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These incredible Genesis soundtracks argue that the console's best games should be remembered for its music than they sometimes are.

The hyper-violent arcade smash of 1992 was too bloody even for Congress.

Mortal Kombat 1 Composer Wilbert Roget, II discusses his career, influences, advice and so much more in our latest interview.

Unofficial sequel to the awful N46 Sub-Zero game in the ID tech engine: Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Scorpions Revenge! This mod is a blast with difficult encounters and advanced game movement such as a dash ability and scorpions famous Blood Spear...

Iron Studios is back with a new and beautifully sculpted assortment of new statues like the arrival of a new Mortal Kombat fighter

Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon reflects on 30 years of MK, the original game’s creation, and the legacy of the franchise.

Violent and gory as it is, Mortal Kombat has always had a lighthearted side as its creators have prioritized making us smile just a little more than making us turn our heads away in disgust.Evgeny Yurichev, a digital artist ...

Dan Forden's iconic Toasty! quip has been a fun little Easter egg since Mortal Kombat 2 all the way back in 1993, and the developers are still finding clever ways to hide the voice line in newer games.Although ...

Every once in a while we'll have a blast from the past pop up on Twitter or on YouTube that reminds us of something that is hard to believe actually exists in classic fighting games. Such a reminder surfaced ...

The Mortal Kombat movie has plenty of Easter eggs in the final cut, but one filmed reference didn’t make it in the “Toasty!” line. Co-writer Greg Russo spoke with Polygon and revealed that the line, which featured game designer Dan Forden appearing to deliver a high-pitched “Toasty!” when an uppercut happened, was actually written in and shot but cut from the final product. “I worked really hard to get the line ‘Toasty!’ in there,” Russo said. “It had a spot in the story ...