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Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge will be released on Sunday, April 12 on digital services followed by a physical release on Tuesday, April 28.
The box art has also been revealed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, which is the same studio that puts out the DC animated films. Check out the box art and more images in the slideshow below.
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The film will be released in three physical releases. A 4K UHD pack that includes a Blu-ray, a Blu-ray pack that includes a DVD, and a standalone DVD. All three versions come with a digital copy for Movies Anywhere.
A batch of bonus features will also be included with the release:
- From Epic Game to Extreme Animation – Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon and the filmmakers reveal the creative process behind adapting the best-selling game to an all-new animated film.
- The Weapons, Wardrobe and World of Mortal Kombat Legends – The artists reveal the design challenges of animating the world of Mortal Kombat, from authentic armor to wildly imaginative weapons and fantasy settings.
- The Savage Sound Design of Mortal Kombat Legends – This hard-hitting audio exploration reveals the art of designing the sonic language of the fight scenes.
- Mortal Kombatants – Dive deep inside the cast of characters to reveal their unique abilities, signature moves and backstories.
- Filmmaker Commentary – Producer Rick Morales and screenwriter Jeremy Adams sit down for an insightful audio commentary that reveals the process of creating a compelling animated film based on one of today’s most popular fighting games.
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The movie will run 80 minutes long and comes from Batman: Assault on Arkham director Ethan Spaulding and Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans writer Jeremy Adams. Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon served as a creative consultant on the film, which serves as a loose adaptation of Mortal Kombat (2011) with the plot revolving around a battle to the death tournament made up of champions from all over.
Patrick Seitz returns to the role of Scorpion, which he last played in Mortal Kombat X. Another actor reprising a role is Kevin Michael Richardson. Richardson played Goro in the 1995 movie and returns to the role here. Newcomers include Joel McHale as Johnny Cage and Jennifer Carpenter as Sonya Blade. Read the full cast list here.
For more on Mortal Kombat, read our review of the Joker DLC for Mortal Kombat 11 and see which game won IGN’s best fighting game of 2019.
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Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who remembers when Mortal Kombat 9, Portal 2, SOCOM 4 and Motorstorm Apocalypse came out within days of each other and it was during the PSN shutdown after the hack so nobody could play any of those games online on PS3. What a great time that was.
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Phil Spencer Teases Xbox Studio The Initiative Doing ‘New Things…And Old Things’
After being officially announced at E3 2018, Xbox’s The Initiative studio has been rather quiet. With the new console generation seemingly only a few months away, Xbox head Phil Spencer recently met with the team at The Initiative and revealed that the first-ever ‘AAAA’ studio was “challenging themselves to do new things (and old things) in new ways.”
In a short Twitter tease, Spencer shared that he recently met with Initiative studio head Darrell Gallagher and head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty to discuss the future of the ‘AAAA’ development team. Unfortunately, Spencer’s tweet is pretty vague, so we can only guess at what Gallagher’s team is up to.
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Perhaps this means that the studio is working on bringing back/rebooting an old Xbox IP. Further, it could mean that it is hard at work on a new project that has ties to an old Xbox franchise, or the studio could be headed in a completely different direction. Either way, Spencer’s tease will likely be a breath of fresh air for Xbox fans, as The Initiative has been rather quiet over the past few months.
Since its announcement almost two years ago, Gallagher has quietly assembled a talented team of experienced game developers. In August, Gallagher revealed that the studio had hired God of War’s lead producer Brian Westergaard and Red Dead Redemption’s writer Christian Cantamessa.
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The studio has also added Sunset Overdrive director Drew Murray and Tomb Raider reboot director Dan Neuburger.
With the team in place, Xbox fans have been longing to get a glimpse at what The Initiative is working on. However, for now, it seems that fans will have to wait a bit longer.
What do you think The Initiative is up to? Let us know in the comments below.
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Andrew Smith is a freelance contributor with IGN. Follow him on Twitter @_andrewtsmith.