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“Once we started sending playable builds of Kratos, that’s when they got specific regarding things like animation,” Boon recalls.

Absolute authenticity being a key consideration, Boon’s team went so far as to use Kratos’ God of War III character model as a reference asset.

“From the beginning, we were absolutely set on respecting the character.” Boon describes a “receptive” relationship with Sony Santa Monica Studios - creators of God of War - during development of Kratos’ Mortal Kombat incarnation, with Boon’s and Asmussen’s teams regularly trading feedback and ideas. “The God of War team set certain ground rules,” Boon says. “I said, ‘ You gotta be kidding me, we gotta make this happen! Let’s get on the phone.'” Describing himself as a “huge God of War fan,” Boon was all too eager to work out the details and spark a larger collaborative effort between both studios.Ĭapturing “the real Kratos” in Mortal Kombat was a prime goal for Boon and Netherrealm Studios, but it wasn’t always an easy one. “I remember somebody saying, ”hey, there might be this possibility of Kratos appearing in Mortal Kombat,'” Stig remembers. “We think we’ve done Kratos justice.”Įd Boon and God of War III director Stig Asmussen don’t remember who made the first phone call, but both recall the Kratos crossover talks starting early in Mortal Kombat’s development cycle. “We kind of felt it was meant to happen,” he says.

MORTAL KOMBAT BOOKENDS PS3

The Mortal Kombat creative director and co-creator can finally spill his guts regarding one of the most anticipated video-game crossovers of all time: Kratos’ exclusive guest appearance in the PS3 version of Mortal Kombat. If you too like what we do, drop us a sub! Every bit of your support helps us to (hopefully) keep entertaining you!ĭon’t fret if you can’t be there for the recording though as you can catch them on Youtube usually later that very night.“The first time we saw him we thought, ‘Oh my God, what a great Mortal Kombat character he would make.'”Įd Boon is very excited. An especially Goro-sized thanks goes to any of you kind enough to support us by dropping you Koins into our jar via Ko-Fi! and now also subscribing on Twitch! Does it have the international flavour it needs to engage the MK fanbase? Only time will tell.ĭion, Jill and demon-sorcerer Quinn-Chi are ready to tag team on this cinematic fight-fest to see if it’s a Flawless Victory, or just another Mortal Kombat related pun.Ī huge shout out to our roster of Killer Kombatants AGAIN… who pour their blood, sweat and tears directly onto the live-chat during the Twitch stream, each Tuesday night at 7:30pm AEST. Mortal Kombat is directed by Western Australian Simon McQuoid and was shot in and around Adelaide, making this a distinctly Aussie feeling production. Nearly 30 years on the franchise continues to push the boundaries of good taste and probably to annoy parents: It’s still gruesome, it’s still bloody and now it’s back in cinemas for another bite at that fat Hollywood cash.

It was seemingly designed to make parents angry (and therefore become the hottest thing for teenagers to play, anywhere) and it succeeded. In 1992 a scandalous video game hit the arcades, it’s unique selling point the ability to violently kill a bunch of photo-realistic fighters in interesting and grotesque ways.

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