Mortal Kombat is set to release on the 19th of April in America and on the 21st of April in PAL territories. The game is developed by NetherRealm Studios and is led by series co-creator Ed Boon.

The new Mortal Kombat game is a re-telling of the MK1 to UMK3 storyline, meaning very few of the post UMK3 will feature in the game, and is shaping up to be the best MK game ever made. 

Some hard facts about the reboot of the franchise

• Return to the 2D fighting plane.
• Characters don't suffer from the lack of personality anymore. Ninjas aren't colour swaps any longer. Each fighter feels different to use.
• Conscious efforts to balance the fighters (which seems to be paying off well). For example, as Sub-Zero is a character that likes to fight in his own pace by having multiple moves that can freeze the opponent, he is kinda slow compared to someone like Mileena or Scorpion, who have faster, yet less powerful combos.
• In addition to Special Moves, fighters have their own mini-combo moves that make use of their abilities. For example, Scorpion has a combo ending black flip kick that has fire elements in it and sub-zero has a pop up that can freeze his enemy is mid air (for a shorter period of time than the iceball) that can lead into combos.
• Classic stages revamped in glorius high definition.
• "Toasty" is back.
• Post game DLC support is confirmed. The first DLC pack will include playable characters Kenshi from Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance and the new combatant Scarlet.

What is new to the game ?

The Super Meter

New to the game is the super meter, which consists of three bars, which are filled somewhat when inflicting damage and filled more when getting beat up. When one third full, the super meter can be used to enhance a special move. Sub-zero's ice ball becomes an ice beam which can't be jumped over, reptile's force ball is bigger, mileena does two teleport kicks instead of one, etc. etc. This uses up 1/3 of the meter. Using 2/3 of the meter, combo breakers are used. If you chose to save up the entire 3 bars of the meter, you can unleash a devastating X-ray attack which does internal damage.

Tag-Team 

Watch the game's senior producer, Hans Lo explain about the tag-team mode below. Tag Team Mode Allows 4 players to play local multiplayer, which should (obviously) be fun.

 Game Modes

Arcade

Fight against a classic arcade ladder including sub-bosses, bosses and secret fights which has been a staple of the series since its inception. There is an option to fight against tag-team or single player ladders.

Story Mode 

Mortal Kombat boasts a very lengthy Story Mode (rumoured to be as long as 15 hours) with robust cutscenes, letting the player take control of a few characters. Ed Boon has mentioned that the choices you make during story mode can affect the storyline, meaning multiple playthroughs are possible.

Challenge Tower

Let the mindblowing video below do the talking -

King of the Hill Mode (Online)

 The Roster

The full roster for the game was leaked recently -

The Extras/DLC slot can be rotated to chose other characters such as Cyber Sub-Zero, the bonus character Kratos and presumably, the boss characters (if playable).

Video Features

Inside The X-Ray

MKast 

Developers from the MK team sit down and discuss about the upcoming game in detail in the MKast ! 

EP 1

EP 2 Part 1

EP 2 Part 2

EP 2 Part 3

EP 2 Part 4 

Trailers

Click on the images below to watch these on Youtube

Announcement Trailer

Shadows Trailer 

Story Trailer *New*

Kombat Kontinues  

Scorpion Trailers 

Sub-Zero Trailers

Mileena Trailers 

Liu Kang Trailers

Raiden Trailers

Shang Tsung Trailers

Noob Saibot Reveal

Fight Dirty - Starring Johnny Cage !

Nightwolf Gameplay Trailer

Kratos Reveal Trailer

Kratos Gameplay Trailer

Arena Bios

The Pit

The Living Forest

The Dead Pool

Shao Kahn's Coliseum

Gameplay Videos

Sub-Zero vs Scorpion, Sektor vs Reptile, Kung Lao/Mileena vs Johnny Cage/Nightwolf

 Sonya vs Reptile 

Jax vs Kano 

Ermac vs Liu Kang 

Kitana/Jade vs Sindel/Mileena

Machinima Live Stream (3 Hours of Gameplay) - Click Here

 For More Gameplay Videos, check out these Youtube Channels*  - McDaddySwagga SauloMK

*May Contain Spoilers !!!

Character X-Rays And Fatalities

The Special Moves listed are the ones confirmed only. 

