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Male Kombatants of Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe (MK)

October 24th 2008 12:05
The Mortal Kombat team is a fierce one, so you'll want to watch out with Mortal Kombat and the DC Universe team meat up. You'll have 10 DC Universe kombatants and 10 Mortal Kombat kombatants, Your DC Universe men will include some of your favorite heroes and villains, whereas the women are greatly outnumbered. With just two from each side, the women kombatants should still be feared. But, remember that the game is a true two player game, so grab your friend and watch the two worlds collide when Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe is released in November.


But, anyway, Midway's new Mortal Kombat installment should not disappoint, especially as it has already built up hype around the gaming forums. You'll find that come November, they're going to sell out fast, so make sure to get your Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe video game first. Pre-Order so that you can be the first to play as Sub Zero or Baraka, or one of the many other Mortal Kombat kombatants. Anyway, check out the men Mortal Kombat kombatants below.

Sub-Zero

He's as cold as ice, willing to sacrifice...your head! That's right, the frozen warrior returns again for this new installment in the series, the baddest ninja to EVER walk the planet.(I'm a bit of a Sub-Zero fanboy, can't ya tell?) As the leader of the lin-kuie ninja clan...He will be coming back this year to kick butt and take names, freeze fools and play games. Better watch your head, cuz he'll take that too!


Scorpion

The outcast from the lin kuei clan, the fallen warrior, the demon from the nether realm. Scorpion has been called alot of things, but a punk isn't one of them. One of the most hardcore fighters and the best ever.(besides sub zero of course!) Scorpion will be bringing his trusty spear and fire breath to a console near you soon.

Shang Tsung

Watch your back...and your souls! The wicked wizard of the...realms? I dunno, either way Tsung is once again playable, thank god he's not the old beat up dude from the original eh? Anyways, the second in command is here to steal souls and be an all around evil jackass, morphing into other kombatants and throwing fireballs at you, nothing special.

Jax

Sonya Blades male counterpart returns in MK vs DC for another go around, personally i think the creators of mortal kombat brought him around to have some type of minority figure in the game but what do i know? Either way, Jax is here, again with his metal arms, as if he's not buff enough already...

Liu Kang

The original Mortal Kombat champion is back...from the dead that is! After dying in the last mortal kombat series opener liu kang is back from the dead and bicycle kicking his way into your house this november. He will probably haave the same four boring moves as he's always had, but you'll still play as him. Why? Because you will.

Raiden

A.K.A. The God Of Thunder
The god of thunder is back ready to shove a lightning bolt up your ass, brokeback mountain style! Raiden basically oversees the entire wellbeing of earthrealm, who knows what he'll be doing in this game besides shooting electricity out of his fingers and directly up your ass. I'm sure he'll be flying and grabbing and teleporting and all that good shit. Yea.

Kano

The leader of the black dragon criminal enterprise, mortal enemy of sonya and jax, kano is the coolest earth realm warrior ever. First appearing in the original Mortal Kombat, Kano will quickly perform open heart surgery on your ass if he doesn't incinerate you with the infrared laser in his eye.

Baraka

An unpredictable warrior, Baraka belongs to a race of nomadic mutants. He will slice and dice you using his various moves, blades, and shards. You'll quickly lose your head if you don't watch out because Baraka's famous for decapitation and swift blade movement.
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Male Kombatants of Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe (DC)

October 23rd 2008 13:12
Midway is releasing probably the most talked about and potentially the most sought after Mortal Kombat installment next month, and believe you me, it's going to be one of the best. With 10 characters from DC Universe and 10 characters from Mortal Kombat, you'll be in for a ride.

With two worlds colliding in November, it's only natural that you want to know who your kombatants are. Well with 4 female kombatants and 16 male kombatants, you'll have a good time choosing your kombatant. Now, I want to introduce your 8 male DC universe kombatants. For the 8 male Mortal Kombat kombatants, you'll want to check out THIS LINK.

Heroes

Batman

The alter-ego to the wealthy Bruce Wayne, you don't want to mess with him. Batman has a series of bat-themed gizmos and weapons that he can pull for the war against crime, and don't think that you can hide from him either, as he can just as easy find the crime-doers with his gadgets.

Superman

AKA The Man of Steel
With Superman's super strength, x-ray vision, and his faster than lighting speed, you won't get away from him. Just remember that Superman's biggest weakness is that of kryptonite, so avoid it with all costs, and use his super hearing, invulnerability to magic, and super freezing breath to your advantage.

