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WB Games Chicago to Become Netherrealm Studios?

Posted at 04/09/2010 09:49 AM EDT by

Our friends over at TRMK are reporting on the strong possibility that WB Games Chicago (the home of the MK team) will be renamed to Netherrealm Studios. According to gaming blog Superannuation, WB Games has registered the name "Netherrealm Studios". Following up on that, Patrick McCarron of TRMK did some checking, and found that the domain name netherrealmstudios.com has been registered by WB Games. While the name currently does not resolve, it's certain that it will be up and running at some point soon. From the TRMK news posting:

Since Netherrealm is a known place in the Mortal Kombat universe, this falls into line perfectly with our previous editorial about WB Games Chicago getting a new name. So since Warner Bros. went through the trouble to register the trademark and domain names I would be fairly certain to say that Netherrealm Studios will be the new name of the Warner Bros. Games studio based in Chicago responsible for the Mortal Kombat series, as well as other games they create. It's likely we'll likely see this name revealed along with the first reveal of Mortal Kombat 9.

We at MK Online concur with this analysis. We'll be keeping an eye out; as we learn more, we'll be sure to post it here.

To see the original superannuation post, click here. To see the original TRMK posting, click here.

Our thanks to Patrick McCarron of TRMK for the heads-up on this breaking news story!

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•04/09/2010 02:04 PM (UTC) •

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Now we just wait for MK Online fucken users to start talking how the name is stupid .

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•04/09/2010 02:37 PM (UTC) •

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Now, that is a very badass name. Couldnt think of a better name. I like it.

•04/09/2010 03:25 PM (UTC) •

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ן think Outworld studios its a better name!

•04/09/2010 04:07 PM (UTC) •

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Wow that name is awesome and totally fitting! :D

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•04/09/2010 04:23 PM (UTC) •

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I love it! It does totally fit.

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•04/09/2010 04:49 PM (UTC) •

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meh

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•04/09/2010 05:05 PM (UTC) •

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Kool, I hope they make as kool MK as kool sounds the new studio name.

•04/09/2010 05:23 PM (UTC) •

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Thats sick!! Long live Mk!!

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•04/09/2010 05:23 PM (UTC) •

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The name notwithstanding, it's good to see that they're actually doing something with the MK Team.

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•04/09/2010 05:50 PM (UTC) •

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Awesome! I love it!!

Things are rolling into place now. Won't be long til we hear about MK9 completely.

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•04/09/2010 06:55 PM (UTC) •

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MAN IT SHULD B COLLED ORRDERELM STUDIOS BECAUSE I LEIKED ORRDERELM MORE THAN OTHERS.

DONT DISS.

Seriously though, good idea. It'll keep people who miss midway from whining and allows the MK Team to gain an identity without losing what it is that made them famous.

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•04/09/2010 07:17 PM (UTC) •

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its a pretty cool and fitting name. but id rather see outworld or something of that nature. or even lin kuei studios, etc.

i could have sworn that i seen a company already using netherrealm a while back....could be wrong tho.

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•04/09/2010 07:45 PM (UTC) •

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scorpio Wrote:
its a pretty cool and fitting name. but id rather see outworld or something of that nature. or even lin kuei studios, etc.

i could have sworn that i seen a company already using netherrealm a while back....could be wrong tho.

Maybe you are thinking of Neversoft Studios? I don't think anyone else could use the name netherrealm as it was created by Boon and Co...

...right?

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•04/09/2010 09:52 PM (UTC) •

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Netherealm Studios?

I can dig it.

Nice choice for WB Chicago. I like that the MK team is finally getting their own individual studio name after years of just being part of the Midway bubble.

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•04/09/2010 11:00 PM (UTC) •

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ErmaSco Wrote:
Now we just wait for MK Online fucken users to start talking how the name is stupid .

... Because it is?

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•04/10/2010 12:38 AM (UTC) •

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Netherrealm Studios. Catchy I like it. Kinda reminds me of High Moon Studios.

•04/10/2010 01:02 AM (UTC) •

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lol, gayest name ever - I'm guessing Boon thought it up

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•04/10/2010 01:24 AM (UTC) •

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Should've called it Outworld but whatevs

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•04/10/2010 01:59 AM (UTC) •

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Baraka407 Wrote:
Netherealm Studios?

I can dig it.

Nice choice for WB Chicago. I like that the MK team is finally getting their own individual studio name after years of just being part of the Midway bubble.

I really like it. It quit fitting, and definitely better than the previous generic name of Midway/WB Chicago studio.
[edit]: I really hope we get a cool into screen for the studio with the next MK game. It would be about dam time.

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•04/10/2010 02:35 PM (UTC) •

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Why not "NooB Studios"?

haha jk. I liek the name. At least we know WB is putting them on their feet. Boon must be LOVING it. Got that payout from midway. and now hes gonna be more successful than any time since the old days for sure.

Im more interested to see what animation we are gonna see for the words "netherealm studios" when we pop in the MK9 gamedisc.

If its a heart monitor mock I will literally die laughing. (midway)

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•04/10/2010 04:59 PM (UTC) •

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RayGuz Wrote:
lol, gayest name ever - I'm guessing Boon thought it up

Uhh... because he and the MK team created the name "Netherealm" so of course he created it... Duh!

I like it, and so what if it sounds goofy, big deal. Thankfully it's something that actually looks cool not something blatantly stupid. "Netherealm" looks like a cool word to look at anyways.

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•04/10/2010 06:55 PM (UTC) •

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ed boon or the mk team did not create the name "netherealm". its existed prolly as long as mankind has. its also been called nether region, underworld, hell, etc.

theres been books published called the nether realm, numerous games (countless rpg games) that have levels called the nether realm, nether world, nether dimension, etc.

its been printed as "nether realm", then "netherealm", then i think they doubled the "r" to make it "netherrealm". i think it was around the time of mkda that they started spelling it differently.... so they can trademark it.

•04/10/2010 07:03 PM (UTC) •

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scorpio Wrote:
ed boon or the mk team did not create the name "netherealm". its existed prolly as long as mankind has. its also been called nether region, underworld, hell, etc.

theres been books published called the nether realm, numerous games (countless rpg games) that have levels called the nether realm, nether world, nether dimension, etc.

its been printed as "nether realm", then "netherealm", then i think they doubled the "r" to make it "netherrealm". i think it was around the time of mkda that they started spelling it differently.... so they can trademark it.

I have never heard that word being used as another name for "Hell." Hell has always been Hell to me or the Underworld. I may have never paid attention or didn't care, still, I have never heard "Netherealm" as a substitute name for Hell.

•04/10/2010 10:09 PM (UTC) •

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It's just a word composed of "Nether" and "realm" obviously, so no the MK team didn't really invent it. However, putting the two together is something that might have been done first in Mortal Kombat. A Google search of "Netherealm" or "Netherrealm" gives a lot of Mortal Kombat related results, implying it isn't a heavily used combination of terms.

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