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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.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.