The Flash

As his name suggests, Flash is quite speedy. You won't be able to get away from him, once he's got his eys on you. Just be careful not to get him stuck in a Speed Force and don't get on his bad side, as Flash can make objects explode with shear vibrations with kinetic energy.

Shazam!

It's not just a name, Shazam really gives you reasons to stay away. With his wisdom of Solomon, strength of Hercules', stamina of Atlas, power of Zeus, courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury, you'll want to make sure that you don't mess with this superhero.

Green Lantern

His green appearance should be enough to steer clear of him, but the Green Lantern is not one to mess with. He gets his powers from his ring, so if you can, steal it, otherwise, you'll find that he can easily harness the energy in his ring to convert the energy into solid objects (typically weapons), pick up other people, or even create force fields.


Villains

Joker

Ok, now this is one scary dude. The Joker has a series of exploding gadgets and tricks up his sleeve, and if you catch him in a bad light, he'll be after you. Although, his skills with unarmed combat can vary, you'll definitely want to avoid his razor sharp flags and harpoon guns. And, don't even try to use poisons on him because he's immune to nearly all of them.

Deathstroke

AKA Slade or Terminator
Deathstroke is probably not the most common super villain or anti-hero, but he has the enhanced abilities of strength, speed, agility, stamina, and reflexes, which means you want to stay away from this big fella'. Deathstroke is on of Batman's kombatants, so try to match it fairly since he's great at both hand to hand kombat as well as weaponry.

Lex Luther

Superman's arch-enemy doesn't have a flair for powers, but Lex Luther is one super villain that you don't want to mess with. He's got a nasty temper, money, and the super villain lab to concoct some nasty remedies for you. So, make sure that you don't get on his bad side.
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Female Kombatants of Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe

October 23rd 2008 08:30
Midway has been one of the most popular video game makers for over 20 years. Most of their success comes from the Mortal Kombat franchise in which 2 players compete against one another in a bloody fight to the death. They were the first to introduce the ability to actually kill your opponent at the end of a match, known as a "fatality" and many other video game makers followed suit but Midway will always be known as an innovater in the video game world. In November 2008 Midway plans to release their newest installment in the Mortal Kombat series, and once again they've brought new innovation to the game with Mortal Kombat Vs. D.C. Universe. This is looking to be the biggest and baddest Mortal Kombat game to date. It occurred to me that some people out there might not know who the Kombatants are or anything about them so i decided to write this to give you a little insight on the characters, in this article i will introduce the female characters from both the Mortal Kombat world and the D.C. world.

Mortal Kombat
Sonya

Sonya first appeared in the original Mortal Kombat arcade game, touting a hot body, and a cold kiss. Kiss of death that is, her fatality involved her blowing a kiss at her opponent that wrapped them in a deadly pink sphere and roasted them to ashes.
Now in MK Vs. DC universe she's back in all her glory, still fueding with Kano, still out for truth, justice, and the american way, she's seems sweet, just stay away from those lips!

Kitana

A.K.A. Princess Kitana
The hottest 10,000 year old you've ever seen in your life, Kitana returns with her trusty fans by her side. Just don't think "aww, isn't she cute with her fans, she's so innocent" because those fans will take limbs and appendiges off! Her 2 fans have razor sharp edges that she uses to slice and dice her opponents until they look like streamers at a parade. Another fan of the kiss of death, kitana prefers the more up close and personal rather than the "kiss from afar" that sonya seems to favor.


DC Universe
Cat Woman

The slickest, quickest, and all around seductress burgler makes her debut in the Mortal Kombat series in MK vs. DC. Pouncing on the competition with her trusty whip and 9 lives, ready to lick up every kompetiter coming her way. Trust me, this is one cat you do NOT want stalking you.

Wonder Woman

A.K.A. Not Avail.
Last but not least, Wonder Woman rounds out the quartet of female fighters in MK vs. DC, Originally an Ambassador from an all woman Amazon tribe sent to live in the "male world" Wonder Woman is here and ready to kick some male tail. Along with her "Lasso Of Truth" she will be bringing the red, white, & black and blue to many male and female kombatants coming this november.

For the men, you can check out the Mortal Kombat kombatants and the DC Universe kombatants.
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Guitar Hero 4 Song List

September 14th 2008 20:28
To be released in October, you may be interested in purchasing Guiater Hero 4 World Tour. Well, you may want to know what songs are going to be initially released with the game so that you can figureo ut if the game is worth it becuase I know that many people were slightly disappointed with the other Guitar Hero games because the songs weren't quite what they wanted.

Because Guitar Hero World Tour is going to have all the instruments, the game is a little less rock and a little more band and group oriented.

