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We’ve known for a while now that Microsoft would be unveiling its new subscription-based passes, but we figured it would come with today’s press conference at 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern. However, the eager beavers have opened up the pages, though the beta for the Xbox Game Pass PC is not quite live yet. However we do have a few facts at our disposal already.
This morning, we wrote about a now-former Blizzard developer who remarked that the game he had been working on for two years was canceled abruptly. This afternoon, Kotaku has obtained information from unnamed inside sources that the game was a Starcraft first-person shooter. The cancellation came as a shock to the devs working on it and happened in the past two weeks. Those who had been working on the Starcraft FPS are being moved to both the Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 teams.
Google has taken to the airwaves to talk all things Stadia, its upcoming cloud-based gaming service. We’ve got all the details including release date, countries for release, pricing, included games and much more.
We live in a world of leaky faucets, confirmed by the latest rumored Stadia information from a French Canadian site about the details of Google’s upcoming cloud-based gaming service. Among other things, the leak reveals a launch window, pricing and a few of the games planned.
Google is starting off a big week for gaming news with today’s Stadia Connect event where we will finally learn some new details about the upcoming cloud-based gaming service. The event begins at 9:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Eastern and we’ve got it right here at MMORPG.com in a dedicated discussion thread so be sure to come by, have a listen and offer your thoughts in the comments.
If you’re a fan of Final Fantasy and the music that makes each game so iconic, you’ll be pleased to hear that most of the games’ soundtracks have arrived on both Spotify and iTunes. The collected works of Nobuo Uematsu and other artists are all available and include all soundtracks from Final Fantasy I through FFXV. In addition, a number of other Final Fantasy games are also included such as FF Tactics, Dissidia Final Fantasy and others.
According to former Blizzard developer David Gibson who left the company earlier this week, a project on which he was working for the past two years has been abruptly canceled. While Gibson did not provide any details, he did send out a few tweets that said that his game was “on the back burner a bit over the past 6 months” before being canceled. “Unfortunately, you’ll never see what we made over the past 2 years – that’s gamedev, but we’ll always have Overwatch,” he wrote.
If you’ve been looking for a great RPG or a good old fashioned game from the days of yore, you’re in luck: GoG.com has started its annual summer sale with some screamin’ deals including Diablo 1 for $9, Torment: Tides of Numenera for $22.50 and Fallout New Vegas for $10, to name a few.
After several weeks of anticipation, NetherRealm Studios finally revealed the contents of the Kombat Pack for Mortal Kombat 11, along with a gameplay trailer for the title’s first previously-announced DLC character: Shang Tsung. Despite appearing in his older form as the keeper of The Krypt located on his personal island, Shang opts to return to his younger form during kombat, to battle foes in his prime.
Armed with his signature straight and upward Flaming Skulls, as well as his trademark ability to steal his enemy’s soul, allowing the player to transform into the opposing character to immediately shift into a mirror match, the Sorcerer also has an interesting new ability on display.
During the trailer, we see Tsung transform into many of the Klassic male ninjas–some of whom currently aren’t in the game–to perform one of their signature attacks, such as Rain’s Super Kick, Ermac’s Telekinetic Slam, Reptile’s Slide, and Smoke’s Shake. He also transforms into Scorpion, Noob Saibot and Sub-Zero during his Fatal Blow.
Voiced by his actor in the 1995 film, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the character certainly carries an appreciated level of nostalgia, with his victory pose recreating Shang’s most iconic moment from the film, and his fatality even featuring a cameo from another legacy MK boss.
Additionally, it was revealed that Nightwolf, Sindel, and Spawn will also be included in the Kombat Pack, with two more guests to be revealed later. It was also announced that a Klassic Arcade Ninja Skin Pack will be released, that sees Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Noob Saibot don some throwback duds from Mortal Kombat II, recreated in stunning detail.
These will be three of the 19 included Skins for the KP. For those looking forward to stealing some souls, early access for Shang and the Klassic Skins will begin on Tuesday, June 18th, for Kombat Pack, Premium, and Kollector’s Edition owners, before they go on-sale to the general public one week later.
You can see Shang’s full trailer below, as well as a press release from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment detailing more about the other announced fighters, which notes that Spawn will be voiced by Keith David, his VA from the HBO animated series. Anyone lucky enough to be attending E3 2019 can try out Shang at the WB Games Booth from June 11-13th.
Here’s a breakdown of each of the Kombat Pack’s announced characters coming from Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Todd McFarlane’s Spawn is one of the world’s best-selling and longest-running monthly comic books, with hundreds of millions of copies sold worldwide in more than 120 countries and 15 different languages. The Spawn comic book tells the story of Al Simmons, an elite government assassin who was betrayed and killed by the CIA. Instead of dying, he sells his soul to Hell for a second chance at life, and becomes Spawn, an unstoppable soldier fighting the underworld. Spawn is voiced by Keith David, the original voice actor from ‘Todd McFarlane’s Spawn,’ the Emmy award-winning HBO animated series.
The soul-stealing sorcerer and historic host of the Mortal Kombat Tournament. Shang Tsung pledged his eternal loyalty to Shao Kahn in exchange for a dark power, but he is no faithful servant. He dreams of the day his sorcery will overtake Shao Kahn’s, and he’ll pay any price to get there. Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is lending his voice and likeness to the popular character he portrayed in the classic 1995 Mortal Kombat film. Additionally, Shang Tsung will be available for consumers to play before release during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) from June 11 to 13 in the South Hall at the WB Games booth (#1023).
Formerly known as Grey Cloud, was chosen by the Great Spirit to become the Matoka’s champion and protector. Grey Cloud proved worthy when he laid down his life to prevent the Black Dragon from plundering what remained of his tribe’s sacred artifacts. As Nightwolf, Grey Cloud possesses extraordinary magic granted by the Great Spirit to fight for the Matoka’s future and defend all of Earthrealm.
The former Queen of Edenia and will stop at nothing to keep her place. Threatened with the loss of her throne when Shao Kahn conquered her realm, Sindel betrayed her husband, and her people, to keep her privileged position. Now, as Shao Kahn’s wife and Queen of Outworld, she enjoys power and wealth beyond most people’s imagination.
Don’t forget! Those who can’t wait to see Shang Tsung in action should check out tomorrow’s Kombat Kast to get the lowdown on the new fighter!
Foul magic is afoot in tomorrow’s #KombatKast. See you at 3:00pm CDT. #MK11 https://t.co/1JfiaXY8kP pic.twitter.com/9WHubmZ9rc
— Mortal Kombat 11 (@MortalKombat) June 4, 2019
Source: Mortal Kombat; Gematsu
Wizards of the Coast, Netflix, and Hasbro’s Allspark Animation studio have announced that a new animated series is in the works and that will be produced by Joe and Anthony Russo, most recently noted for Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Creative talent in creating the series will come at the hands of folks that have worked on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Firefly, Agent Carter, the LEGO movies and many others.