Ermac is a fictional character from which video game franchise originally developed by Midway Games' Chicago studio in 1992, and the development team was acquired by Warner Bros. and turned into NetherRealm Studios?
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Ermac Ermac is a fictional character from the "Mortal Kombat" fighting game franchise by Midway Games. Originating as an imaginary character borne of rumors by players and fans over an audit-menu listing and alleged glitch in the first game, which were never explicitly dispelled by Midway Games and were further perpetuated by video game magazine "Electronic Gaming Monthly" ("EGM"), he transformed from urban legend to a player character in "Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3," as a red palette swap of Scorpion with his own special moves. Ermac has become a recurring character in the "Mortal Kombat" franchise since playing a central role in "", in which he had a distinctive design and joined forces with series protagonist Liu Kang in the game's plot, but has had smaller roles in subsequent series releases.
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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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List of Looking Glass Studios video games Looking Glass Studios was an American video game developer founded in 1990 as Blue Sky Productions by Paul Neurath in Salem, New Hampshire. The company's first game was "" in 1992, which received widespread critical acclaim and sold nearly 500,000 units. Looking Glass proceeded to develop titles in multiple genres, including role-playing, sports, flight simulation, and stealth video games. These titles were primarily published by Origin Systems, Electronic Arts and Eidos Interactive, with three titles self-published by Looking Glass Studios.
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Batman: Arkham City Lockdown Batman: Arkham City Lockdown is an action-adventure video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for iOS and Android. The game is part of the "" series, and was released on December 7, 2011 for iOS and June 26, 2013 for Android. Taking place before "", the game sees players using touchscreen controls to fight enemies one-on-one, including villains such as Two-Face, Solomon Grundy, the Joker and Deathstroke. Defeating enemies earns points that can be used to upgrade Batman's stats or unlock gadgets or costumes. The game features integration with Game Center.
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Nether (video game) Nether is a first-person multiplayer survival game for Windows. It was developed by Phosphor Games, and was first available on October 29, 2013.
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Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (also known as Disney Infinity 2.0 Edition) is an action-adventure sandbox toys-to-life video game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Disney Interactive Studios. The game features additional work by Studio Gobo and Ninja Theory. It is the sequel and successor of the 2013 video game "Disney Infinity" and was announced on April 8, 2014. The game was released on September 23, 2014 in North America, September 19, 2014 in the United Kingdom, September 18, 2014 in Australia and the rest of Europe for iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and for PlayStation Vita on May 9, 2015. This game was also released around the fifth anniversary of Disney's acquisition of Marvel.
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The Ultimate Stuntman The Ultimate Stuntman is a 1990 video game developed by Codemasters and published by Camerica for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), featuring action game elements. "The Ultimate Stuntman" is one of 14 video games published by Camerica for the NES without proper licensing. The company had to create their own cartridges that would bypass Nintendo's lock-out chip and break the 10NES "code". In virtually all of Camerica's games (including The Ultimate Stuntman) there is a switch found on the reverse side of the cartridge, this allows the user to switch between NTSC and PAL compatibility.
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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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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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Toy Story Mania! (video game) Toy Story Mania! is a video game published by Disney Interactive Studios and developed by Papaya Studio for the Wii and PC versions and High Voltage Software for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. The game is based on the Toy Story Midway Mania! attraction located at Disney's California Adventure and Disney's Hollywood Studios, which was inspired by the "Toy Story" movie series produced by Pixar, and features single-player and multi-player shooting-gallery style gameplay. The game was released on August 14, 2009 for iOS, on September 15, 2009 for the Wii console, on April 9, 2010 for PC, and on October 30, 2012 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was packaged with a Ray Gun peripheral on its European release. The game has also been released as a Plug n Play device in early 2010.
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Metal Max Metal Max (メタルマックス , Metaru Makkusu ) is a 1991 vehicle combat role-playing video game co-developed by Crea-Tech and Data East. It was published by Data East for the Nintendo Famicom exclusively in Japan on May 24, 1991 and later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console on April 27, 2010. It is the first of the "Metal Max" series. "Metal Max" is set in a futuristic post-apocalyptic world, where the surviving humans cluster in underground villages and ruins while "monster hunters" fight the monsters and outlaws outside. The game got a sequel, "Metal Max 2", and was remade for the Super Famicom as "Metal Max Returns". A direct sequel "" was published in 2006 for Nintendo DS.
