Mortal Kombat 11 launched a couple of years ago and players have been kept fed with a steady drip of new DLC and characters. No more, say developers NetherRealm. They're now focusing on their unnamed next project, leaving MK11 behind.
]]>Growing stronger, tougher, and more murderously deranged with each appearance, John Rambo will continue his ascent to godhood by joining the spine-ripping fights of Mortal Kombat 11. John Rambo, the Vietnam War veteran with PTSD who just wanted to be left alone, will join the war between gods and dimensions as one of the next DLC characters. This new character pack will also be rolled into the newly-announced Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate edition, with all the other DLC.
]]>Fighting game championship Evo has been cancelled this year following abuse allegations against Evo co-founder and CEO Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar. Evo are ejecting him from the company and replacing him as CEO. The makers of half the games in Evo's lineup had already pulled out of the event following the allegations, including Street Fighter gang Capcom and Mortal Kombat devs NetherRealm. Evo Online was due to run this weekend, one of the many virtual replacements for events called off due to the pandemic.
]]>Alongside its Aftermath expansion next week, Mortal Kombat 11 is getting something a lot snugglier. Friendships are koming back to offset all the killing by way of selfies, xylophones, sand castles, and motorcycles. You know, friend stuff. The friendship finishers are coming as a free update for MK11 next week but NetherRealm are showing off a peek at them in a new trailer today.
]]>After a year of DLC characters, Mortal Kombat 11 is getting an actual story expansion, named Aftermath. Koming this month, it will kontinue the tale of Liu Kang while adding a few kharacters: Fujin, Sheeva, and... RoboCop? And they've actually got the face and voice of Peter Weller for RoboCop? I'd buy that for a dollar. While the expansion will cost kash, a free update launching alongside it will add new stages and also bring back back those kute 'n' kuddly Friendship finishing moves.
]]>Happy love day, you disgusting piece of filth. Got you. That was an example of what today’s young people call “neggling”. This is when you are nice and nasty in such quick succession that the body becomes inexplicably aroused. Spasms of lust take over both neggler and negglee, resulting in a paroxysm of extramarital sex and, subsequently, the degeneration of humanity. This is just one of the signs of an unhealthy relationship. But there are many more examples in videogames. Here are the 10 most toxic couples out there. Don't worry, you can argue fruitlessly in favour of any of them. That's the point of these articles.
]]>Minigames are the coffee Revel of videogames. They are harmless, infrequent and unpleasant to think about. We accept their presence, yet no one has ever eaten a pack of Revels and wished for more coffee nuggets. Nobody completed Final Fantasy X and thought: “Needs more Blitzball”. That minigames exist as a mild distraction inside the glowing guts of other games is itself ridiculous. Imagine you were on a golf course, and hole 12 turned out to be its own 8-hole pitch ‘n’ putt. “This is stupid,” you’d think, and then you would play pitch ‘n’ putt for the rest of the day in a mindless stupor.
Here are the 7 most gratuitous minigames - but do they all deserve to be here?
]]>Hey you, I heard your breath smells like a fart. What are you gonna do about it? Fight me!? Excellent. I was hoping you’d say that, because I’ve put together a list of the 10 best fighting games on PC, and it would be fantastic if you came and had a look, gave your thoughts, and maybe elbowed me in the teeth while you’re at it. Finally, a decent reader willing to dropkick me. Matchmaking is hard.
All right, let’s take this outside, where the top 10 fighting games are waiting. How exciting.
]]>HDR on PC hasn't improved much in 2019. Despite there being more HDR gaming monitors than ever before, the very best gaming monitors for HDR continue to be quite expensive compared to non-HDR monitors, and the situation around Windows 10 support for it is still a bit of a mess. However, provided you're willing to fight through all that, then the next step on your path to high dynamic range glory is to get an HDR compatible graphics card.
Below, you'll find a complete list of all the Nvidia and AMD graphics cards that have built-in support for HDR, as well as everything you need to know about getting one that also supports Nvidia and AMD's own HDR standards, G-Sync Ultimate and FreeSync 2. I've also put together a list of all the PC games that support HDR as well, so you know exactly which PC games you can start playing in high dynamic range.
