I've got more, not all of it bad:



If Midway lasts long enough, or the studio that buys MK when Midway goes under keeps the current projects going, then there's another Shaolin Monks coming.

Well if the MK franchise is bought by another company...which I think it would, as it is still reasonably profitable...we just might.



.....yay..?

It could be good news. Maybe it's a new story and not a mangling of an old one, this time?
All we have to go on until we learn what the story will be is it'll probably have the same or a similar gameplay engine to MKSM, which I certainly consider good news. I would, in fact, call Shaolin Monks one of the best platformers I've ever played. I certainly consider it in the same league as God of War and Prince of Persia.

Agree 100%. Absolutely love mksm, one of my favorite mk games.

Though this is surly bad news still it soent mean that Midway nor MK is already died .

Midway may get over this but ofcourse wont be the big company as it is used to be and that is good imo .

No more wasting money on bad games aka BlackSite or Area 51 and other useless games .

More budget for limited list of games = better games .
less budget for a long list of games = unfinished bad games .

The update mentions that it left the two mk teams alone. It mentioned that they are working on an adventure game if I interpreted that right. That means that about April or May of next year we should be getting information on it if they follow their established business pattern followed by a release in September, October, or November.

I really hope that's not the case. It sounds like Ed and company had been working on MK vs DC nonstop and then they have to get a new MK game out in a year's time? I know, there was probably part of the MK team working on it already, but that turnaround time is still really really fast.

I'd rather they come out with an awesome game in the fall of 2010 than a decent but nothing overly special type of title in the fall of 2009.

That's just my 2 cents.

After seeing games (albeit in trailer form) like Heavy Rain, Alan Wake, Gears 2 etc, MK has some serious catching up to do in the graphics department. MK vs DC wasn't awful graphically by any means, but even when put up against other fighters like Soul Calibur 4 or the upcoming Tekken 6, well... It's just not that great.

And the gameplay/story/modes etc... Yeah I won't get started.

Suffice to say, I'm glad that the MK teams weren't affected by the layoffs. I just hope that Midway's trimming down doesn't affect the company's solvency going forward to the point where future MK games and those that make them aren't hung out to dry.

I mean, you never know, if Midway folds, who's to say that another company will jump at MK and snatch it up. I mean, let's face it, the fighting genre is nowhere near as popular as it used to be.

Oh well, here's hoping for an awesome action game ala Shaolin Monks and a true MK sequel on the horizon regardless!!

That'd suck.

Or, I guess what I mean is that it doesn't sound good for purposes of quality.

What I would hope is that some semblance of production for this adventure game that was mentioned, started around the time MKvsDC started production. Little before, or little after.

Least then, it would seem that they were trying to get into a swing of 3-5 year projects...and starting with these current consoles, seem like, "they only release quality games every year // year and a half or so".

That could work. Sounds too good to be true though.

As I understand it there has been 2 mk teams for the past few years. One for the fighting game and one for the other mk game whatever that turns out to be.

I would assume that they started production on the adventure game (if I interpreted that update correctly) a year or so ago, which would put the release date of 4th quarter 2009 at about 2 years of development.

That is what I was implying. Sorry if my above post was misinterpreted.

Oh okay. hm...

I guess then, I might be starting to loose faith in the 2yr plan. They usually end up complaining about a time and resources. Maybe they'll prove me wrong though, and release something as surprising as MkvsDc's gameplay up step in whatever type of game that they do make next.

I'd certainly hope so. Need some reassurance news.

Shaolin Monks was done on schedule and fully loaded with secrets, unlockables, concept art, extra characters, hidden boss fights, etc. It's only fault was a poor script, which has nothing to do with deadlines.