NetherRealm Studios has revealed their bringing some co-op to Mortal Kombat 11, the latest entry in the long-running fighting series. The new mode, called "Team Raids," will pit three online players against one challenging opponent. While you will all be fighting the same opponent at the same time and all be doing damage to its health to bring it down, you'll be doing it in your own "fight line" so it'll look like a standard 1v1 match. Confused? Yeah, probably better to see it in action.

Xbox 360 owners will find a deal on Capcom titles this week. Lost Planet 2 and Resident Evil 5 have been marked down 75% and 50%, respectively. The Deal of the Week also includes Mortal Kombat (2011), which features a cooperative tag team mode.

Holy Krap! Co-optimus is reviewing a fighting game? Fighting games are anti-co-op by nature, right? Wrong! Mortal Kombat is getting a reboot and they've added a co-op mode. Is Mortal Kombat's Ko-op a Flawless Victory? Find out in our Co-op review.

Mortal Kombat series creator Ed Boon revealed a canceled game on Friday - one that would have served as a 'spiritual sequel' to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox co-op game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. According to GameInformer online, Ed described the scrapped game (titled Mortal Kombat: Fire & Ice) as another co-op campaign for the series, one that would have featured Scorpion and Sub-Zero as the main characters.

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