Top 10 Violent Video Games in the Last Decade

5. Mortal Kombat (2011)

The Mortal Kombat series has sparked so much controversy over the past two decades that it's easy to lose sight of just how violent it actually is. NetherRealm's 2010 reboot certainly followed suit, with plenty of gory fatalities and new x-ray attacks that let you witness all the internal trauma you're causing firsthand.

While every character plays host to two fatalities and a number of other less brutal attacks, certain characters like Noob Saibot succeed in making even the most hardcore veterans of the series wince. One of Saibot's fatalities was even showcased on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart for its gratituous violence—it depicted Sonya Blade being ripped in half from her groin upwards by two Noob Saibots.