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What would Red Dead Redemption 2 be like if your fights with people and creatures played out like matches in Mortal Kombat? That’s the thought experiment at the center of streamer Blurbs‘ latest mod for the Rockstar open-world game. There’s lots of punching, lots of blood, and some downright nuts fatalities. Blurbs has transformed mod-making into a communal activity by …

When Mortal Kombat hit arcades back in 1992, it wasn’t just the buckets of pixelated blood that had kids spending every spare coin they could find. It was the shock of seeing something different. These were real human actors digitized into fighters. Released in the wake of Street Fighter II’s success, Midway’s contender leaned on proto-motion capture: actors performing martial …

Few games have given us as many iconic one-liners as NetherRealm’s fighting franchise, Mortal Kombat, but this week we’ve learned that the voice behind one of the most famous — “Toasty!” — is leaving the studio. Audio director Dan Forden worked at Midway and its successor NetherRealm Studios since 1989, most famously on the Mortal Kombat franchise. It’s his voice …

After 30+ years, longtime Mortal Kombat audio director Dan Forden is no longer a part of the team working on the fighting series. The veteran game developer, famously known as the guy who pops up in the corner and yells “Toasty!” when uppercutting someone in a Mortal Kombat game, has left NetherRealm. On October 2, as spotted by PC Gamer, …

Fighting game tournaments are terrifyingly competitive. Every input matters, as players who have mastered their game of choice use everything at their disposal to take down opponents – and make the most of their mistakes. It’s stressful enough, so how this one player in Florida managed to win her local tournament is nothing short of awe-inspiring. As reported by Dexerto, …

A mother of a newborn baby is going viral after winning her local monthly fighting game tournament — all while holding her five-day-old child in her arms. ‘Legi0n’ is a 3D artist and mother who “occasionally” plays fighting games when she has time in between working and taking care of her newborn daughter, Cereza. Her skills haven’t dulled a bit …

Image: Push Square Eagerly anticipated retro fighting game archive Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection will “get over here” on 30th October, publisher Atari has announced. It’s worth noting that if you want to own this compilation physically, the Blu-ray release won’t arrive until 12th December, so you’ll need to sit tight a little longer. Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Push Square …

Image: Push Square Eagerly anticipated retro fighting game archive Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection will “get over here” on 30th October, publisher Atari has announced. It’s worth noting that if you want to own this compilation physically, the Blu-ray release won’t arrive until 12th December, so you’ll need to sit tight a little longer. Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Push Square …

Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube834k After months of leaks, teases, and unexpected inclusions, Digital Eclipse’s Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection finally has a release date for both digital and physical versions. Digitally, the game will launch on the Switch eShop — both Switch 1 and Switch 2 versions – on 30th October 2025. A physical release follows …

Mortal Kombat’s co-creator breaks down the franchise’s story Covering the ins and outs of Mortal Kombat’s story, franchise co-creator, Ed Boon, explained why he and the team at NetherRealm Studios took a different approach with 2023 release Mortal Kombat 1. …