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There's a fairly detailed rundown of the plot in Entertainment's piece, should you wish to know what motivates Jax, a man with two giant metal arms, but suffice to say the roster also includes: Kano, Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Mileena, Raiden, Shang Tsung, and Sonya Blade. Best of all there's a new character, Cole Young, who knows nothing of his heritage beyond, and I'm not making this up, a birthmark on his chest that is the Mortal Kombat symbol. … [Read more...] about New shots and details of the Mortal Kombat movie reboot that is ‘definitely not gonna get a PG-13 rating’ (Updated)

Complaints about the game's translation appeared on Twitter on January 12, when a player posted a screen of poorly-translated text and wrote, "Stop ruining your games with machine or non-professional translation." Other fans, some of whom are translators themselves, weighed in with similar complaints: This tweet, for instance, pointed out a confusing message about saving, while the quality of the translation led at least one player to play the game in English, despite being a Spanish-speaker. The French and Chinese translation also came under fire—although, interestingly, the German version actually drew a compliment, indicating the unevenness of the work. … [Read more...] about Hades dev responds to translation criticism, says it paid pros and community members alike

Speaking in a Q&A over on Reddit, developer Frontier has gone into detail on the planetside settlements we'll be exploring when Odyssey touches down later this Spring. From the get, it sounds like these interstellar hamlets will be no pushover—scuppering one question-asker's plans to rock up with an Orca full of mines. … [Read more...] about Elite Dangerous: Odyssey’s settlements won’t sit around waiting to be bombed

With the Lucasfilm Games announcement, full creative control of the Star Wars games is back with Disney.  The Lucasfilm Games and EA Partnership was clarified soon after the reveal, and with it came the news that Massive Entertainment will lead development of the new Ubisoft Star Wars game. It's understood that Julian Gerighty has taken on creative director duties, the long-serving Ubisoft employee perhaps best known for his directorial roles on The Crew and The Division 2. While details are sparse, that alone should give you some idea of what to expect from this open-world experience that's in early production.  … [Read more...] about Star Wars, Indiana Jones, 007, and an incoming Golden Age for Licensed Games

Things really go downhill quickly. The game will chug when more than, say, three characters are on the screen, and the limited field of view makes it nearly impossible to play the field - a problem which the AI doesn't seem to have, mind you. There's also this ominous tidbit from the game's Wikipedia page: "The game has no ending." There's a paper thin plot, but no conclusion, meaning the blue bomber is likely stuck in soccer-playing limbo for all eternity. Maybe that's why we don't see him around much anymore... … [Read more...] about Weirdest spin-offs in video game history