes Windows PC this summer, with the digital distributed fatality pinned for July 3. Retail annihilation is due a month later, so duck and cover on August 2 in Europe, and on August 6 in North America. As per the version released for consoles last year, Komplete Edition features all the game's DLC, with the expanded roster including a certain Freddy Kreuger (the regular creepy kind), Kenshi, Scarlet, and Rain. Conduit and Kinect Star Wars developer High Voltage Games, who've just released the "addictive" puzzler Zoombies for iOS, is handling the PC port. %Gallery-189225%
PSA: Batgirl grapples onto Injustice: Gods Among Us, costume packs in tow
The Barbara Gordon version of Batgirl is now available as a playable fighter in Injustice: Gods Among Us, provided you're willing to pony up the $4.99/400 MS Points required to download her; however, Season pass holder have already paid their dues. As we've seen previously, Batgirl's fighting style is a mixture of zoning capabilities and rushdown, rather than a carbon copy of Batman or Nightwing. Two new costume packs are also available: The Red Son pack, which we've discussed at length, and the Killing Joke pack, which features new costumes from ol' Joker's finest hour. Both are available for $2.99/240 MS Points.
Injustice: Gods Among Us' Red Son pre-order DLC available to all next week
Hey, remember that bundle of Red Son Injustice: Gods Among Us DLC that GameStop had as an exclusive pre-order bonus? In a fitting turn of events, said bundle will no longer be the privileged purview of the bourgeois and will instead be available to the sweaty, overworked proletariat masses as of next Tuesday. No word yet on how much the DLC will cost, or whether it includes the pre-order's 20 bonus challenge missions in addition to the costumes seen above. The game's official twitter account has also asked which other characters from Red Son we'd like to see; we think the answer should be obvious.
Injustice: Gods Among Us' Batgirl footage ain't no (killing) joke
NetherRealm Studios has given us our first in-game look at Injusice: Gods Among Us' next DLC character, Batgirl. As we had suspected, this Batgirl is Barbara Gordon, rather than Cassandra Cain or Stephanie Brown, the other two primary Batgirls of traditional DC continuity. Thankfully, Batgirl doesn't appear to be a straight-up Batman or Nightwing clone, though there are some unavoidable similarities due to the nature of the characters' shared training. Regardless, Batgirl's grapple teleport and stun abilities should prove interesting against heavily ranged characters like Deathstroke. The Joker's tropical vacation garb is a reference to an outfit worn by the character in 1988's Batman: The Killing Joke, which is covered briefly in this trailer. We assume Killing Joke Joker will be part of a costume pack released alongside Batgirl, as was the case with Lobo.
Injustice joins EVO 2013's lineup, DLC coming to Wii U this summer
Evolution Championship Series co-founder Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar announced that NetherRealm Studios' DC superhero brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us is now a featured game in EVO 2013's official tournament lineup, joining big-name favorites like Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition. More good news arrived for Injustice fans today, in the form of a release window for the Wii U version's downloadable content. Responding to fan questions, the game's official Twitter account revealed that Wii U users will see its first round of DLC for the superhero and villain brawler this summer. Wii U players were previously left out in the cold as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners tussled with newcomer Lobo earlier this week. NetherRealm did not detail if the Wii U plans include additional costumes currently exclusive to Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Injustice. Batgirl is next up in NetherRealm's DLC release schedule. Two more as-of-yet unannounced characters will join Injustice's roster at a later date.
Lobo rides into Injustice: Gods Among Us today
The first add-on character for NetherRealm's Injustice: Gods Among Us is available for download today. Lobo is an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter, known for his love of space-cycles and cigars. Lobo is free to download for all Season Pass owners; everyone else pays 400 MS Points ($5) to add him to the roster. Lobo is the first of four planned DLC characters, soon to be followed by Batgirl. Three new DLC packs are also available for Injustice: Gods Among Us. The Teen Titans pack slaps alternate costumes on Cyborg, Raven and Deathstroke, while the Bad Girls pack groups together alternate versions of Catwoman, Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn – both are 240 MS Points ($3). Finally, the Flashpoint collection, previously exclusive to Season Pass holders, dresses up Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Deathstroke in their alternate dimension "Flashpoint" ensembles for 320 MS Points ($4).
Injustice: Gods Among Us' second DLC character is Batgirl
NetherRealm Studios has revealed that Batgirl will be one of Injustice: Gods Among Us' four planned DLC characters. The announcement was accompanied by an admission that "the bat's out of the bag," referencing the fact that a listing for Batgirl had temporarily leaked onto the Xbox Live Marketplace hours beforehand. We're assuming that this is the Barbara Gordon version of Batgirl, on account of her flowing red hair and the fact that Gordon is the current Batgirl of the New 52 mythos. We're not really sure what's up with her outfit, or the metal clubs attached to her arms, but we figure we'll learn more as gameplay footage is released next week. No word yet on when Batgirl wil be available.
Get Injustice for $35 at Toys R Us until May 4
Injustice: Gods Among Us is on sale at Toys R Us for a mere $34.99, a whopping $25 off its original price. The deal ends on May 4.That's it. We're not sure what else you want from us here. You really should just go play the game and prepare yourself for the Lobo DLC that's coming on May 7. If you still need convincing that this is a pretty rad deal, read our review.[Thanks, Robbie!]
