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Ed Boon, the head of NetherRealm studios and creator of Mortal Kombat, recently a tweeted a link to a poll he is conducting to find what characters players want to see next in Injustice: Gods Among Us. The poll is unofficial, and in way does it represent who NetherRealm will be able to add to the roster... More

With the launch of Injustice: Gods Among Us this week, we thought it would be a great time to catch up with NetherRealm creative director Ed Boon. During our conversation, we had a chance to talk about how Injustice evolved over its development, the tough choices made when selecting the roster of characters... More

This is going to be a very long weekend, as fans of DC Comics' pantheon of heroes await the release of NetherRealm's Injustice: Gods Among Us. Following the successful reboot of Mortal Kombat in 2011, Ed Boon's studio has been hard at work leveraging its experience to create something brand... More

Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat and creative director for Injustice: Gods Among Us, is teasing a possible Lobo appearance in Injustice. First, Ed Boon tweeted the image seen above with the text, "Hmmm... This guy?" Later, Boon replied to a fan who said that not featuring Lobo in the game... More

The video game based on comic book characters is getting a comic book soon, according to Ed Boon, co-founder of the development studio creating Injustice: Gods Among Us. The news comes from the EB Expo in Sydney. Boon said, "We're working on an Injustice comic book to carry the story and tell... More

NetherRealm Studios has appropriately become famous for the Mortal Kombat franchise, but creative director Ed Boon says that's not all the developer is interested in. Speaking to GameSpot , Boon was grateful for the success of Mortal Kombat, but was clear that NetherRealm has other plans in motion... More

Update : Boon has clarified his comments over Twitter . He says NetherRealm has a number of projects in the works, not just Mortal Kombat. "NetherRealm is working on MK and non-MK games!" One of the multiple projects on the way was the recently released Batman: Arkham City Lockdown for iOS... More

The UK ratings board has recently deemed an understandable 18+ rating to something called Mortal Kombat Komplete. While this listing is the first knowledge we have of the game, we're presuming it's a new edition of the game incorporating all the new downloadable characters and maybe some new... More

Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon posted a picture of NetherRealm's "Goro's Lair" arcade room on his Twitter account . Although the picture doesn't provide enough detail to make out the names of all of the arcade games, it would appear the company has a nice selection of classics to... More

Skarlett, the crimson-haired female ninja that originated as a color palate glitch, will be arriving within the month for owners of Mortal Kombat. This first DLC will contain the new character, but creator Ed Boon also says a patch is on the way. In his interview with G4 , Boon doesn't name specifics... More

NetherRealm's Ed Boon says that the developer wanted to create a 360-exclusive character, but were prevented from doing so due to pesky "circumstances." Speaking to Eurogamer , Boon said that the team wanted to give Xbox 360 Mortal Kombat owners their own character like PS3's Kratos... More

Ed Boon is an active member of Twitter, and it appears that he caught the April Fools bug today. While some may prefer to make subtle jokes today, Boon's are quite obviously gags. Here are his tweets thus far: Breaking News: MK moved to a fall release! Tonights DLC release will please many an MK... More

Fighting fans are eagerly anticipating the new Mortal Kombat, and series co-creator Ed Boon is looking to please the MK faithful by returning to the series' 2D roots. On top of the familiar gameplay, the game's roster is decidedly nostalgic; every character revealed so far has been from the first... More

We've seen crossovers in fighting games before (Link/Heihachi/Spawn in Soul Calibur II, Yoda and Vader in Soul Calibur IV, etc), but few are as perfect a fit as an appearance we've recently learned about. According to the latest issue of OPM, the God of War himself will be fully playable in the... More

Ed Boon has been a part of Mortal Kombat since the series began. He programmed the first game, back when a team of four could realistically tackle such a project. As creative director for NetherRealm, Boon is charged with overseeing the latest installment in the series, which is simply titled Mortal... More

One of the many trademarks of the first three Mortal Kombat games was the use of digitized actors. Rather than following the anime-influenced look of the rival Street Fighter series, Ed Boon and his team at Midway grabbed martial artists and actors to actually play their roles in front of a camera. One... More

Even the best, most dedicated QA team can miss a few problems with a game. In fighting games, particularly those with dozens of playable characters, balancing it all can be a nightmare. When players discover an exploit in a shooter or an overpowered move in a fighting game, it can ruin the experience... More

We had a chance to speak with Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon today, and he mentioned a series title that never saw the light of day. It sounds similar to 2005's Shaolin Monks, but featuring rivals Sub-Zero and Scorpion working in tandem. "When they finished [Shaolin Monks], the guys at Paradox... More

Today’s fighting games are far more accessible than their counterparts from the 1990s. You may not dominate tournaments by mashing buttons in Soul Calibur or Tekken, but you can at least participate in a good-natured multiplayer session. Back in the mid-90s, memorization was a much larger focus... More

With video game-related programming popping up on Spike TV and Syfy and a whole network (theoretically) focused on gaming in the form of G4, television coverage of our favorite hobby has been building for a while. If a new rumor holds any merit, NBC may be the first major network station to test whether... More