Month: February 2015

As part of their latest round of coverage, the folks at IGN recently spoke with NetherRealm Studios marketing manager Brian Goodman to gather some details on Mortal Kombat X, most notably with regards to the game possibly utilizing microtransactions. When posed a question on the subject, Goodman responded with a non-committal, and potentially unsettling, “We are not releasing any details on that yet.”

Now, this doesn’t guarantee that we’ll be expected to drop wads of cash for some to-be-announced in-game feature, but, as IGN suggests, since the marketing director didn’t immediately shut down the idea of such a notorious income mechanic being implemented in the title, it’s not unreasonable to expect this sort of thing to exist in some form or another once we get our hands on it.

We must also consider the (very real) possibility that Goodman associates more innocuous things like downlaodable characters and costumes with the evils of the microtransaction, which, based on the amount of information surrounding the topic, seems about as likely as anything else.

What do you think of this possible move by NetherRealm? Let us know in the comments.

Source: IGN

If you’re like me, expressing deeply-felt emotions to loved ones can be like winning a 2-8 matchup, and the fact that Valentine’s Day is lurking just around the corner certainly isn’t helping anything. This year, forget flowers or chocolates or another six-foot tall teddy bear, and instead opt say what you’re feeling with Microsoft Studios’ line of free Killer Instinct cards that you can print and cut out right at home.

These greetings are the perfect way to say what’s really important this holiday. Things like Glacius’ “You warm my heart,” or Thunder’s wonderfully heartfelt question of, “Will you be the lightning to my Thunder?” And who could forget Orchid’s take on a classic poem?

You can download the entire set of high-resolution cards here.

Source: Microsoft Studios