]]>Google held another one of their Stadia Connect conferences today, and this one was meant to be all about what games you'll be playing in the "scary" cloud come November. Sure enough, there were new Stadia games aplenty announced this evening, with the biggest addition being Cyberpunk 2077.
To help keep track of them all, here's a list of every Google Stadia game confirmed so far, as well as which games are coming at launch, which ones will be arriving a little bit later, and which games you'll only be able to play by subscribing to one of the special Stadia publisher subscriptions.
]]>Mortal Kombat 11 has a pretty big roster if you don't include the unlockable Frost and preorder bonus that is Shao Kahn. However, there is a Kombat Pass available for the game and NetherRealm Studios has revealed which familiar faces you'll see out of six additional characters that you'll be able to play as later this year. A few days before EVO 2019, we got a bigger look at Nightwolf, including his release date.
]]>I reckon that when I was growing up I spent longer reading the manuals for games than I did playing them. The thicker the better (as the someone said to the etc.), and if it were up to me every game would come with a chunky instruction booklet. The standard these days is the in-game tutorial, and many of them feel like afterthoughts. Either they’re too bare bones to properly teach you how to play, leaving you to scroll through Wikis, or they’re so boring that you rush through them and then forget everything you’re told.
]]>With the first character of the Kombat Pass now available, it seems there's some confusion around Mortal Kombat 11's Krypt and its wealth of unlockables. We aim to set the record straight with some new details on the DLC characters, as well as give you some tips for unlocking stuff in the Krypt, even after numerous patches. Yet there are ways if you know how, that you can unlock the multiple different locations, heart chests, and even the head spikes.
Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran kombatant, there's plenty of things to know about Mortal Kombat 11. Head on over to our hub for everything you need to know which you can find in our Mortal Kombat 11 guide.If you want to get some hearts there are a few ways that you can do it. You can either go to our Mortal Kombat 11 farming guide to learn more about how to quickly obtain them.
]]>Mortal Kombat 11 has a pretty big roster as it is, if you don't include the unlockable Frost and preorder bonus that is Shao Kahn. However, a Kombat Pass is also available which has begun to reveal which familiar faces you'll see out of six additional characters that you'll be able to play as later this year. Oh and there's also a bit more stuff in the Kombat Pass besides new characters.
Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran kombatant, there's plenty of things to know about Mortal Kombat 11. Head on over to our hub for everything you need to know which you can find in our Mortal Kombat 11 guide. I'd also recommend looking at our Mortal Kombat 11 farming guide for everything you need to know about farming resources to unlock stuff in the Krypt - which you can look at our Mortal Kombat 11 Krypt guide to learn more about. Finally, there's also our Mortal Kombat 11 fatalities and Mortal Kombat 11 brutalities for all those nasty finishers.
]]>Whether it was purely stylistic or intended to make the game behave better on older consoles, a lot of people found Mortal Kombat 11's halved framerate during cinematic attacks distracting. Previously only available via mods, today NetherRealm Studios patched in an official set of 60fps options today for menus, cinematics (including fatalities) and the Krypt. They do warn that the Krypt toggle is only for truly high-end PCs. Below, for illustration's sake, a comparison video letting you see the two framerates side by side, albeit captured using the unofficial 60fps mod.
]]>Mortal Kombat 11 has certainly garnered some attention, mostly due to the controversy of its rather piecemeal distribution of resources to unlock the Krypt chests. On top of that, there's also a brand new "Kustomise" mode that gives you the ability to customise your own loadouts. As you delve deeper into Shang Tsung's island of trinkets, and thwart Kronika's schemes, let us be your guide.
]]>At some point while playing Mortal Kombat 11, you'll want to see all the finishers. Don't deny it, we're all morbidly curious. Fatalities have been a staple since the original Mortal Kombat, ranging from simple and effective, to comedic. You don't need to unlock them first to perform them if you have the input code and we've got all the combinations you need right here.
Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran kombatant, there's plenty of things to know about Mortal Kombat 11. Head on over to our hub for everything you need to know which you can find in our Mortal Kombat 11 guide. You can also check out our Mortal Kombat 11 farming guide for tips on how to get hearts as quickly as is possible, even if the method is tedious, as well as the Mortal Kombat 11 Krypt guide for the locations of the heart chests in the Krypt mode.
