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Mortal Kombat

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Mortal Kombat is a media franchise built on the fighting video game series originally developed by Midway Games, whose first arcade game was released in August 1992; after Midway's bankruptcy, Warner Bros. Entertainment acquired the development team and established NetherRealm Studios to continue it. The franchise has since expanded into action-adventure games, comic book series, card games, animated and live-action films, an animated television series, and live touring stage shows. It has become the best-selling fighting game franchise in the world, with more than one hundred million copies sold, and ranks among the highest grossing media franchises of all time.

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Start Year
1992 1
Country
United States 1
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Ed Boon, Figures
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John Tobias, Figures
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Mortal Kombat (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat
    Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise centered on a series of fighting video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992.
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    a series of fighting video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992
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    Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise
  • In Medium: Video Games, Article lead sentence
    Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise centered on a series of fighting video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992.
  • Created By: Ed Boon, Infobox: creator
    Ed Boon John Tobias
  • Created By: John Tobias, Infobox: creator
    Ed Boon John Tobias
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