Before Mortal Kombat 11 even came out last April, data miners had unearthed the information that Batman’s arch-nemesis The Joker and Todd McFarlane’s Spawn were coming to Mortal Kombat 11. A new trailer focusing on the game’s Kombat Pack not only confirms the duo, but also provides the first look at their in-game character models. Spawn looks like…
Just one day before the release of Mortal Kombat 11, data miners discovered the identity of potential guest characters that would be added to the game through DLC (NOTE: do not hit the link if you do not want to be spoiled), one of which that has been rumored for an appearance in a NetherRealm developed game…
The post Midway fighting games from NetherRealm Studios have been no stranger to totally out there guest characters, from Kratos and Freddy Krueger in Mortal Kombat (2011), to the Xenomorph, Leatherface and Jason Voorhees in Mortal Kombat X and most recently with Hellboy and the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 2017’s Injustice 2. Mortal Kombat 11 it seems is looking to…
In early 2015 before the release of Mortal Kombat X, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane made it known that he was in contact with WB Games to get the Spawn character a guest spot in that game but clearly that didn’t materalize. According to a recent poll put out today by Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon, it looks like he was…
This week saw the launch of Spawn: Resurrection, an attempt by Image to inject life back into the character made popular in the 90’s by creator Todd McFarlane by bringing original Spawn Al Simmons back from the dead (undead?) and hiring writer Paul Jenkins (Marvel Knight’s Inhumans) to oversee the character’s new direction. Two Halloween’s ago I reviewed every Spawn…
Its been a while since Todd McFarlane’s 90’s sensation Spawn has appeared in a video game. The last time anyone was able to play as the resurrected Hellspawn was in 2003 when he appeared in both the Xbox SKU of Soul Calibur II and Spawn: Armageddon, each from publisher Namco, now Namco-Bandai. With a new take on the character…
I really can’t quite explain it, but despite never owning a Sega console growing up, I’m a sucker for their very last hurrah in the business, the Dreamcast. Perhaps it’s due to its quirky library of games, like Crazy Taxi and The Typing of the Dead, or maybe I just have nostalgic memories of renting…
NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 10/29/2013 Compared to other comic book characters like say a Spider-Man or a Batman, Spawn has only appeared in five games, but there’s a fair amount of variety in that hand full of titles: traditional side-scrolling action games, a 3-D adventure/fighting game hybrid and a multi-player focused arena action game.…
NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 10/29/2013 Capcom is no stranger to licensed games, having crafted dozens of superb games based on the Disney license in the 8 and 16-bit era that are still well regarded by many today. They’ve also been known to dabble in the Marvel Comics world as well: you might know of…
NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 10//22/2013 Does Konami really need any introduction when it comes to the ethical treatment of a license in the video game industry? I mean really, let’s run down the list a little: TMNT IV: Turtles In Time, Bucky O’Hare, X-Men and the Simpsons in the arcade, Buster Busts loose, The…
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