Mortal Kombattt! The series celebrates its 30th anniversary today – but creator Ed Boon has confirmed we haven’t seen the last of the iconic fighting franchise. Speaking in a wide-ranging interview with the PS Blog, the industry icon admitted there’s more to come from the series, as it hasn’t “made the last one yet”. However, he clarified: “I guess that’s probably the closest I can say without revealing too much.”
While there have been a number of rumours regarding developer NetherRealm Studios’ next project, speculation seems to have settled on another Mortal Kombat being in development. And while Boon wouldn’t be drawn on specifics, when asked about the future of the franchise, he said: “Mortal Kombat will continue to feel fresh, to feel new, and to push boundaries with regards to certain aspects of game design.”
It’s certainly a promising period for fighting games, with the new Street Fighter and Tekken titles both looking absolutely superb. Boon has said in the past that its next game announcement will come after these 30th anniversary celebrations are over, so hopefully Mortal Kombat can round out the holy trifecta, and set up a truly spectacular generation for one-on-one brawlers.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Never had a doubt. 11 is an odd number to end the series on.
MK11 is soo good if anyone’s not tried I’d urge you to 🕹️🙏🏻
Kinda obvious they wouldn’t stop making a series that is one of the most popular in the world. MK11 was awesome and this is coming from someone who sucks at fighting games
Bring back the systems and design of MK9.
The cheesy design and the simple but fun systems, without any MTX or infinite customization made it perfect for me.
I was personally hoping to see a 3rd entry into the Injustice series before MK12, but I will be happy nonetheless!
I thought that the 30th Anniversary video was gonna be some news or release date on the older MK games. While the video itself was really cool, I was disappointed with no news of a MK remake of the older games. Or at least HD ones with online. 😥
This is also the man who said that MK11 had a lot more content to come, and then 2 months later they pulled the plug on more DLC.
Whatever NetherRealm is working on is my most anticipated game but it’s very disappointing to have no idea what they are working on or a possible release window.
Yes, Im aware of the rumors of it being MK12, but the NR silence is very aggravating at this point.
I'm going to wait for 15 before a dip my toes back in to this particular franchise. Feels very old hat at the moment. It needs a mega inclusive reboot.
I liked the first 3 mortal kombat games especially mortal kombat 3..i was always sub zero and my mate always used jaxx. We had some epic show downs using those 2 characters and they had some combos to rival those killer instinct combos..i thought the series pretty much became quite boring after those although that one on the n64 which i think was the first 3d'ish one was interesting for a while..did not like 10 or 11 as they just didnt feel that fluid..
@Olmaz I get what you mean but the infinite customization of MK11 was a drag only because the items didn't have unique or individual stats like the gear of injustice 2. If they did that system would have been amazing as opposed to "what looks good and do I have any useful gems to attach" Hopefully they address this in the next game. Liukang with full dragon gear and buffs, scorpion with hellspawn gear and buffs, so many entertaining play styles could be created if they added those features just as my dark knight batman gear still does till today.
Cool.i like mortal kombat since the arcade game back in the early 1990s.word up son
Always clear they would continue the series after 11, never had a doubt.
I was admittedly kinda intrigued to see if NetherRealm's new project was a Marvel game (or a Marvel vs DC if those rumors are still alive), but I'm fine with the next mainline MK game.
I want Injustice 3 but I know I'm in the minority.
This series will go on forever no doubt, I'll be 80 and there will still be mortal Kombat lol
@huyi it's a western franchise so yes. I remember my grand ma saying "captain america is still around?" thought it was cool hearing that as a child. not so much anymore.
@z0d15g0d I'm with you : the customization can be a good idea.
But NetherRealm, even in Injustice 2 and MK10 has gone overboard. Even the fighting styles customization is too much for me. I play fighting games at an extremely amateurish level and I loved the simplicity of MK9. Just get in, look at the special moves, and that's enough to get hours of fun.
Add the Test your Might minigames just for fun, and it was a blast.
The design of Mk10, and even more of MK11, was also too much a deviation from the classical campy MK design, even if I'll admit MK11 still looks spectacular today.
@z0d15g0d lol captain America is not relevent anymore? 😁😁😁 But yeah mortal Kombat will be around for years to come way before we are long dead lol 😂😂😂
In other words, we haven't 'finished him' just yet
@Olmaz as a MK fan since my childhood, I think mk9 was and is the best in series 👌
@Luigia it's graphically nice, but it's complicated. I'd rather something easier to work with, like mk9, even today I'm playing mk9 with my daughter, because it's simpler to enjoy
Yeah? Well I'm ready for the 12th one. Story modes have been amazing. I chose to win 11 and Shang Tsung, too bd the new game will default to Fire God Liu Kang winning and just repeating history again and again.
@2here2there fair point and if your enjoying any title, then that’s magic 👍🏻 Now “Get Over Here!!” 😜
@huyi lol Steve Rogers became irrelevant when the war ended but has been milked for almost a century since. I'm glad MK is aging out their non immortal characters and making solid stories for the new generation. Hopefully when we are old there will be a Johnny Cage Junior who wants to be like grandpa but just as lame with the jokes.
@Splat
Same here, I would 1000x prefer I3 to yet another MK
@Luigia hahaha 🤪👍
Well.. yeah. It sells a crap ton. They will stop making them when it doesn't sell.
@Splat
We both are. I wanted them to tackle Injustice 3 before Mortal Kombat 12.
They had a good thing going on with the alternating titles every two years.
Only thing I can think happened is there is something wrong on the DC side.
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