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Team Soho Team Soho was a British video game developer based in Soho, London and a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment. They started out developing a combat flight simulator video game for the PlayStation 2 called "". They went on to develop an action-adventure open world video game for the PlayStation 2 called "The Getaway" in 2002, before merging with Studio Camden to form SCE London Studio, although the Team Soho brand was retained for "The Getaway"' s sequel "" in 2004.
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Infinity Blade Infinity Blade is a fighting game with role-playing elements developed by Chair Entertainment and Epic Games and released through the Apple App Store on December 9, 2010. It is the first iOS video game to run on the Unreal Engine. In the game, the unnamed player character fights a series of one-on-one battles in a derelict castle to face the immortal God King. When in battle, players swipe the screen to attack and parry, and tap the screen to dodge and block enemy attacks. Upon victory or defeat, the player restarts the game as the character's descendant with the same items and experience level.
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BloodRayne (franchise) BloodRayne is a media franchise that spans two video games developed by Terminal Reality and several motion pictures and a comic book series.
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Rings of Power (video game) Rings of Power is an isometric role-playing video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Genesis in 1991. In the game, the player takes on the role of a young sorcerer whose quest is to collect 11 Rings of Power and use them to remake the Rod of Creation to defeat an evil god and bring about the fabled Golden Age.
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Bungie Bungie, Inc. or Bungie Inc., sometimes referred to as Bungie, Incorporation or Bungie Incorporation, Bungie, Incorporated or Bungie Incorporated, also known as Bungie Studios, commonly known as Bungie, LLC or Bungie LLC, or simply Bungie, formerly Bungie Software Products Corporation, more popularly called "Bungie Software" prior to its emancipation from Microsoft, is an American video game developer located in Bellevue, Washington, United States. The company was established in June 1991 as "Bungie Software Products Corporation", more popularly called "Bungie Software" by University of Chicago undergraduate student Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones after publishing Jones' game "". Originally based in Chicago, Illinois, the company concentrated primarily on Macintosh games during its early years and created two very successful video game franchises called "Marathon" and "Myth". A West Coast offshoot produced the PC and console title "Oni" (now owned by Rockstar Games, a publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive which at the time owned 20% of the developer).
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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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Metal Gear Metal Gear (Japanese: メタルギア , Hepburn: Metaru Gia ) is a series of action-adventure stealth video games, created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. The first game, "Metal Gear", was released in 1987 for the MSX home computer architecture. The player takes control of a special forces operative (usually either Solid Snake or Big Boss), who is assigned to find the titular superweapon "Metal Gear", a bipedal walking tank with the ability to launch nuclear weapons. Several sequels have been released for multiple consoles, which have expanded the original game's plot adding characters opposing and supporting Snake, while there have also been a few prequels exploring the origins of the Metal Gear and recurring characters.
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Darkwing Duck (Capcom) Darkwing Duck is a platformer video game based on the Disney television series "Darkwing Duck". The game was developed by Capcom for the NES in 1992 and was ported to the Game Boy in 1993 . The Game Boy version is essentially a slightly stripped-down version of the game.
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Kasumi Ninja Kasumi Ninja is a 1994 fighting game developed by Hand Made Software and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar. It is one of a few fighting games released for the Jaguar home console system (other games being "Ultra Vortek", "Primal Rage", and "Fight for Life") that unsuccessfully sought to capitalize on the trend of ultra violent fighting games started by Midway's "Mortal Kombat". It received overwhelmingly negative reviews and has since been called one of the worst games of all time.
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NetherRealm Studios NetherRealm Studios is an American video game developer based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in 2010 replacing WB Games Chicago and Midway Games, which purchased assets in 2009 that were formerly owned by Midway Games Chicago after Midway filed for bankruptcy.
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Guardians of Middle-earth Guardians of Middle-earth is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The setting of the game is Middle-earth, derived from "The Lord of the Rings" series, with various tie-ins to the film series of the same name. "Guardians of Middle-earth" was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles on December 4, 2012, via the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade respectively. A retail package is also released, which includes a download voucher for the game as well as a "Season Pass" for future downloadable content. It is no longer available on the PlayStation Network and the servers are down as well.