

A second live-action Mortal Kombat movie is also in the works.Ģ023 is looking to be a very significant year for the fighting game genre, with Street Fighter 6releasing in June 2023, and Tekken 8 on the horizon, but with no confirmed date. To the joy of fans everywhere, it was a trailer for a new Mortal Kombat game. Lightning bolts were shown flashing, and a familiar logo appeared. Mortal Kombat 11 was a great success, selling 15 million copies worldwide as of 2022, which likely informs the ‘ambitious launch projections’ of Warner Bros. To this end, some Mortal Kombat fans think Jonathan Anderson, a Senior Production Manager at NRS, is teasing that the team will reveal its new game at The Game Awards 2021 on December 9. At the Video Game Awards, the creator of Mortal Kombat, Ed Boon, stepped out on stage to present the award for best racing game. Games’ comments regarding Mortal Kombat 12 launching in 2023 are true, we should expect to hear more from NetherRealm Studios sooner, rather than later.
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This is naturally a strong jumping-off point for Mortal Kombat 12 to potentially rethink the series as it celebrates 30 years. This led to several entertaining situations where older versions of the game’s cast of characters were thrown back in time, to meet their original 1992 selves.īy the end of the game’s story, which concluded in the expansion Aftermath, series protagonist Liu Kang managed to seize Kronica’s time-bending powers, and reboot the universe, effectively marking a brand-new beginning for Mortal Kombat lore. The primary antagonist of the most recent mainline Mortal Kombat game was Kronika, a being that could manipulate time. Read: Mortal Kombat – Leaving behind the Anglo American-looking Blockbusterįor those familiar with the surprisingly dense narrative of Mortal Kombat 11, the significance of this imagery should resonate. After focusing on it for a second, the grain of sand explodes.

As the camera pans up, time slows down, and the focus draws its attention to a single grain of sand. NetherRealm Studios’ Ed Boon has confirmed the obvious: his next game will be either Mortal Kombat 12 or Injustice 3.

The scene is a close up shot of sand falling in an hourglass. The video concludes with Boon remarking that ‘we’re not quite done yet,’ before transitioning into a short CG scene. Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise centered on a series of video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992. Tune in the watch The Game Awards 2022 via the YouTube stream embedded below. The two-minute video sees several members of NetherRealm Studios thanking the Mortal Kombat community for supporting the series to the extent that it has remained successful for three whole decades. Mortal Kombat 12 is unlikely to show up at The Game Awards 2022 since NetherRealm Studios CCO Ed Boon noted that neither MK12 nor Injustice 3 will be there. Frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture web-share" allowfullscreen>