]]>Mortal Kombat 11 has one major flaw at the time of writing.:Unlocking stuff in the Krypt is going to take aeons because there's a long time to invest in farming resources. There are three resources that you can obtain, but there's no easy way to get them all quickly. There are ways to mitigate this rather time-consuming process and we will be going over all of the best ways to do this.
Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran kombatant, there's plenty of things to know about Mortal Kombat 11. Head on over to our hub for everything you need to know which you can find in our Mortal Kombat 11 guide. You can also take a look at our Mortal Kombat 11 Krypt guide for all of the Shao Kahn heart chest locations to spend your hard-earned hearts.
]]>In the second chapter of Mortal Kombat 11, it's reasonable to believe the world is going to end. Beloved characters have died. Long-slain demigods are rising from their graves. The fabric of time itself is breaking down, and the greatest problem faced by Johnny Cage in this moment is that his unrepentant asshole of a younger self won't take his feet off the table.
It’s a small portion of a larger scene, an emotive moment of frustration while discussing the fate of the world, but it goes a long way towards expressing why I love the writing in NetherRealm’s most recent fighting games, despite the unfortunate work conditions they were produced under. Among just generally good storytelling, the studio’s writers seem to focus on a larger idea. In epic struggles of good and evil; light and dark; cool ninjas and other, slightly more edgy ninjas; NetherRealm’s writers remember the most important conflicts of all are personal.
]]>Early on in Mortal Kombat 11's Krypt mode, you're introduced to the Forge. Located not too far from the main courtyard, it seems that you need recipes to make some items to unlock for your characters. Putting the wrong items together will waste valuable resources and there are only a certain number of craftable items in the game.
Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran kombatant, there's plenty of things to know about Mortal Kombat 11. Head on over to our hub for everything you need to know which you can find in our Mortal Kombat 11 guide. Getting resources is key to making items. If you want to get some hearts. souls, or koins, there are a few ways that you can do it. You can go to our Mortal Kombat 11 farming guide to learn more about how to quickly obtain them or our Mortal Kombat 11 Krypt guide for more on the Krypt mode itself.
]]>Mortal Kombat 11 has a pretty big roster as it is, if you don't include the unlockable Frost and preorder bonus that is Shao Kahn. Each one has a massive array of moves that can be tinkered with for use in both online and offline modes. There's also a bunch of AI fighters that you can create to help unlock stuff and this guide will go over all of that.
Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran kombatant, there's plenty of things to know about Mortal Kombat 11. Head on over to our hub for everything you need to know which you can find in our Mortal Kombat 11 guide. I'd also recommend looking at our Mortal Kombat 11 farming guide for everything you need to know about farming resources to unlock stuff in the Krypt - which you can look at our Mortal Kombat 11 Krypt guide to learn more about. Finally, there's also our Mortal Kombat 11 fatalities and Mortal Kombat 11 brutalities for all those nasty finishers.
]]>Time-travelling punch ‘em up Mortal Kombat 11 is a good fighting game, if you trust the stupid words of my past self in this Mortal Kombat 11 review. The present-day version of myself will remind you that it has a stingy streak when it comes to doling out its various krypto kurrencies. Rewards for fights are often measly and getting new costumes and gear for your outlandish biffers sometimes feels like a slow climb. Especially in the Towers of Time mode, a series of fights with annoying “modifiers” and “konsumables” that make some brawls harder and more fiddly than they should be. Well, developers NetherRealm Studios seem to have heard this kommon komplaint. A patch yesterday reduced the difficulty of the Towers of Time mode, increased rewards from fights, and has given players a “sorry” gift of 500,000 koins with a K, among other goodies.
]]>It’s got blood and you punch people. There, review over.
