Mortal Kombat

[MoBiUGeArSkIn]

It hasn't been officially announced.

Saying that, Midway Games became WB Games (Chicago). As of April 2010, Warner bros filed 3 trademarks for "Netherrealm Studios"

DUN DUN DUN!!!

Ed Boon talked about doing another Mortal Kombat shortly after the release of MKvsDCU. Since then he's been updating Twitter with a profile image stating "MK9" and putting up either really cryptic... or incredibly blatant hints at there being a new Mortal Kombat in the making. If you go way back in his twitter they were apparently doing motion capture for Fatalities back in January 2009. I'm banking on a reveal at E3, with a possible release date of October/November 2010.

Hard to call exactly what the next game will be. Obviously we can expect a fighter. But Street Fighter IV, King of Fighters and BlazBlue have taken the genre back to 2D.

Can we expect a completely 2D Mortal Kombat?

Apparently we can expect...

- New fight engine
- Extreme violence
- A "return" to classic Mortal Kombat

So... think maybe they'll be doing a redux, ala Street Fighter IV? Mash up of old and new? I doubt it has any real chance of actually getting anywhere close to the awesomeness of Capcom's masterpiece... but I'm seriously excited for this.

Last August a job was advertised for the following...

“WB Games Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Network to help us implement cutting-edge online features to ensure the Mortal Kombat franchise is an industry leader in online functionality. We are looking to position Mortal Kombat as the ‘gold standard’ for network play, and we are looking for someone who wants to push the boundaries of what is possible with online interaction.”

Please be awesome. PLEASE BE SICK AND SUPER AWESOME! But yeah, it better be super violent. Fucking, 18 rated!

[Born2beSlicker]

I liked MK vs DCU. It was a solid foundation to improve on after so many sloppy 3D MK games.

Woah this trailer was pretty awesome.

That was pretty awesomes, then Seven of Nine comes in and it gets better.

[Born2beSlicker]

That 8min trailer was better than both MK movies.

[MoBiUGeArSkIn]

That 8min trailer was better than both MK movies.

Better than the first? What? Mortal Kombat has some of the best on screen fights from the past 20 years and it was 100% more in tune with the mythology than that test footage.

Please... Ed Boon. PLEASE! Tell me the new game isn't going the route of the movie saga. You promised a return to classic MK. Not this.

[Born2beSlicker]

I liked the first MK movie, it's one of the better video-game movies. However I like it in that B-movie lulz way.

[MoBiUGeArSkIn]

Not Game Related

Ed Boon has yet to comment on Twitter. C'mon, Ed. Say something before I call Netherealm Studios SONIC TEAM!

That 8min trailer was better than both MK movies.

Better than the first? What? Mortal Kombat has some of the best on screen fights from the past 20 years and it was 100% more in tune with the mythology than that test footage.

Please... Ed Boon. PLEASE! Tell me the new game isn't going the route of the movie saga. You promised a return to classic MK. Not this.

really that shit is way way out of date. If the game is anything like that trailer then I say hell fucking yeah. That trailer brought MK bang up to date which was needed in my opinion.

[MoBiUGeArSkIn]

How is Mortal Kombat out of date? It's not IN date. It's fantasy and that's where the characters belong.

Doesn't look like this is related to the game though. Thankfully. Else we might have seen Raiden turned into a hoody yob weilding a taser

[Born2beSlicker]

Raiden will be like what's his face from InFamous. A horrible experiment/accident gone wrong and now he has the power to power a vibrator!

How is Mortal Kombat out of date? It's not IN date. It's fantasy and that's where the characters belong.

Doesn't look like this is related to the game though. Thankfully. Else we might have seen Raiden turned into a hoody yob weilding a taser

Its out of date because the characters and general idea of it is just too cheesy. For a brutal violent fighter to be taken seriously the premise needs brought up to date so it will appeal more to this generation. Street fighter has always been cartoony but MK has always been about the gore and violence. That trailer to me looked far more appealing than a couple of people dancing around in bright coloured spandex outfits.

[MoBiUGeArSkIn]

Did Armageddon have spandex?

You want the game to have shit like this.

[MoBiUGeArSkIn]

Not Regae Regae Sauce man.