Question: Ermac is a fictional character from which video game franchise originally developed by Midway Games' Chicago studio in 1992, and the development team was acquired by Warner Bros. and turned into NetherRealm Studios?

Context articles: Midway Studios – Newcastle
Ed Boon
NetherRealm Studios
Ermac
Batman: Arkham Origins (mobile)
List of Mortal Kombat media
Mortal Kombat
Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play
Mortal Kombat X
Kenshi

Pitbull Syndicate was formed in December 1996 by an ensemble of programmers and artists with extensive experience in the video games industry.
 The company started with a small office in Sunderland, England, and initially employed eight people, working on PC and PlayStation games.
 Slowly expanding, the company moved to larger offices in Chester-Le-Street and later to larger offices in Gateshead.
 By 2005, its staff had swelled to over 60 people working on PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
 In October 2005, the company sold to Midway Games and were renamed Midway Studios – Newcastle.
 Prior to that, Pitbull had created the titles "L.A. Rush" and "Rush" for Midway.
 It was Midway's only studio located outside the U.S. and was closed in July 2009 after the sale of most of Midway's assests to Warner Bros..
 A game called "Necessary Force" was being developed at the time of the closure.
 The rights to the game have diverted back to Midway Games as they are shopping the intellectual property.
 Some members of the team were able to band together and form a new company, Atomhawk Design.
 In July 2010, Robert Troughton, founder of Pitbull Syndicate, announced the formation of Pitbull Studio, one year after Midway folded the renamed company.
 Troughton also said that an unannounced project was in development.
Edward John Boon (born February 22, 1964) is an American video game programmer and director who was employed for over 15 years at Midway Games and since 2011 has worked for Warner Bros.
 Interactive Entertainment in its subsidiary company NetherRealm Studios.
 Boon is best known for the widely popular "Mortal Kombat" series, which he created with John Tobias.
NetherRealm Studios is an American video game developer based in Chicago, Illinois.
 The company was founded in 2010 replacing WB Games Chicago and Midway Games, which purchased assets in 2009 that were formerly owned by Midway Games Chicago after Midway filed for bankruptcy.
Ermac is a fictional character from the "Mortal Kombat" fighting game franchise by Midway Games.
 Originating as an imaginary character borne of rumors by players and fans over an audit-menu listing and alleged glitch in the first game, which were never explicitly dispelled by Midway Games and were further perpetuated by video game magazine "Electronic Gaming Monthly" ("EGM"), he transformed from urban legend to a player character in "Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3," as a red palette swap of Scorpion with his own special moves.
 Ermac has become a recurring character in the "Mortal Kombat" franchise since playing a central role in "", in which he had a distinctive design and joined forces with series protagonist Liu Kang in the game's plot, but has had smaller roles in subsequent series releases.
Batman: Arkham Origins is a free-to-play fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros.
 Interactive Entertainment for iOS and Android mobile operating systems. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is a spin-off to the 2013 video game "", and is part of the "" series.
 It was released for iOS on October 16, 2013 and for Android on July 25, 2014.
 The game feature touch combat mechanics and offers in-app purchases, or micro transactions.
 The last game update was on April 21, 2014.
 The game has surpassed 5 million downloads on the Google Play store.
"Mortal Kombat" is a video game franchise originally developed and produced by Midway Games.
 The video games are a series of fighting games and several action-adventure games which debuted in North American arcades on October 8, 1992 with the release of "Mortal Kombat", created by Ed Boon and John Tobias.
 Mortal Kombat titles have been released on numerous different video game consoles, handheld game consoles, and personal computer platforms and is considered one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time with over 26 million games sold.
 The games have appeared on every major video game console produced since its debut including every console created by Sony and Microsoft, every console produced by Sega since the Sega Genesis (as well as the Master System in Europe and South America), and every console produced by Nintendo since the Super NES.
Mortal Kombat is a video game franchise originally developed by Midway Games' Chicago studio in 1992.
 Following Midway's bankruptcy, the "Mortal Kombat" development team was acquired by Warner Bros. and turned into NetherRealm Studios.
 Warner Bros.
 Interactive Entertainment currently owns the rights of the franchise and rebooted it in 2011.
Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play is a video game compilation of 21 classic Midway, Atari and Williams arcade games released in 2005 for the PlayStation Portable.
 "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play" was re-released for the PlayStation Store on June 28, 2010 by Warner Bros.
 Interactive Entertainment due to Midway's bankruptcy, also meaning that Warner Bros. owns rights to most of the Midway, Atari and Williams arcade library after the purchase of some assets of Midway Games.
Mortal Kombat X is a fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros.
 Interactive Entertainment.
 Running on the Unreal Engine 3, it is the tenth main installment in the "Mortal Kombat" video game series and a sequel to the 2011 game "Mortal Kombat".
 It was released on April 14, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
 NetherRealm studio's mobile team developed a version for iOS and Android devices.
 A version for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 was in development but was eventually cancelled because NetherRealm could not get the seventh generation of consoles versions to the expected level of quality.
 High Voltage Studios developed the PC version of the game, with Polish studio QLoc taking over the work on it shortly after the release of Kombat Pack 1.
Kenshi is a fictional character from the "Mortal Kombat" fighting game franchise by Midway Games.
 He is a rogue swordsman of Eurasian heritage who possesses psychokinetic powers and nurses a bitter hatred for the evil sorcerer named Shang Tsung, whose deceit had resulted in Kenshi's blindness.
 Since debuting in 2002's "", he has persistently featured in the series storyline by freeing Ermac from Outworld emperor Shao Kahn's control, joining the Special Forces alongside Jax and Sonya Blade, and seeking to bring down Mavado and his Red Dragon faction, in addition to associating with the likes of Sub-Zero and Johnny Cage.