NetherRealm’s disturbingly brutal brawler is the UK’s number one for a third consecutive week. Just one more week is needed to topple Battlefield Hardline’s record of four weeks straight – the longest a game has dominated the top spot so far this year. With a 32% dip in sales and the anticipated Project CARS out …
With just one new game out last week, it’s no surprise to find that this week’s UK chart lies dormant. That new release was Tropico 5 on PS4, which managed to enter at #18 in the top 40 and #7 in the PS4 chart. Mortal Kombat X is still king of the castle, making it …
Battlefield: Hardline has been knocked off the UK chart top spot by Mortal Kombat X. Knocked into a vat of boiling acid, presumably. Warner Bros. must be pleased – it had the biggest ever launch for a Mortal Kombat title, and also the second biggest launch of the year so far behind Battlefield. And that’s …
We’re far from being prude here at Games Asylum, but having watched a Mortal Kombat X fatality reel earlier this week we were left thinking that NetherRealm’s latest pushes the boundaries of acceptability somewhat. Long ago, fatalities in MK games were mostly crass – dropping an arcade cabinet onto a hapless foe’s head, and such …