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• Teenager Struck By Lightning While Playing Mortal Kombat

  Published: July 28, 2007, 1:22 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, 18 Year Old, Apparently, Bedroom Wall, Controller, Gamer, Gamers, Gizmodo, Guess, Hospitalized, Internet Story, Ipods, Joystick, Lesson To Be Learned, Mortal Kombat, Mother Nature, Rundown, Sao Paulo, Storms, Struck By Lightning

  another in his hand playing Mortal Kombat. If there is any lesson to be learned here, it’s that you should not have a controller in your mouth next to an open window when lightning is striking outside. Although it would be a cool story to share with friends, we at Gaming Today do not endorse gaming with controllers in your mouth during

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• Ultimate Mortal Kombat DS preview

  Published: August 17, 2007, 3:25 pm

  Tags: Interviews, News, Ultimate Mortal Kombat, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Nintendo Ds, Game, Videogame, Fighting, Midway, Multiplayer, Online

  Mortal Kombat combines the arcade classic Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and the addictive puzzle action of Puzzle Kombat (a game mode from Mortal Kombat: Deception) in one DS cartridge. With new record-keeping capability, and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection multiplayer, players will be able take the game anywhere for fighting action on the go. When

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• Mortal Street Fighter Office Kombat

  Published: September 11, 2007, 5:25 am

  Tags: Videos, News, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Office, Game, Videogame, Video

  When you can’t figure out when that report was due, how do you solve the issue? Sure, you could talk and figure it out. But what’s more fun is office problems solved the Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter way. This was part of a Robot Chicken episode in February 2007.

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• Next Mortal Kombat: MK Vs. ???

  Published: September 26, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Games Industry, Sony, Microsoft, Games, Comics, Mortal Kombat, Ps3, Xbox

  Vs. Street Fighter. And now, Mortal Kombat Vs. …somebody. That’s the rumor coming from TRMK, the website for all things Mortal Kombat. According to their sources, the next Mortal Kombat game (aside from the one slated for the DS) will be coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 and will be a “Vs.” title. There’s been a lot of

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• New Trailer for Ultimate Mortal Kombat

  Published: October 1, 2007, 12:51 pm

  Tags: Nintendo, Midway, Games, Mortal Kombat, Nintendo, Puzzle Kombat, Trailer

  the equally addictive Puzzle Kombat for even more gameplay. Ultimate Mortal Kombat should make its way to store shelves this November. ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Headed To DS… Wait, What?Mortal Kombat Fighter of the WiikNext Mortal Kombat: MK Vs. ???Teenager Struck By Lightning While Playing Mortal

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• Ultimate Mortal Kombat DS video reveals all the brutal kombat you love is intact!

  Published: October 1, 2007, 4:09 pm

  Tags: Videos, News, Ultimate Mortal Kombat, Nintendo Ds, Game, Videogame, Midway, Ed Boon, Nintendo, Mortal Kombat Ds, Trailer, Video

  a solid port, but Ultimate Mortal Kombat for DS will even feature online play via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection! You couldn’t ask for more! But Midway has you covered with more cause the game will also include the Mortal Kombat Deception side-game MK Puzzle Kombat! Check out a brand-new gameplay trailer of Ultimate Mortal Kombat (notice it

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• Sequelality: Midway Confirms Next-Gen Mortal Kombat, Blitz Due In '08

  Published: October 2, 2007, 6:40 pm

  Tags: Blitz, Ed Boon, Midway, Mortal Kombat, Sequelality

  has confirmed that both Mortal Kombat and the NFL-license free Blitz will get "next-gen" updates next year. While we don't know much about where the Blitz franchise is headed, we do know that Mortal Kombat mainstay Ed Boon is planning a more serious, Gears of War-inspired revamp of the violent 15 year old fighting series. As long as my

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• Books: Midway Releases The Art of Midway

  Published: October 16, 2007, 6:20 pm

  Tags: Art, Books, Guantlet, Midway, Mortal Kombat

  publisher responsible for Mortal Kombat, The Suffering and Stranglehold has issued a 160-page tome of production artwork from its stable of current franchises known as The Art of Midway: Before Pixels and Polygons. Featuring artwork from the above titles, as well as Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, Gauntlet, and Stranglehold, the unusual

