
No, I’m not joking. I haven’t been more serious in my life. It seems that in these lowly hours of the night Midway has seen fit to finally announce the next Mortal Kombat title and it seems this one is designed blow your mind. Partnering up with DC Comics, they have announced Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe. No other information is available, but good lord. In the pantheon of fighting game matchups I don’t think we’ve ever seen such an odd pairing (Marvel Vs. Capcom aside).
I have to go to bed; my brain hurts from this…
Source | Mortal Kombat Online

In the years following the advent of broadband online console gaming many games have struggled to match up to what the market wants. While the Wii is struggling to reinvigorate social party gaming with friends all in the same room the hardcore section of the market has seen a shift in the opposite direction to singular online gaming. Services like Xbox Live have been a tremendous success in this regard, offering triple-A titles like Halo, Call of Duty, and Burnout that enjoy a spot of the shelves of many gamers. Another shift has begun however as these services have expanded and advanced, this one being in the direction of cooperative-focused titles that allow gamers to share a singleplayer experience simultaneously. Taking a hint in more than one way from Epic’s massively popular Gears of War, Electronic Arts has unleased its own co-op focused title into the fray entitled Army of Two. But does the partial redesign that pushed back this title for so long stand a chance? Read on and find out…

Yes my friends, get ready to gear up for one of gaming’s greatest franchise’s now-gen release. Get ready to spend a lot of money as Mario Kari Wii will be seeing its release on April 27th, the same week that Grand Theft Auto IV is released.
Damn you red turtle shell, damn you…