Midway Studios Los Angeles is the video game franchise what originally developed Mortal Kombat in what year?
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Midway Studios Los Angeles Midway Studios Los Angeles Inc. (formerly known as Paradox Development) was an American-based video game developer. They are best known for fighting games such as the "X-Men Mutant Academy" and franchises, as well as the "Mortal Kombat" action game spin-off "." The team was also responsible for the controversial PlayStation title "Thrill Kill".
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Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat is a video game franchise originally developed by Midway Games' Chicago studio in 1992. Following Midway's bankruptcy, the "Mortal Kombat" development team was acquired by Warner Bros. and turned into NetherRealm Studios. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment currently owns the rights of the franchise and rebooted it in 2011.
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Epic Battles Epic Battles is a collectible card game by Score Entertainment released in September 2005. Gameplay attempts to emulate a traditional fighting game experience and features characters and attacks from several different franchises. There are four separate sets of cards available that feature "Mortal Kombat", "Street Fighter", "Tekken", plus an unreleased "Darkstalkers" set.
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Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits is an arcade game compilation released for the Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Advance.
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List of Square Enix video game franchises Square Enix is a Japanese video game development and publishing company formed from the merger of video game developer Square and publisher Enix on April 1, 2003. The company is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include the "Final Fantasy" series, the "Dragon Quest" series, and the action role-playing "Kingdom Hearts" series. Since its inception, the company has developed or published hundreds of titles in various video game franchises on numerous gaming systems. Of its properties, the "Final Fantasy" franchise is the best-selling, with a total worldwide sales of over 110 million units. The "Dragon Quest" series has shipped over 66 million units worldwide and is one of the most popular video game series in Japan, while the "Kingdom Hearts" series has shipped over 22 million copies worldwide.
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Neversoft Neversoft Entertainment was an American video game developer, founded in July 1994 by Joel Jewett, Mick West and Chris Ward. Neversoft is best recognized for their line of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" and "Guitar Hero" video game franchises. The company was acquired by Activision in October 1999. The studio was merged with Infinity Ward on May 3, 2014 and was officially made defunct on July 10, 2014.
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Jade (Mortal Kombat) Jade is a fictional character from the "Mortal Kombat" fighting game series by Midway Games. Debuting in 1993's "Mortal Kombat II" as an unplayable secret character who was a green palette swap of Kitana, Jade made her first playable appearance in "Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3". She has since become a regular supporting character in the franchise, appearing on series merchandise in addition to alternate "Mortal Kombat" media, such as comic books and the feature film "."
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Anchor Inc. Anchor Inc. (アンカー株式会社 "Ankā kabushikigaisha") is a Tokyo-based video game developer and CG production studio specializing in fighting and wrestling video games. The company was established in 1996 by "Tekken" team alumni Masahiro Onoguchi and his brother Kouichi Onoguchi. The company creates original video games and also designs 3D animation for other game titles. and has focused primarily on wrestling and fighting games.
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Naughty Dog Naughty Dog, LLC (formerly known as JAM Software, Inc. before renaming in 1989) is an American first-party video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. Founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1984 as an independent developer, the studio was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2001. Gavin and Rubin produced a sequence of progressively more successful games, including "Rings of Power" and "Way of the Warrior" in the early 1990s. The latter—a very low-budget but still plausible offering—prompted Universal Interactive Studios to sign the duo to a three-title contract and fund the expansion of the company.
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Lego Batman: The Videogame Lego Batman: The Videogame is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, released in 2008 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, OS X and Wii video gaming platforms. It is the first "Lego Batman" video game. The game is based on the comic book character Batman and the Lego Batman toy line, who also handled marketing and financial aspects of the game.
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Midway Campaign Midway Campaign is a strategy game developed by Avalon Hill in 1980 (released across multiple platforms through 1983). It is a wargame using ASCII text for the visuals and is written in BASIC.
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Metal Gear (video game) Metal Gear is an overhead military action-adventure stealth video game originally released in 1987 by Konami for the MSX2 computer in Japan and parts of Europe. Considered to be the progenitor of the stealth game genre, it is the first video game designed by Hideo Kojima, who directed many of the later "Metal Gear" sequels. A reworked version was released for the Famicom a few months later, which saw a release in North America for the NES the following year, although this version featured drastically altered level designs among other changes, and was developed without Kojima's involvement. The MSX2 version has since been given a wider release through its inclusion in "" for the PlayStation 2, as well as in its later "" for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PlayStation Vita, with these later releases featuring a revised translation and additional gameplay features. The MSX2 version was also re-released in Japan as a digital download for mobile phones and the Wii Virtual Console.
