Mortal Kombat

Now video game characters are getting in on the naked fun. Remember the controversy with Grand Theft Auto? The media went crazy when hidden nudity and sex games were uncovered. Before that, the media jumped all over Mortal Kombat for displaying buckets of the most unrealistic (read: cartoon) blood...

Now that's one way to settle a lawsuit. Sick and tired of the legal nonsense surrounding Scrolls (a new game from Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson) and The Elder Scrolls (a role-playing franchise from Bethesda), Persson has challenged Bethesda to a battle in Quake 3. “Three of our best...

Warner Bros. just cashed in on its $50 million investment. The company acquired the assets of Midway, the ill-fated creator and publisher of arcade games like Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam and NFL Blitz, back in 2009. Now, having sold nearly three million copies of its latest Mortal Kombat game (at $60 a...

In a world with hundreds (if not thousands) of TV networks, it's almost hard to believe that YouTube (NASDAQ: GOOG) made it this far. But the video site has not merely survived – it has thrived in a world that has become increasingly obsessed with brief bursts of entertainment. But while it's no...

Goldman Sachs is reporting (via NPD) that US video game software sales increased 26% yoy in April, “with a high-rated Mortal Kombat franchise release from Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) leading sales.” “This is the first increase since November 2010, which was driven by Call of Duty sales,” Goldman Sachs...

Before Saw captivated (or should I say decapitated?) moviegoers with its grotesque brand of gut-spilling storytelling, there was a video game that aimed to maim: Splatterhouse. Arriving years ahead of the Mortal Kombat controversy that inspired the game-rating system we have today, Splatterhouse...