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• Chris Kohler on How Protests Cause Games to Sell More

  Published: November 1, 2007, 5:24 pm

  Tags: Rockstar, Games Industry, Gamer Life, Portable, Sony, Nintendo, Take Two, Games, Game Platforms, Computer, Game Consoles, Microsoft, Game Companies, Controversy, Esrb, Manhunt 2, Mortal Kombat, Protest, Rockstar, Videogame Violence

  Much like the point I made yesterday, when posting about how all of the controversy surrounding Manhunt 2 likely has helped its sales figures, Chris Kohler had the same sentiment a few days ago on Game Life. And to prove he was even more ahead of the game than I am, he also included a thesis of exactly this matter that he wrote back in 2001. It's

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• The Futility of the Manhunt 2 Controversy

  Published: November 6, 2007, 1:48 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Rockstar, Games Industry, Portable, Nintendo, Editorials, Features, Sony, Game Related Laws, Take Two, Computer, Games, Game Platforms, Game Consoles, Microsoft, Game Companies, Controversy, Esrb, Hostel, Hot Coffee, Manhunt 2, Mortal Kombat, Politics, Rockstar, Vide

  attention paid to games like Mortal Kombat, and now Manhunt 2, actually increase the sales of games that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. As I so elegantly put it in one of the rough draft titles of this story Manhunt 2's Bad Wrap Who Cares, It's Crap Manhunt 2 isn't a great game. It wouldn't have gotten even a fraction of

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• Midway Madness - Blacksite: Area 51 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat in Stores

  Published: November 13, 2007, 2:52 pm

  Tags: Midway, Videos, Gamer Life, Sony, Nintendo, Computer, Microsoft, Games, Action, Area 51, Blacksite, Blacksite Area 51, Fighting Games, Fps, Midway Games, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 3, Ninetndo Ds, Nintendo, Ps3, Ultimate Mortal Kombat, Xbox 360

  MIDWAY ANNOUNCES ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT HAS SHIPPED TO RETAIL Ultimate Mortal Kombat is the First Mortal Kombat Game Available on the Nintendo DS CHICAGO - November 12, 2007 Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, announced today that Ultimate Mortal Kombat has shipped for the

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• UC Berkeley Band Subjects Sports Fans To Game Music [Clips]

  Published: November 13, 2007, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Clips, Humor, Mortal Kombat, Music, Super Mario Bros, Tetris

  Bros., Super Mario World, Mortal Kombat and more. They seem to get a little winded at parts, understandably, but it's a solid performance nonetheless. Thanks to Christopher at the official Capcom blog for the link.

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• Top 10 best and worst fighting games ever

  Published: November 28, 2007, 9:11 am

  Tags: Videos, News, Fighting, Fighter, Game, Videogame, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter

  5 5. Killer Instinct 4. Mortal Kombat 2 3. Super Smash Bros. Melee 2. Marvel vs Capcom 2 1. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (more…) Share This

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• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Screens

  Published: November 29, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Portable, Nintendo, Midway, Games, Game Platforms, Game Companies, Screenshots, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

  Based on the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 arcade game, this action packed brawler also features Puzzle Kombat and online multiplayer support. Take a look at the new Screenshots on FileFront. ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:New Trailer for Ultimate Mortal KombatUltimate Mortal Kombat 3 Headed To DS… Wait, What?Mortal Kombat Fighter

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• Wii-kly Update Brings Back Eternal Champions

  Published: December 3, 2007, 3:08 pm

  Tags: Nintendo, Sega, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies, Eternal Champions, Genesis, Mortal Kombat, Nes, The Dynastic Hero, Turbografx16, Virtual Console, Wii, Wii Kly Update, Zanac

  no pun intended.) But the Mortal Kombat wannabe, Eternal Champions (Genesis, 800 Wii Points), is something I can vouch for as being very entertaining. It was way ahead of its time with some of the features it sported, like stage fatalities, which are supremely rewarding as they're pretty hard to pull off. ZANAC (NES , 1 player, rated E for

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