MK vs. DCU blood possible, fatalties to be renamed

Ed Boon tells VideoGamer.com he is working with ESRB to "see what we can get away with" with T-rating.

Ed Boon, creator of the Mortal Kombat series, has revealed that he is working with the ESRB to see how violent he can make upcoming beat-em-up Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

Some fans of the series have already expressed their disappointment at the lack of a mature rating for the game, and the prospect of no fatalities or gore, trademarks of the Mortal Kombat series.

However, speaking to VideoGamer.com at the game's official unveiling at Las Vegas this week, Boon said that the game may well end up having blood and fatalities, although they will more than likely be described as something else.

He said: "We're constantly working with the ESRB to find out what a T-rated game can do. There have been T-rated games with blood in them. Obviously not gallons of it like we've done in the previous MK games. So there's obviously a line that can't be crossed. We're basically looking for that line to see what we can get away with. We don't want to lose the spirit of what MK is, very brutal, very intense, there's a certain amount of violence that's associated with MK. It's MK vs. DC, it's not just a DC game, so we want the spirit of MK and the spirit of DC. We don't know exactly what the answer is now because the game isn't finished. But that's something we're constantly working on."

When asked if fatalities would make it into the game, Boon replied: "Yes. Whether we call them fatalities or not I guess is the question. Maybe they're just called finishing moves or something. But in terms of some big event you can do at the end of a fight to finish your opponent, I think that that's a high probability."

You can check out our first-look preview of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, as well as the game's debut trailer, right here at VideoGamer.com.

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is due out for Xbox 360 and PS3 in Fall 2008.