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Warner has released its full-year financials for 2011, and reported a revenue increase of 9% $12.6 billion thanks to sales of to Batman: Arkham City, Mortal Kombat, and “several”Lego titles. Arkham City has now shipped 6 million units worldwide since October, and Q4 results for its Film and Entertainment sector, which includes video game sales, saw a 7% increase in revenue year-over-year to $3.9 billion. Revenue across all sectors for full-year 2011 was $29.0 billion, which is an 8% increase year-over-year.

Valve has announced the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection for PC is now available on Steam, and it is 15% off until February 9t. Developed by Other Ocean and NetherRealm Studios, the collection comes packed with Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Go add it to your queue.

Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm hopes to expand its horizons beyond the famed fighter series in the coming years.

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Ed Boon has said the development team really “went to town” with front touchscreen interaction in the Vita version of Mortal Kombat, but decided against making use of the system’s reach touchscreen.

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Following intital chatter this morning, Warner’s formally announced a Vita version of Mortal Kombat for a spring release.

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The Writers Guild of America has selected a blockbuster lineup of games for its annual awards.

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Organisers of the EVO fighting championships have confirmed this year’s event’s full line-up of games. Shock: there are no shocks. Street Fighter x Tekken headlines the list, with Soul Calibur V and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 also involved. The full lot can be found below.

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NetherRealm head Ed Boon has said the studio is currently taking a breaking from Mortal Kombat, confirming the studio’s now working on something else.

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The BBFC has outed Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition with a rating listing, and states it will be release on February 17. Formats other than Xbox 360 weren’t listed, but surely it will be released on PS3 as well. Also, considering it’s called the Komplete Edition, much to the chagrin of our spellcheker, like Eurogamer, we’re going to assume it includes all DLC released to date. We’ll send Warner a mail and ask.

Netherrealm boss and Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon is teasing an imminent reveal.

“Unexpected surprise from NetherRealm Studios coming…….?” he tweeted.

In response to queries, Boon said the surprise is not related to the latest Mortal Kombat game – and isn’t Grid 2, a flyball suggestion.

Thanks, GoNintendo.

Netherrealm is just as wistful as gamers about the prospect of a new “Mortal Kombat VS” crossover game.

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A new Mortal Kombat movie by the director of the recent web series is on the way – alongside a new game.

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An interesting little Twitter exchange between between Netherrealm’s Ed Boon and Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski suggests a possibility of a Gears of War character appearing in a Mortal Kombat game.

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It’s Friday. Likely, you are screaming whoo-hoo as you run out the door of your office, Costanza-style, to your cars and flying home down the freeway. Celebrate with some shorts before you go.

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Warner’s announced that its sold 3 million units of Mortal Kombat since it went on sale in June.

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Xbox Live has been updated with four Arcade titles hitting the service. Get the list below.

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Netherrealm has released a video for the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, which hits PSN today in the US. It contains the first three games in the series along with leader boards, online play, achievements, trophies and more. Developed by Other Ocean, the game can be yours for $9.99 on PSN or 800 MSP XBLA. The Xbox 360 version will be released tomorrow via the usual update, same with the PSN version in the UK and Europe. Watch the video below courtesy of IGN.

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A lot of news came out of this weekend, largely thanks to PAX. Get your fill of soundbites within.

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Below the break are more shorts to get you through the rest of evening.

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Warner Bros. has announced a date for Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection. It will be officially be available for download worldwide on August 31 on PC, PSN, and XBL. The release marks the first time the original Mortal Kombat arcade trilogy – Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 – have been brought together in a single collection. The Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will be available for $9.99 on PC and PSN and on XBL for 800 MSP.