Today DC Comics Executive Editor Dan Didio spoke to IGN about an upcoming weekly comic series, designed to live right alongside Sony’s long-in-development MMORPG DC Universe Online. Titled DC Universe: Legends, DC is working with Sony “to construct a series that not only tells a core story but connects with gamers, giving them hints, strategies and even a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of the game.”

Details are still scarce, but as the article specifically pairs Legends with DC’s other two impending event series, Justice League: Generation Lost and Brightest Day, it seems DCUO is finally coming to PS3 sooner rather than later.

Didio hints at an “American Idol”-like cross-pollination angle to the game and the comic: “What I think is the most exciting thing is that, if everything is working as well as we hope once we get down the line, characters that players create actually have an opportunity to work their way from the game into the comics themselves.”

So if you think you can come up with a better candidate for Justice League membership than Geo-Force, now’s your chance.

Source: IGN Comics

I’m kidding, of course. Alan Moore doesn’t own a computer.

But if comicdom’s most famous anti-establishment recluse did own a computer, he would surely be ticked off to see Media Molecule’s announcement that a Watchmen costume/sticker pack is coming to LittleBigPlanet this Thursday.

The pack includes four movie-inspired costumes: Silk Spectre, Rorschach, Nite Owl and Ozymandius. Plus a bunch of Watchmen stickers. The very brief movie above shows them all. MM doesn’t mention a price, but I would guess $6 for the pack, or $2 for individual costumes. Seems a bit late to ride the Watchmen hype train, but whatever.

Please note that I predicted this costume set back in February. Although I wanted Doc Manhattan over the smartest man on the cinder.

As soon as they get around to the Marvel hero costumes previewed last summer, we can finally construct the official Rorschach vs Wolverine Growly Voice Showdown level we’ve all been dreaming of.

A “kollector’s edition” of Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe will arrive alongside the regular release in mid-November, packed with an exclusive comic book drawn by Mortal Kombat co-creator John Tobias. Midway released a brief video about this comic (shouldn’t that be “komic”?) that comics megasite CBR ran last week.

But I’m interested in one of the comics pages that drip by in a montage near the end of the video. In the screencap above, you’ll note the appearance of Johnny Cage, Goro, Aquaman and Robin. Two MK, two DC. Could this mean these guys are actually playable in the game, or is this just comic book backstory padding? Heck, that comic page could be describing why that quartet isn’t in the game!

To date, MK vs DCU only has 22 confirmed characters… which is on the low side for a modern fighting game, particularly when the cast is already split down the middle between two competing franchises. Another four fighters would be very nice… but what do you think? Genuine spoiler material, or just bonus printed fan-service?

Source: Comic Book Resources

I really do like the fatality as it stays true to what The Joker would do in the comic books.  Funny, yet brutal all at the same time, still showing off the insanity of the man behind the white face and pearly red smile.

Go ahead and click the jump to see the fatality and let us know what you think about it and how the game is looking in general.

Image via IGN.com

So Midway has finally released some gameplay footage for their upcoming fighting game, Mortal Kombat vs. DC, and I have to say that I am impressed. The fighting looks good, especially the fact that you can now continue to fight while dropping between levels. The effects look good, and fatalaties are definitely in, as well can guess from the fate of poor Flash. About the only complaint that I had was that the fighting did seem deliberatly slower than in the past. Not bad, but just strange, as I have always thought of Mortal Kombat as a fast fighter.

We also got to see some of the characters that will be in the game.  We now can confirm that Superman, Batman, Flash, Catwoman, Sub Zero, Scorpion, Sonya Blade, and what appeared to be Cabal maybe.  I lost track of all the characters in the MK universe after the third one.  Look for MK vs DC on December 15th.

We all knew a new Mortal Kombat game was coming when Midway put up a countdown, however, I doubt any of us expected the direction the Mortal Kombat series was going to take. Midway is set to release Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe this fall on PS3 and Xbox 360. The game is obviously the 10-years-too-late answer to Marvel vs. Capcom. Two DC writers are on-board, but we’ll probably still get a ridiculous story. You can probably guess who will likely be on the character roster, but Batman, Superman, Sub-Zero, and Scorpion are the only ones revealed thus far. The game will also feature interactive environments to keep things interesting. However, there is some bad news.

Unfortunately, it appears the game will not have fatalities. This makes me wonder why they are going through the trouble of making a crossover game if they are going to strip out so much of what makes Mortal Kombat what it is. However, I still remain positive that the game will be more brutal than any stand-alone game with DC characters would ever be. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe will probably prove interesting even if I can’t forcefully remove Superman’s Kryptonian spine.

The trailer for the game can be found at Gamesradar, and an interview with Ed Boon can be found over at Gamespot.