I sometimes wish this job was as straightforward as that. Mortal Kombat 11 is a biff ‘em up of brutal strength and quick reflexes. It has a bin lorry’s worth of microtransaction trash heaped on top of it, the PC version is lagging behind the console version as regards patches, and it was made at a studio recently criticised for its poor working conditions. There’s also an excellent fighting game underneath all that. And knowing all this, I’m supposed to tell you whether its worth spending your paypacket on it, so you can pester other humans with fireballs from the far end of a fighting pit. I’m supposed to do that, from inside this laundry drum of hot takes and player anger. But all I can hear is my mother’s old adage, whispering to me from across the years. “Brendan,” she said. “There is no ethical konsumption under kapitalism.”
]]>Mortal Kombat 11 does sadly have a bit of an issue when it comes to the Brutalities. Even though you can access a universal Brutality and a character specific Brutality from the start, the rest are hidden behind unlockables opened in the Krypt or a
Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran kombatant, there's plenty of things to know about Mortal Kombat 11. Head on over to our hub for everything you need to know which you can find in our Mortal Kombat 11 guide. You can also take a look at our Mortal Kombat 11 fatalities for all the fatalities in the game, as well as the Mortal Kombat 11 Krypt for all of the Shao Kahn heart chest locations to unlock a guaranteed Brutality.
]]>Haha, that was funny last week wasn't it! Remember how we did that whole bit where I had left RPS, but then I was still stuck writing Steam Charts? Heh, they do some good goofs at this site. Anyway, let's... [looks straight into camera]
]]>Kano, Liu Kang, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya, and the rest of the gang return today to test your might in Mortal Kombat 11. And yes, they're bringing that banging theme song back with them. NetherRealm's latest in the revived and ha-ha-hilariously gory fighting game series continues with another story campaign (which have been an unexpected highlight since the reboot), more new fighters, and more spine-tearingly silly murdermoves. I was not 'doing a joke' about the theme song, by the way; hear the new remix in the launch trailer below.
]]>I hold great respect for the Calvinball nonsense that is Mortal Kombat canon. Once a silhouetted joke fighter named after the developers, dark ninja Noob Saibot has grown into an actual character in the new trilogy. NetherRealm have just unveiled his latest incarnation in Mortal Kombat 11, and he looks as delightfully over-the-top as you'd expect. I'd almost be able to take him seriously, were it not for his amazingly goofy voice, sounding like a hybrid of Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget and the hooded cultist from Harvester. Check out his shadow-clone fighting style below.
]]>Mortal Kombat 11's big community reveal has come and gone, and we now know a whole lot more about the latest game from NetherRealm Studios. This guide will go through all the details we know about Mortal Kombat 11 so far, such as the release date, gameplay details, pre-order bonus, and the system requirements needed to run the game. There's even some of the fatalities if you're not too put off by that sort of thing.
]]>Mortal Kombat 11 is looking every bit as blood-drenched as ever, but perhaps a little smarter than usual, systems-wise. Unveiled today during a big-budget live event, NetherRealm's next in the ridiculously over-the-top fighting series looks to be doing things a bit differently. Heavy-hitting moves and fatalities are still gory fun, but winning looks like it'll require a bit more consideration, juggling new offensive and defensive special gauges. See how it all works in the massive trailer-dump below, including a bunch of fighting and a peek at the new story mode.
]]>Wow 2019 is a thing, huh? How are we all doing? Relieved? Bowling a hangover and a nagging sense of trepidation? Maybe you work in retail and, surprise! You were supposed to be at work half an hour ago. Time loses all meaning post-New Year break, doesn't it? You're just sort of adrift in a sea of empty Quality Street wrappers. That's okay. We're all there too.
Pretty soon the grim news cycle is going to grind to life again. Only three months until -- no! Don't think about it. We still have a moment here, on the crinkly, brightly coloured waves. Listen to their quiet rustling and think, not about reality, but about games! Yes, lovely, shiny games. We can bury our face right in them. And from that point of view the next 12 months are looking pretty good. Here's our selection of the games we're most looking forward to next year.
]]>The spine-ripping, heart-stabbing, tooth-smashing, face-eating supernatural superkillers of Mortal Kombat will return next year in Mortal Kombat 11, announced today. The main new features in this next fighting game, as far as I can tell, are ultraviolence that's even more wince-inducing and dressing up your murderers like pretty dolls. Observe, a cinematic announcement trailer follows.
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