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Mortal Kombat has been announced for the Playstation Vita.  The game will include all of the DLC as the console versions plus exclusive features that will make use of Vita’s hardware.  A second Challenge Tower with 150 missions will be added on.  While there was some talk about reducing the game’s frame rate to 30 fps, that was discarded in favor of staying true to the game’s original gameplay.

Below Ed Boon explains the new features for Mortal Kombat.

“In terms of gameplay, we’ve always wanted MK to be as accessible as possible. For example, you can touch your X-ray meter to execute an X-ray attack. For fatalities, you can “slash” the screen with the appropriate inputs – say, away, away, up – to execute the fatality. It makes some of the more difficult fatalities easier and it’s fun to slash at your screen to fire off a fatality. I was surprised by how engaging it is.”

We’ll have more news on Mortal Kombat for PS Vita so stay tuned.

Mortal Kombat (2011) has won the Fighting Game of the Year award at the 2011 VGAs.  Mortal Kombat beat out WWE All-Stars, Marval vs Capcom 3, and The King of Fighters XIII to capture the title at one of the biggest stages for video games.  2011 has definitely been the year for Mortal Kombat as the game has captured many awards and garnered praise from fans and critics.

Congratulations to Warner Bros and NetherRealm Studios for their efforts!

It’s been more than a couple of weeks but the date for the patch for NetherRealm Studios’ downloadable fighter has finally been revealed.  The Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection was released in August and the game was received with mixed to an unwelcoming reception.  While the game has a nice price point, it also suffers from presentation issues and crippling lag.  Shortly thereafter NetherRealm Studios announced a patch promising to fix the issues fans have been experiencing.

According to Ed Boon’s Twitter, the reason why it took so long to release information about the patch is because…”Testing, submitting & approvals is a LONG process.”  It makes sense.  Mortal Kombat (2011) has the benefit of hotfixes which do no need company approval unlike official patches which explains on why the X360 version usually gets updated later.  We’ll have more news on what the patch for the Arcade Kollection has in store.