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Monday, Aug 31
MMM - Tour of Williams Bally Midway from 1992
This week's Mortal Movie Monday featured presentation is another much older video from the early years of Mortal Kombat. It's a tour of the Williams/Bally pinball factory along with the Midway game development studios from the long running WTTW Chicago series Wild Chicago. They stop by t...
Tuesday, Aug 18
Cancelled Mortal Kombat Adventure Game Details
This week some proof of a cancelled sequel to fan favorite Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks was discovered. The details found the personal website of a Matthew Doyle, a former Midway Los Angeles employee, who posted some level design concept from a Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks 2, which was mar...
Monday, Aug 17
MMM - Voices of Mortal Kombat Armageddon
This week's Mortal Movie Monday featured presentation is a bonus video from the game Mortal Kombat Armageddon. In the video you see the audio team at Midway putting together sound effects and voices for the game Mortal Kombat Armageddon with the help of many various other employees at the...
Friday, Jul 10
RIP Midway Games 1958-2009 (In Name Only)
We've received confirmation this morning that the name Midway Games is no more after today. The company will drop it's over fifty year old name, and continue operations under a Warner Bros. moniker effective Monday July 13th, 2009. It is likely they will be operating now under the Warner Bro...
Tuesday, Jul 7
Rumors Fly as Third Mortal Kombat Movie Shoots in September?
For the past three years, rumors have been flying around regarding a third Mortal Kombat movie and everyone of them have been proven to be false. The latest comes from actor/martial artist Chris Casamassa, the original Scorpion in both movies. In an interview with the San Gabriel Valley Tr...
Monday, Jul 6
Quan Chi Render from MK vs DCU DLC Revealed
Today on Twitter, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon revealed a render of Quan Chi from the unreleased/cancelled downloadable content (DLC) for the 2008 game Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. The other character that was to be released via DLC is DC Comic's Harley Quinn. Here is what Ed had to say...
Thursday, Jul 2
Midway Officially a Part of Warner Bros
Yesterday, a Delaware bankruptcy judge approved the pending sale of Midway Games to the sole bidder Warner Bros. For the sum of $33 Million, Warner Bros. makes away with the majority of Midway's heart and soul, including the gigantic Mortal Kombat franchise and development team supporti...
Friday, Jun 26
Warner Bros Remains as Sole Bidder for Midway
The LA Times is reporting today motion picture studio Warner Bros. is the sole bidder in the auction sale process of Midway Games. Their original bid of $33 million USD emerged as the only bid that Midway Games got during the bidding process that occurred during the last month, despite many o...
Thursday, Jun 25
Threshold Enters Fight For Mortal Kombat IP Rights
Game Politics is reporting that Mortal Kombat movie production company Threshold Entertainment is seeking to gain partial ownership rights of some of the Mortal Kombat intellectual property, including film and television rights. Here is an excerpt from their complaint sent to the US...
Thursday, May 21
Warner Bros to be First Bidder in Midway Sale [UPDATED]
Image: MCVWell looks like the rumors of Midway being bid on by Warner Brothers were true. Official word from Midway today that they have accepted a Stalking Horse bid of $33 million USD on the company by Warner Brothers. This would be the starting the bidding process for the sale of the compan...
Friday, Apr 3
Rumor: Mortal Kombat Team May Leave Midway
First I must remind everyone, this is simply just a rumor at this point. Because the story is spreading around everywhere, we figured it deserved some coverage. There is no solid source to this beyond Kotaku's "sources" and any of our sources have not said anything to indicate this could be h...
Monday, Mar 30
Mortal Movie Monday - Mortal Plates in Wheelman
This week Midway has released their latest game, Wheelman. Most of Midway's previous games contain references to it's other titles, and Wheelman is no exception. Right off the bat, in the first scene of the game there is a reference to Mortal Kombat in the form of the license plate for the bla...
Monday, Mar 2
Truths About Midway "Offloading Mortal Kombat"
This morning Kotaku posted a poorly phrased story about a court filing from Midway Games that stated that they are selling the Mortal Kombat franchise assets. If you look at the court filings from Kotaku's source of the story, you'll find the true details behind the filing. I am not a lawyer,...
Wednesday, Feb 11
Midway Files For Chapter 11 Reorganization
Everyone knows that Midway Games has been in a tough financial spot since it's former owner Sumner Redstone got himself in a bind and abruptly sold the company late last year. This action caused all of Midway Games' debts to have to be repaid sooner than planned. We at TRMK haven't covered thi...
Friday, Dec 12
MK vs DC Universe up for Spike Video Game Award [UPDATED]
This Sunday is the 2008 SpikeTV Video Game Awards hosted by comedian, musician and video-game star Jack Black. All Mortal Kombat fans should not forget to tune in because our favorite fighting game is nominated this year. That right, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe is nominated for Best Fight...
Thursday, Dec 11
New Dark Kahn Render from MK vs DC Universe
Midway has finally released a high-resolution render of Dark Kahn from the recently released Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Click To Enlarge Check out more coverage of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, including an in-depth interview with Ed Boon along with trailers available in 720p HD in ou...
