Tonight was the <a href="http://www.spike.com/events/video-game-awards-2011">2011 Spike Video Game Awards</a> and <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9/">Mortal Kombat (2011)</a> was nominated for <b>Best Fighting Game</b> and <b>Best DLC (Freddy Krueger)</b>. Mortal Kombat easily beat out the competition of <b>Marvel Vs. Capcom 3</b>, <b>King of Fighters XIII</b> and <b>WWE All Stars</b> to <a href="http://www.spike.com/events/video-game-awards-2011-nominees/voting/best-fighting-game">take home the Best Fighting Game of 2011 prize</a>. Unfortunately, <a href="http://www.spike.com/events/video-game-awards-2011-nominees/voting/best-dlc">Portal 2 beat out Mortal Kombat for Best DLC</a>. You can't win them all, but I'm sure <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9/moves/433/Freddy%20Krueger/">Freddy</a> will now be haunting the dreams of <a href="http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Chell">Portal 2's heroine Chell</a>.
There is sadly no <b>Best Fighting Game of 2011</b> acceptance speech to show you, as Spike felt the award wasn't exciting enough to unveil on the main show. Instead, the award was just announced it between other awards to make time for more celebrity guests like Charlie Sheen who made it known he was there just because he was paid well to be there. Seeing that Spike is also home to the UFC it would have been a perfect opportunity to have a UFC fighter give the award for "Best Fighting Game" so they could fill their celebrity presenter quota.
Perhaps the biggest shocking announcement came during the internet-only pre-show. <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/netherrealm-studios-giving-mortal-kombat-a-rest-6347420">According to GameSpot</a>, Ed Boon was interviewed and gave a few clues into <a href="http://www.trmk.org/news/26006/ed_boon_teases_unexpected_surprise_from_netherrealm.html">his "unexpected surprise"</a>. According to Ed, <b>NetherRealm Studios</b> is working on a second non-Mortal Kombat title, the first being their <a href="http://www.trmk.org/news/26166/netherrealm_releases_batman_arkham_city_lockdown_for_ios.html">recently released iOS game: Arkham City Lockdown</a>. Skip to 5:00 into the below video to see Ed's acceptance of the award and mention what <b>NetherRealm Studios</b> is working on next.
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<b>UPDATE 4:31pm:</b> <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2011/12/12/mortal-kombat-creator-talks-about-adapting-batman-for-ios/">The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> also caught up with <b>Ed Boon</b> on the surprise release of <b>Batman: Arkham City Lockdown</b>. Boon mentioned that there may be other iOS projects in the works at <b>NetherRealm</b>.
What do you fans think NetherRealm Studios is working on next? <a href="http://www.trmk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26198">Leave your thoughts in the Komments</a>.
There is sadly no <b>Best Fighting Game of 2011</b> acceptance speech to show you, as Spike felt the award wasn't exciting enough to unveil on the main show. Instead, the award was just announced it between other awards to make time for more celebrity guests like Charlie Sheen who made it known he was there just because he was paid well to be there. Seeing that Spike is also home to the UFC it would have been a perfect opportunity to have a UFC fighter give the award for "Best Fighting Game" so they could fill their celebrity presenter quota.
Perhaps the biggest shocking announcement came during the internet-only pre-show. <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/netherrealm-studios-giving-mortal-kombat-a-rest-6347420">According to GameSpot</a>, Ed Boon was interviewed and gave a few clues into <a href="http://www.trmk.org/news/26006/ed_boon_teases_unexpected_surprise_from_netherrealm.html">his "unexpected surprise"</a>. According to Ed, <b>NetherRealm Studios</b> is working on a second non-Mortal Kombat title, the first being their <a href="http://www.trmk.org/news/26166/netherrealm_releases_batman_arkham_city_lockdown_for_ios.html">recently released iOS game: Arkham City Lockdown</a>. Skip to 5:00 into the below video to see Ed's acceptance of the award and mention what <b>NetherRealm Studios</b> is working on next.
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<b>UPDATE 4:31pm:</b> <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2011/12/12/mortal-kombat-creator-talks-about-adapting-batman-for-ios/">The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> also caught up with <b>Ed Boon</b> on the surprise release of <b>Batman: Arkham City Lockdown</b>. Boon mentioned that there may be other iOS projects in the works at <b>NetherRealm</b>.
And this isn't the last we'll see of Netherrealm Studios on Apple's mobile platforms, according to Boon. "Oh, yeah," he told me, "we have a number of things in the works. But nothing we can say just yet.
What do you fans think NetherRealm Studios is working on next? <a href="http://www.trmk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26198">Leave your thoughts in the Komments</a>.
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