Today on Headline RePLAY: The internet is victorious over SOPA and
PIPA and Ed Boon unveils the secrets of Mortal Kombat on the PS Vita!
In a climactic finale worthy of any blockbuster, the controversial
Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act were halted today in the House and
Senate respectively.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith and Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid both abandoned plans to act on SOPA and PIPA Friday— a sign
Politico indicates that internet protests have killed the twin bills.
However, this doesn’t mean the bills cannot be resurrected again
in another form.
“The Committee will continue work with copyright owners, Internet
companies, financial institutions to develop proposals that combat online
piracy and protect America’s intellectual property,” said in a statement released
by Smith.
“There is no reason that the legitimate issues raised by many about
this bill cannot be resolved,” echoed Reid.
Ultimately, Politico observed in light of “members wary of another
internet backlash” and with the upcoming presidential race, it’s highly
unlikely either bill will be making a return this year.
*Source: Politico
NetherRealm
Studios’ answer for their games has always been more, more, MORE. With Mortal Kombat’s transition to the
PlayStation Vita, their answer remains unchanged: MORE.
In an
interview with PlayStation.Blog, NetherRealm Studios’ Ed Boon revealed that the
Vita version of Mortal Kombat will
include a second Challenge Tower. “There are actually two
Challenge Towers in the PS Vita version, and the new one has 150 challenges
that are exclusive to PS Vita. A number of those challenges use PS Vita’s
hardware features: the touch screen, the accelerometer…” said Boon.
While
that’s one heckuva content update in itself, Boon also divulged that fatalities
can be performed via touchscreen. “For fatalities, you can ‘slash’ the screen
with the appropriate inputs — say, away, away, up — to execute the fatality. It
makes some of the more difficult fatalities easier and it’s fun to slash at
your screen to fire off a fatality. I was surprised by how engaging it is.”
Additionally,
Boon reassures fans that Mortal Kombat
won’t lose its coveted 60 FPS framerate in its transition to the PS Vita.
*Source:
PlayStation.Blog
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