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[Watch] Go Behind the Making of ‘Mortal Kombat’ With the Latest Splash Wave Documentary
With the original Mortal Kombat arcade game turning the big 3-0 later this year, what better way to celebrate than a look at the origins and making of the game? YouTube channel Splash Wave is here to answer that with a new entry in their series of documentaries.
The documentary actually covers the original trilogy, with a focus on the digitized graphics used to bring the fighters to life. At the time, Midway was trying to one-up the competition in the arcade market by focusing on a new digitized graphics technique that turned video footage into digital images. From there, young developers Ed Boon and John Tobias were able to put their dream of creating a fighting game into motion.
The rest, they say, is history.
The real celebration for Mortal Kombat begins this October. Perhaps NetherRealm Studios will announce a new entry in the series? Or, will we finally get that long-rumoured remaster of the original trilogy? Heck, given the recent movie’s performance on HBO Max, could we get a sequel announced this year? Prepare yourself.
Remember in Starbreeze Studios’ The Darkness where you could watch Robert Mulligan‘s To Kill a Mockingbird in its entirety? Steelkrill Studio has decided to do something similar with their upcoming psychological survival horror game Where Dolls Hang. Players will be able to discover and watch complete feature-length hour-long horror films directly inside the game world.
Backing up a bit, Where Dolls Hang is set in Mexico and inspired by the country’s folklore and the real-life Island of Dolls (Isla de las Muñecas). Blending psychological horror, survival, exploration, and detective investigation, you’ll be searching both the forest and your home, where you can stumble upon working televisions and projectors that play full public-domain horror films from beginning to end.
Rather than short clips or Easter eggs, these are complete movies that players can sit down and watch if they choose. Among the featured films is George A. Romero‘s iconic 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, with additional public-domain horror films hidden throughout the world.
Described as a blend of The Forest, Outlast, P.T and Silent Hill, Where Dolls Hang combines survival mechanics, exploration, and crafting with psychological horror and a unique forensic investigation system. Players step into the role of a detective investigating disappearances inside a living forest overrun with mannequins, puppets, and unnatural figures that seem to appear where they shouldn’t.
What begins as a missing persons case slowly becomes personal as players search for clues tied to the disappearance of the detective’s own daughter. Investigate crime scenes, examine bodies, photograph evidence, and survive a hostile wilderness that grows increasingly dangerous after dark. Beyond the forest trails, flooded swamps, and hidden waterways can be explored by boat, leading to isolated locations filled with disturbing discoveries and hidden dangers.
Between investigations, players return to a customizable safehouse where they can craft supplies, upgrade equipment, and prepare for the next descent into the unknown. Dynamic weather systems, adaptive threats, survival mechanics, and immersive detective gameplay combine to create a horror experience where uncovering the truth can be just as terrifying as surviving the forest itself.
Where Dolls Hang is currently in development for release on Steam.