Mortal Kombat 12 is koming – but the twist is that it may not actually be named Mortal Kombat 12 at all! Following on from last week’s space dust teaser, developer NetherRealm has uploaded a short video of a clock counting backwards. As it gets to the 11 and tries to tick towards the 12, time jumps forward all the way to the 1. Could the game represent a reboot for the series’ convoluted timeline, then?
We should find out very soon. Speculation suggests the game will be announced this summer, either as part of some kind of PS Showcase or at any of the other events currently scheduled to take place in June. It definitely feels like the studio is building towards something now, and we know from publisher Warner Bros’ financial report that the title is targeting a release later this year.
Exciting times!
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They seem to be teasing ray tracing as well
As long as they include every single character from every single Mortal Kombat game as a playable character. They could also include a create your own character mode and include a crap ton of never seen before moves and finishing moves, babalities, friendships and brutalities. Customize everything about your character and have a whole story mode based on your own creation joining the Mortal Kombat tournament and climbing the ranks or something. Every other character needs to have updated finishing moves and new finishing moves. Every character should have a minimum of 4 finishing moves (not including babalities, frienships and brutalities) and they should have the finishing moves be done at different spots on the screen. Or have level specific finishing moves in every level. If they include team fights, then they should include team finishing moves and combo moves. I also want to see a brand new game in the style of Assassins Creed or God of War where you play as a ton of the characters walking around a huge map doing a story but you have to use their abilities to traverse the world or open new parts of the world and upgrade your character with new moves to get previously unobtainable secrets and collectibles like Hearts or eyes ripped from peoples heads, or scrolls that tell the story of the game and tournament and world around them.
Edit I know this is a very unrealistic dream of mine, but it would be pretty neat to see these implemented.
Umm... didn't they already reboot the series with MK9 back on PS3? It would be weird to do it twice within 3 titles.
I think what this actually is, is a play on altering time from the story mode from MK11. Still, I get where you're coming from... skipping what would be the 12 and returning to the 1. Interesting to say the least.
I guess we'll see what happens... "soon".
EDIT:
My MK12 hopes:
Well duh hence the hourglass ending in 11 personally I'd prefer a hard reboot as opposed to another in continuity reboot I feel like MK needs it the NRS Era has been a lot of BS the whole point of the reboot was to streamline everything but MK9 killing off 90% of the cast and turning them into revenants just screwed things up even worse. Then they added all the unnecessary Kronika and hourglass BS in 11 MK has been in bed with DC too long their picking up their worst habits
@NarutosBiggestFan this really is the type of thing to only happen in a dream lol. Oddly enough I did spot a similar comment in the vid's comment section.
I hope most of it holds true for you 🫡
I always assumed that’s basically what was going to happen according to the ending of the MK11 DLC.
I don’t know why some people would be surprised.
It’s been years since I beat it, but I believe it also alluded to going back in time.
So, I n ver understand all these people begging for characters when if it actually took place during the great Kung Lao era, none of the mains would be present, but this could just be locked to the story mode and regular modes could have some of the traditional favorites.
151 kharakters or I'm out.
@OmegaStriver Honestly if the game is set in The Great Kung Lao's era I really hope and pray they do some amazing and goofy fan service and introduce the kharacters from the old Conquest show 😅
It's crazy, it feels like the world is awaiting for THAT Playstation Showcase.
It got to be atomically bombastic.
Cmon Sony give us something!
Lol that clock is completely fu*ked.
fukked? 🤷♂️
Just purchased the "Aftermath" DLC & a little ticked that all the "Bonus" costumes and available "Extra" characters are 1 MB. Clearly it's on disc so would be nice if it was like the last PS3 Mortal Kombat and could use earned in game " Koins" and unlock in the Krypt mode. But fat chance of that happening.
@Keyblade-Dan This is what I was thinking with the ending to 11. The great Kung Lao era would at least bring something we haven't seen before.
I would love to see the talented NetherRealm team make a non-fighter game. I do love MK and have been playing since MK2 on Genesis/Mega Drive, but they have done a few good action/adventure games in the past. Sub-Zero was a fun side-scroller. During the PS2 era they released Shaolin Monks which incorporated the fast MK combat in a co-op, level-based, 3rd-person/beat 'em up type. Deception had a great RPG mode called conquest which explored MK's lore through an original character/story. And the follow-up, Armageddon, had a full 3rd-person story mode. I think more teams should switch between different IPs or genres for their projects.
