Warner Bros. has bought most of game company Midway's assets for $33 million, including the “Mortal Kombat” franchise as well as the company’s legacy arcade games, such as “Joust” and “Spy Hunter”.
Warner picked up some valuable assets at firesale prices in this deal, according to Variety. Expect another “Mortal Kombat”/DC game crossover in the years to come and possibly some re-imaginings of classic titles. The company has been beefing up its video game division steadily over the past few years and has managed to assemble some talented teams. It should be interesting to see what they do with some of the licenses they now own.
Assumingly the WB will want to relaunch the "Mortal Kombat" movie series soon enough too (Christopher 'Mink' Morrison has been attached to direct a reboot for a while now) - but that's not a certainty. The long-gestating "Spy Hunter" - at one stage set to star Dwayne Johnson - might also get a new lease on life. Time will tell.