You can check out the current song list here

Check it out and make your own judgment about the game.

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Guitar Hero World Tour to be Released in Competition with Rock Band

June 22nd 2008 15:55
As I slightly touched on in "Get Your Last Glimpse of GH3 Before Guitar Hero 4 is Released," it's true a new Guitar Hero is supposed to be released in October of this year (2008). This is pretty surprising since they just released Guitar Hero 3 last October, but they do need something to compete with Rock Band, so the release isn't that surprising.

Last year, Guitar Hero 3 was released in October, and a few short months later, in December Rock Band was released, so you know Activision had to come up with something quick to compete with the high sales and popularity that Rock Band produced.

THE INSTRUMENTS

The Guitar
The new Guitar Hero has to introduce a cool, new guitar contoller. This one has more features such as the touch pad located on the neck. The touch sensitve strip allows you to alter the notes during sustains by sliding up and down the strip. It can also be used for tapping to play notes.

The back select button is made to look like the bridge of the guitar, and it's now easier to activate star power. The D-Pad now looks more like a knob. The overall body of the guitar is larger and more realistic.

The guitar is wireless and sleek, with an accelermeter and a custom faceplates.



The Drums
The drums are probably the biggest change, when comparing World Tour with Rock Band. Instead of 4 drum pads and a bass drum, you have 3 centered drum pads and 2 cymbals, which simulate 2 toms, 1 snare, 2 cymbals, and a bass drum. The cymbals are raised above the drum pads and are positioned on hinged swivels so that you can position them as you want. Each drum pad is 8 inches in diameter, so that you are more likely to hit them. Plus the whole set is wireless.

To activate star power, all you have to do is hit both cymbals at the same time... Pretty simple. Huh?

Another big difference between the two drum sets, is that the World Tour drum set is much quieter.



The Microphone
The microphone is pretty standard. It's wireless addition without any buttons. In order to get to the menus, you'll have to use the controller. In order to activate star power with the microphone, you don't have to wait for special sections; all you have to do is tap it or make a quick similar sound at any time in order to activate star power.


CUSTOMIZATION

World Tour brings back all of the characters from Guitar Hero 3 and a few from Guitar Hero 2, but what's the point in playing someone else when you can be a rockstar yourself. You can customize a character and watch yourself rock out on the screen.

The character customization lets you choose the sex of the character, the genre (goth, punk, rock, etc), age, body shape, and body build. You can get as detailed as the size of the jaw, chin, ears, mouth, and eyes. You can even adjust the shape of the eyebrows. Add makeup and choose your hairstyle and color. There are tons of options when you create your own character. This feature will definitely be a hit.

You can apply tattoos by piecing together shapes and icons so that you can make your own tattoo design. You can even take decals and customize your instruments.



THE GAME

So far the track list includes Linkin Park, Van Halen, Sublime - "Santeria", Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell", and the Foo Fighters - "Everlong," but Activision understands that a good track list is necessary for solid gameplay.

You will encounter boss battles as well as career mode and quick play action.

The tour mode is similar to Rock Band. You can tour various locations and play setlists.

MUSIC CREATOR

Another cool feature with Guitar Hero World Tour is the music creator. Although the game will include over 85 songs, Activision wanted to add something special and new to the game. You can create your own songs by laying out note track. All you have to do is play, and the game does the rest for you. But, if you want, you can get technical and go into the editor and play around manually.

Where the music creator is a sweet addition for the instruments- drums and guitar- you cannot create your own song with the vocals.



Even if you're just a beginner, you can quickly and easily create your own music and songs by using the wizard tool. You can select a premade base line and a drum loop, adjust the tempo, and the basics are there; all you have to do is customize the song. If you have problems with rhythm, you can lock your notes to the beat.

When you're finished creating your song, you can publish it to the GH tunes. At that point you can pick which tracks will be played by the different instruments, assign your own cover art customizing it with the decal editor, select a genre, and more. At that point, anyone can download and play your customized song. After they play the song for the first time, they'll be asked to rate it; at that point the ratings are sent to the servers and Activision will track which songs are the highest rated, the fastest chart movers, and the ones played the most.

You can save up to 100 songs that you've created yourself, and you can download up to 200 songs.

COST

If you're trying to figure out the costs, well they're not too high....

The guitar and the game
PS3 and Xbox 360: $99.99 and $59.99
PS2: $49.99 (game only)

The full bundle to include the guitar, drums, microphone, and the game
PS3, Xbox 360, Wii: $189.99
PS2: $179.99
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