Lobo trounces Flashpoint Batman in first Injustice: Gods Among Us DLC footage [Update: Lobo on May 7]
Sure, technically Lobo should win this fight, but something about Batman losing to The Main Man just doesn't feel right. At any rate, this trailer represents our first look at Injustice: Gods Among Us' first DLC character in action, showcasing Lobo's ranged chain whip/hook attacks, sawed-off shotgun and appropriately disrespectful super.This trailer also shows off a new Batman skin, specifically one based on the version Batman from the Flashpoint universe – Bruce's father Thomas Wayne, rather than Bruce himself. We've emailed Warner Bros. about the release window for Lobo and the new costume, and we figure more information will be available after an elaborate series of cross-franchise plot arcs and retcons.Update: NetherRealm creative director Ed Boon has announced on Twitter that Lobo will be available on May 7. No further information regarding Batman's new outfit has surfaced.
DC promises Injustice action figures among us this summer
NetherRealm's interpretation of select DC comic heroes and villains in Injustice: Gods Among Us are being turned into action figures. Twelve different figures are coming in the first run, available only in pre-determined two-packs for $29.95 each.Each figure stands 3.75 inches and has over 20 points of articulation. On May 31, the first two packs will ship: Wonder Woman vs Solomon Grundy and Green Arrow vs Deathstroke. The other packs – Superman vs Nightwing, Flash vs Raven, Aquaman vs Black Adam and Cyborg vs Harley Quinn – will have staggered releases, available this summer on through September.With Batman conspicuously missing from the list of figures, we're left wondering if he's the action figure we want, but not the one we deserve.
Injustice: Gods Among Us prevails in this week's UK charts
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's this week's UK charts! Oh.But no, it is exciting, because BioShock Infinite's three week reign of terror is finally over, all thanks to the brave efforts of Injustice: Gods Among Us. NetherRealm's superhero brawler becomes the ninth new game to take the UK top spot this year, and ousts Infinite into the runner-up position for the first time.That means another run comes to an end; Tomb Raider's six week run in the top two is done, although it's still going strong in fourth. Beating it to an impressive third is new release Fire Emblem: Awakening, the 3DS RPG looking to continue the series-best sales it posted in North America. One thing Europe got that North America didn't was the game's snazzy blue 3DS XL, and that seems to be a hit in the UK; 31 percent of the XL's sales this week came from the bundle, boosting the XL's sales by nearly half over the previous week.
Injustice: Gods Among Us review: From Outworld to Elseworlds
Comic books and fighting games have a lot in common. Both are known for featuring absurd, contrived premises, overly sexualized women and mythology so complicated even Tolkien couldn't reconcile all the pre-Crisis continuity issues. It's strange then, that up until now there's never been a solid fighting game set in the DC universe.Injustice: Gods Among Us is Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios' alternative take on DC's heroes, hooligans and thieves. Its dark thematic overtones and mature ideas explore the psychological dangers of power, the temptations of absolute authority and the effects of grief on the psyche of metahumans, all while delivering a polished, thrilling fighting game experience. No, really.%Gallery-156647%
Injustice: Gods Among Us Wii U doesn't support iOS app
The Wii U version of Injustice: Gods Among Us doesn't support the iOS companion app. After receiving a copy from Warner Bros., Siliconera couldn't sync up the Wii U game with the iOS app and confirmed with Warner Bros. that the functionality is not present.The Injustice iOS app launched in April and is available as a free download, a hybrid fighter and collectible card game that allows players to unlock content in the console version of Injustice: Gods Among Us and vice versa. The Wii U version of Injustice: Gods Among Us displays a move list on the WiiPad while you play and also allows players to move the action from the TV to the WiiPad through off-TV play.
Injustice: Gods Among Us' first DLC character is Lobo
Yup, Lobo. The Injustice: Gods Among Us DLC announcement was made by NetherRealm Studios creative director/Mortal Kombat mogul Ed Boon, during NetherRealm's extended wrap-up of its Battle Arena superhero popularity contest. No information was revealed regarding when Lobo will be available, though we can surmise from previous information that he'll probably cost about five dollars.Described as "a brawler, but a really fast brawler," Lobo is a ranged character that fights with his chains, according to Boon. After each fight, Lobo will return to his day job as an extra on the set of mid-90s television series Renegade. ... Okay, that last bit might be made up.
Injustice: Gods Among Us Wii U delayed to Apr. 26 in UK
The Wii U version of NetherRealm's DC fighter Injustice: Gods Among Us will show up a week late in the UK, Warner Bros. has confirmed. The Wii U version has been pushed back to April 26; the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions are still set to launch in the UK this Friday, April 19.Injustice: Gods Among Us launches in North America tomorrow and we've followed up with Warner Bros. to confirm the Wii U delay abroad won't become an issue here. When we hear back, we'll update this post. A free-to-play iOS companion app launched on the App Store last week.
Injustice trailer shows Aquaman changing name to Cpt. Obvious
"It's a trap," said Aquaman. Batman's immediate response: "Of course it is." But what the Dark Knight held back from saying was, "Of course it is, you floundering fishman. OMG, why are you even here?! I don't have powers and I'm a stronger contributor to The Justice League. I weep for humanity the day Superman and Wonder Woman go off and make superbabies."
