Midway has been mostly mum on the next Mortal Kombat, but the publisher has confirmed that it is being built on a "highly modified" version of Unreal Engine 3. The Chicago-based company has made much use of Epic Games' oft-licensed engine, featuring it in games like Stranglehold, Area 51: Blacksite, Hour of Victory, and Unreal Tournament 3.

The comic-book-crossover game will feature characters like Sub-Zero and Scorpion brawling with Superman, Batman, and more as their two worlds overlap in a cosmic incident.

This is the worst idea to hit Mortal Kombat ever! I hate how once Tobias left, Ed Boon decided to run the Mortal Kombat franchise into the ground. Now we get a game with no blood and no fatalities.