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Climax Studios Climax Studios is a British video game developer based in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom that are best known for their work on the 2004 action role-playing game "Sudeki" and the 2007 and 2009 survival horror video games "" and "" from the "Silent Hill" franchise.
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Spark Unlimited Spark Unlimited, based in Sherman Oaks, California was a video game developer founded by former developers from the "Medal of Honor" PC and console franchise. They were most known for the "" console game.
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Batman: Arkham Batman: Arkham is a series of action-adventure video games based on the DC Comics character Batman, developed by Rocksteady Studios and WB Games Montréal, and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The first two Rocksteady games were written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini and featured voice actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprising their roles as Batman and the Joker, respectively, from the DC Animated Universe (DCAU). Other actors in the series to reprise their roles from the DCAU include Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn (in ""), as well as C.C.H. Pounder as Amanda Waller and Robert Costanzo as Harvey Bullock (both in "").
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy Mortal Kombat: Legacy is an American web series anthology adapted from the fictional universe of the "Mortal Kombat" video game franchise. It debuted on Machinima.com's YouTube channel on April 11, 2011. The second season was released in its entirety on September 26, 2013.
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Survival Arts Survival Arts (サバイバルアーツ , Sabaibaru Ātsu ) is a 1993 fighting arcade game developed by Scarab and published by Sammy. It uses digitized images of real actors with blood and gore, similar to Midway's arcade hit "Mortal Kombat".
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PlatinumGames PlatinumGames Inc. (プラチナゲームズ株式会社 , Purachina Gēmuzu Kabushiki Gaisha ) is a Japanese video game development company. The company was founded in October 2007, as result of the merger between Seeds Inc. and Odd Inc. The following year, video game publisher Sega announced that it would be publishing four unique properties developed by the company, which included "MadWorld", "Infinite Space", "Bayonetta", and "Vanquish". Their partnership later extended to include "Anarchy Reigns". However, none of these were a commercial success, even though most of them received high critical praise.
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Take-Two Interactive Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American multinational publisher and distributor of video games and video game peripherals. Take-Two wholly owns publishers Rockstar Games and 2K Games. The company's headquarters are in New York City, with international headquarters in Windsor, United Kingdom. Development studio locations include San Diego, Vancouver, Toronto and Novato, California. Notable game series published by Take-Two include "Grand Theft Auto", "Civilization", "NBA 2K", "BioShock" and "Borderlands". As owner of 2K Games, Take-Two publishes its 2K Sports titles, and creates free-to-play mobile titles through Social Point. It also acted as the publisher of Bethesda Softworks's 2006 game, "". As of September 2017, it is the third largest publicly-traded game company (after Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts) in the Americas and Europe.
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Superman Returns (video game) Superman Returns is a video game based on the movie of the same name, It was developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics. It features a story arc from the movie, which was released on June 28, 2006, and more than 60 years of comic book content. EA Tiburon, known for its "" game series, has claimed that the game combines strong creative vision and compelling new technology to deliver a powerful and emotional gaming experience to their consumers, and they will experience a real sense of flying while mastering Superman's superhero powers to save Metropolis.
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Unique Development Studios Unique Development Studios AB (formerly Unique Development Sweden HB) was a Swedish video game developer based in Norrköping, Sweden. Founded in September 1993 by Michael Brunnström, Peter Zetterberg and Carl Lundqvist, the company incoporated under the name Unique Development Sweden in May 1994, and renamed Unique Development Studios in June 1997. Between 1998 and 2000, Unique Development Studios opened a second office in Gothenburg, Sweden, acquired London, England-based developer King of the Jungle, and established publishing subsidiaries GlobalFun and AddGames. The company shut down in 2004, and development of "The Kore Gang" was shifted to SnapDragon Games, until it also dissolved and the game was handed to Zoink, a studio led by former Unique Development Studios game designer Klaus Lyngeled.
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Cave (company) CAVE Interactive CO., LTD. (Japanese: 株式会社ケイブ , Hepburn: Kabushiki Gaisha Keibu ) , or CAVE for short, is a Japanese video game company founded in 1994 by former employees of Toaplan following its bankruptcy. They are known primarily for their "bullet hell" shoot 'em ups; from 1995 up to 2010, CAVE was one of the most prolific shoot 'em up developers in the Japanese market. Alongside this, CAVE has produced a variety of other types games for arcades, home consoles, PCs, and smartphones, also dating back to 1995.