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 games 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 interviewVideo interview with Ed Boon Game Trailers  Epic Games reports that the game is being developed using their Unreal Engine  and the release has been announced  for the PlayStation  and Xbox  platformsUnreal Technology A specific release date has not yet been revealed but a playable game demo is expected to be available in E  between July  and July   Roster   According to interviews the characters are being chosen mainly looking for parallels between the characters from both universes For one SubZero seems to have been chosen as Batmans faceoff according to the game art and trailerVideo 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 Scorpions spearInterview with Ed Boon TRMKorg  Sonya Blade and Flash were the next pair of characters officially confirmed for the gameThe 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 gamehttpworldscollidecompodcastsMKastEpmp Liu Kang and Captain Marvel were the next two characters confirmed on Mkast httpworldscollidecompodcastsMKastEpmp  In a recent interview with Ed Boon he confirmed that two characters will be revealed at this years E conference and four other characters will be revealed at this years Comic ConGameTrailers TV episode   Confirmed characters Characters are listed in alphabetical order  classwikitable styletextaligncenter  aligncenter width Mortal Kombat characters  aligncenter width DC Comics characters  Liu KangBatman  ScorpionCaptain Marvel  Shang TsungCatwoman    Sonya BladeFlash  SubZeroSuperman   Gameplay A released promotional video for the game shows Batman fighting SubZero and portrays new gameplay modesPromotional 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