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Hadouken: EVO 2011 Games Announced!

The EVO team announced the 2011 game line-up last night while on SRK’s Wake-Up Shoryuken live show! Five games made the cut this year and here they are:

  • Super Street Fighter IV
  • Marvel VS. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
  • TEKKEN 6
  • Mortal Kombat
  • BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

EVO 2011 takes place at the Rio Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 29-31st later this year! Don’t miss it!

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Hadouken: MORTAL KOMBAT Kollector’s And Tournament Editions Announced!

Warner Bros. has just announced the latest details regarding special editions of Mortal Kombat for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360! Among them was the announcement of both the Kollector’s Edition and Tournament Edition packages of the game, each coming with unique items for MK fans! Click below for full details!

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today releases a special extended trailer for the award-winning and iconic fighting game Mortal Kombat, featuring the playable warrior Kratos—from the renowned God of War® series—exclusively for the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. Launching in April 2011 and developed by NetheЯRealm Studios, Mortal Kombat is available for pre-order now on both the PS3 and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The game will be available to consumers in three editions—Standard Edition, Kollector’s Edition and Tournament Edition. Details of three different editions of Mortal Kombat:

* The Standard Edition featuring the award-winning Mortal Kombat game.
* The Kollector’s Edition featuring the award-winning Mortal Kombat game, Sub-Zero and Scorpion figurines, a collectible art book, downloadable content that includes an exclusive Mortal Kombat Klassic costume skin and avatar costumes.
* The Tournament Edition featuring the award-winning Mortal Kombat game, a portable fight stick, and downloadable content that includes an exclusive Mortal Kombat Klassic costume skin and avatar costumes. The number of tournament editions is very limited with only 20,000 copies available in North America.

Players will be able to pre-order any of the above at North American retailers as of today. Specific pre-order programs include:

* Gamestop: Customers who pre-order their copy of Mortal Kombat at Gamestop will get exclusive access to the Klassic Scorpion Playable Character Skin and the original Scorpion Fatality.
* Best Buy: Customers who pre-order their copy of Mortal Kombat at Best Buy will get exclusive access to the Klassic Sub-Zero Playable Character Skin and the original Sub-Zero Fatality.
* Amazon: Customers who pre-order their copy of Mortal Kombat on Amazon.com will get exclusive access to the Klassic Reptile Playable Character Skin and the original Reptile Fatality.

Mortal Kombat will feature Kratos as a playable character, as well as be in Stereoscopic 3-D exclusively in the PS3 version. The brutal warrior from the acclaimed God of War franchise will have his own customized move set, fatality, and fighting arena, available to all original purchasers when Mortal Kombat hits stores.

The newest chapter of the iconic fighting franchise marks a triumphant return to the series’ mature presentation and a reinvention of its classic 2-D fighting mechanic. In addition, Mortal Kombat introduces a number of new game-play features including tag team and a deeper story mode. Players can choose from an extensive lineup of the game’s renowned warriors and challenge their friends in traditional 1 vs. 1 matches or take on several new game modes.

Specific details for the Kollector’s Edition include:

  • Kollectible figurines of Scorpion and Sub-Zero that double up as video game ‘bookends’ for your favorite Mortal Kombat games.
    • Hand sculpted with high level of detail
    • Decorated using an artful combination of spray mask, tampo print, free spray and hand washes.
  • The Art of Mortal Kombat
    • A 110+ page book featuring original concept sketches and game art from the 2011 version of Mortal Kombat.
  • Retro-Ninja costume
    • Exclusive alternate in-game costume inspired by the original character designs.
  • Mortal Kombat inspired costumes to decorate your avatar on PSN/Xbox Live.

And for the Tournament Edition:

  • Mortal Kombat Fight Stick
    • High quality, authentic Suzo Happ arcade parts for the ultimate in performance.
    • Designed exclusively by NetherRealm Studios
    • Inspired by the wooden arcade cabinets from the golden age of gaming
    • Features the classic Mortal Kombat ergonomic button layout to best optimize game play.
    • Memory foam underside for comfortable lap use
    • Flip open lid for easy arcade part customization access and storage.
  • Retro-Ninja costume Exclusive alternate in-game costume inspired by the classic Mortal Kombat character designs.
  • Mortal Kombat inspired costumes to decorate your avatar on PSN.

You can preorder both bundles now on GameStop.

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Hadouken: Avoiding The Puddle Episode 7!

Aris and MYK are bringing us the seventh episode of their podcast. This time they cover things like playing multiple games and the upcoming new Mortal Kombat game. Moreover, this time Avoiding the Puddle’s guest is the American Tekken Tag Tournament legend, JOP!

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