Watch... MK12 is actually a compilation of the first 10 games.
Series reboot? Let limited run make it for the Genesis and buy into it. Wanna reboot it, lets reboot it right
Maybe this means a remake of the first game? Wouldn’t be a bad idea, honestly. I’m not usually a remake guy, but there’s a lot of time between that and the original.
If its is a reboot, I can already imagine WB paywalls all over it.
Fewer characters "to be faithfull to the original game" in the base game, then offering expensive DLC to have characters we already have on MK11.
@AdamNovice It would be really cool that and bringing back the Conquest mode from Deception which I still think was the best story mode a fighting game has ever had
Could MK12 even work on Switch?
@JONOFTHEJONS I highly doubt it
That's a clear jump from 11 to 1, which more than 95% suggests it's not gonna be a 12 game, but a restart.
I'm totally fine with that, even welcome it, especially if they do complete "stop/start from scratch" cycle.
Let go of the previous games, characters and storyline, it's all been done, redone, reimagined, rebooted, and mashed up to hell and back a few times over. It's all becoming stale no matter how many twists they put in the story.
The IP could benefit greatly from a new roster, a new lore and storyline, nothing related to the previous games. As one Tychus Findlay once said : "Hell, it's about time!"
I'm in for whatever they do. Those story modes are so fun!
@JAMes-BroWWWn the world is not a small percentage of gamers is
I'm hoping this is more about going back to the first ever Mortal Kombat tournament rather than simply back to the events of the first game which is technically the 10th tournament between Outworld and Earthrealm.
So if we rewind back to the "1" it should be the tournament where Goro kills the Great Kung Lao and his win streak begins.
Maybe the plot of MK12 is to time meddle and prevent that or change the outcome some how.
@Uncharted2007 as long as we get get MK3 gameplay with and MK4 reboot, sign me up!
Perhaps they'll finally fix that bleeding typo.
Combat is spelt with a C!!!
I don't want to sound mean, but the clock isn't moving backwards, it's actually going the regular way 😅
A reboot again?….. wasn’t MK9 a reboot?
@somnambulance we already got a remake in form of MK2011…
I think a complete reboot would be perfect, the story line is all over there place now I hope everything is fresh even the art style and designs of the characters.
According to this teaser they gonna skip 12 and move straight to MK1 remake.
There are some mouth watering suggestions in the comments so far.
Knowing Ed Boon’s reputation, he will listen to many of these great ideas, tease quite a few of them rather coyly, then blatantly and shamelessly refuse to have them materialise in any way, shape or form…
I mean... that is what MK9 was. It was called only Mortal Kombat.
This will be MK12 regardless of what they tease and if it has the exact name or not.
I actually would've liked if they went off the bad ending of aftermath with Shang Tsung's reign being challenged and the usual cast being MIA and focus of the storytelling shifting for it, exploring realms we hardly seen anything of.
Oh well... i guess it's another reboot. shrugs
I’ve never been so excited about 12pm in my life until now
@Juanalf i hope MK keeps its semi-realistic artstyle . way too many anime and cartoon FGs; MK is the only fighter with the look it has & it works great . please no more cartoons.
Imagine if we only get 7 characters just like the original. I wouldn't mind if each character had a lot of moves and variations like an actual martial artist would aka tekken/soul calibur characters combined. Individual fleshed out full length character story campaigns would also be welcome.
The clock didn't count backwards. Lol.
maybe multi verse time travel type, but i don't see them strait up rebooting it with the 12th game.
@Heavy_Artilery Would that really matter that much in a fighting game?
I mean, the seconds hand jumping five seconds past 12 could just indicate that May 12 tomorrow is the date of the formal MK12 reveal.
In anycase, considering MK11's DLC ending(s), a second reboot of the series' storyline isn't a surprise. I just hope the game has a fairly large base roster when it comes to the fighters.
Honestly this series could use a full reboot, I'd be game for that.
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