	Scorpion Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Spear Teleport Punch Hellfire Leg Takedown Air Throw
	Liu Kang Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials High Fireball Low Fireball Flying Kick Bicycle Kick Fiery Teleport Punch
	Kung Lao Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Hat Throw Teleport Spin Dive Kick
	Sub-Zero Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Ice Ball Ground Freeze  Ice Clone Slide
	Sindel Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Levitate Star Projectile Low Star Projectile Scream Jumping Uppercut
	Ermac Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Teleport Punch Telekinetic Slam Hado Energy Mystic Float
	Reptile Fatality 1 Fatality 2 (Spoiler)ality X-Ray Move Specials Acid Spit  Force Ball Invisibility Running Serpent Slide
	Kitana Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Fan Throw Wave Punch Fan Lift Fan Swipe Razor Tip
	Johnny Cage Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Shadow Kick Ball Buster Shadow Uppercut Green Orb
	Jade Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Blazing Kick Razored Boomerang  Projectile Invulnerability
	Mileena Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Sai Throw Teleport Kick Face Knaw Rolling Thunder
	Nightwolf Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Tomahawk Swing Spirit Arrow Lightning Bolt Reflect
	Cyrax Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Energy Net Bomb Exploding Teleport Air Throw
	Noob Saibot Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Disabler  Teleport Slam Shadow Throw Shadow Slide Black Hole
	Smoke Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Teleport Punch Smoke Cloud Projectile Invulnerability  Teleport Air Throw
	Sektor Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Homing Missile Chest Missile  Upward Missile Flamethrower Matrix Punch
	Sonya Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Energy Rings Cartwheel Kick Kiss Arc Kick Leg Grab
	Jax Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Sonic Wave Ground Pound Gotcha Grab Dash Punch Multi Slam
	Kano Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Knife Throw Choke Cannonball Air Throw
	Stryker Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Gun Blast Grenade Stun Blast Baton Throw Baton Trip
	Shang Tsung Fatality 1 Fatality 2 (Spoiler)ality X-Ray Move Specials Morph Soul Steal Flaming Skulls Flaming Skull Eruption
	Baraka Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Flying Shard Chop Chop Blades Blade Spin
	Kabal Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials Raging Flash Plasma Blast Sawblades
	Raiden Fatality 1 Fatality 2 (Spoiler)ality X-Ray Move Specials  Teleport Torpedo Electric Blast Shock Grab
	Sheeva Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials
	Quan Chi Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials
	Cyber Sub-Zero Fatality 1 Fatality 2 X-Ray Move Specials
	Kratos Fatality 1 Fatality 2 (Spoiler)ality X-Ray Move Specials Hermes Dash Solar Flare Air Lift

The Arenas

Click the [SF] in the above table to view the respective stage fatality, and on the name itself to view the stage itself.

Sales

With 3 weeks to release, Mortal Kombat has 161,023 pre-orders for the PS3 and 113,974 pre-orders for the Xbox 360 in Americas.

Update : 12/04/2011

On the pre-order chartz for the week ending 9th April, Mortal Kombat has 226,390 (65,367 weekly increase) pre-orders for the PS3 and 153,083 (39,109 weekly increase) pre-orders for the Xbox 360 in the Americas.

Mortal Kombat Platinum/1000G Club

Coming Soon

PSN IDs and XBL Gamertags

Here is a list of people who will be getting MK. Add them to play online.

Model - PSN/XBL (VGC Username)

PSN

Malithpwnsu (GodOfWar_3ever)

ocean-1984 (ocean-1984)

Brutalyst (Brutalyst)

XBL 

 o FRoZENMAN o (bannedagain)

Niiice, needed redoing, love the renders so much!

Jax Fatality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_U_OlBFUQk&feature=player_embedded

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If theres any more, just let me know. Also point out any mistakes if you see them.

I'll be listing the stages, stage fatalities, etc.. etc.. tomorrow

I was dissapoint with some of the most recent games so I don't really know what to expect.

I have 100% faith that NRS will deliver handsomely with this game. This is definitely looking to be the best mortal kombat game ever made. But I guess you shouldn't get too hyped to a level that it will never live up to your expectations.

Mortal Kombat to use online pass - Report

Warner Bros. looks set to be the latest publisher to introduce an online pass for its games, according to evidence uncovered by Joystiq.

The blog managed to get its hands on an email sent from Warner Bros. to retailers that says NetherRealms Studios' Mortal Kombat will include a "one-time-use registration code" that grants the player access to the game's online features.


According to the report, the online pass will be available for second-hand buyers from Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.

The Warner email reads: "Mortal Kombat, available on April 19 for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, includes a one-time-use registration code that gives players access to all online modes in the game.

"Players who do not have a code will get a free two-day trial of the online play and then be able to purchase the online modes for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Marketplace and $9.99 on the PlayStation Network."

It's reported that WB won't allude to the online pass in its promotional material or even on the game's box.

Rumours also suggest F.E.A.R. 3 and Batman: Arkham City will make use of an online pass, in the former's case for multiplayer features and in the case of Batman for some form of exclusive content.

Link: http://www.computerandvideogames.com...e-pass-report/

Bullshit.

Yeah, for cheap people just as well I buy all my games new, especially MK, Kollectors edition here I come!

The problem I have this is that I have 3 other brothers who want to play this game online, so 3 of us atleast have to give way for the online pass. Like what happened with Fifa 11 even though I bought the fricken game.

>.<

Sucks for your brothers I guess Its only $5 or something right ?

Edit : Nevermind its $10.