Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe commonly abbreviated MK vs DC is an upcoming scheduled crossover fighting game from Midway Games in the Mortal Kombat series which will contain characters from both the Mortal Kombat franchise and the DC Comics Universe The game s story will be written by comic writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray This will be the first game in the franchise that will not bear the M Rating as confirmed by the producer Ed Boon in a video interview Video interview with Ed Boon Game Trailers Epic Games reports that the game is being developed using their Unreal Engine 3 and the release has been announced for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms Unreal Technology A specific release date has not yet been revealed but a playable game demo is expected to be available in E3 2008 between July 15 and July 17 Roster According to interviews the characters are being chosen mainly looking for parallels between the characters from both universes For one Sub Zero seems to have been chosen as Batman s face off according to the game art and trailer Video interviw with Ed Boon Gamespot Ed Boon has said that some of the characters abilities especially on the DC side have been toned down to make them balanced within the game A case of this Ed Boon mentioned is Superman no longer as invulnerable as he usually is for example he may now be hurt by Scorpion s spear Interview with Ed Boon TRMK org Sonya Blade and Flash were the next pair of characters officially confirmed for the game The Flash and Sonya confirmed in MK vs DCU with Shang Tsung and Catwoman being confirmed in the first MKast a podcast detailing the production of the game Liu Kang and Captain Marvel were the next two characters confirmed on Mkast 2 In a recent interview with Ed Boon he confirmed that two characters will be revealed at this year s E3 conference and four other characters will be revealed at this years Comic Con GameTrailers TV episode Confirmed characters Characters are listed in alphabetical order Mortal Kombat characters align center width 250 DC Comics charactersLiu KangBatmanScorpionCaptain MarvelShang TsungCatwoman Sonya BladeFlashSub ZeroSuperman Gameplay A released promotional video for the game shows Batman fighting Sub Zero and portrays new gameplay modes Promotional trailer It has been announced that the game will feature a story mode playable from two different perspectives one from the DC side and one from the Mortal Kombat side and depending on which side players choose they will see