Early in 2022, NetherRealm’s production manager uploaded an interesting photo to Twitter. There’s one piece of vital information regarding Mortal Kombat 12 that you may or may not know. Foremost being that a new Tekken game is in development. Mortal Kombat 12 might’ve not been confirmed, but there were many notable announcements. But director Ed Boon seemingly crushed those earlier in a recent Tweet. When Can We Expect The Mortal Kombat 12 Announcement?Īs you read above, the 30-year anniversary of the franchise passed by, which did present itself as a likely time for an announcement. NetherRealm announcing Mortal Kombat 12 this year would no doubt be a nostalgic love letter to fans. This could point to the aforementioned 30-year anniversary of the franchise. He said that it’ll make a lot more sense when they announce the game. That’s something unexpected but also something that confirms the next game might be Mortal Kombat 12. At this point, I’ll get in a lot of trouble if I say anything more.”īreaking the pattern. I can tell you there was a reason for it, and when we announce our next game, it’ll make a lot more sense. “When we broke that pattern, there was a lot of speculation of what we would be doing next. “I can say that for ten years, we were releasing Mortal Kombat and Injustice, Mortal Kombat and Injustice.”īy saying this, he made fans aware of their history, but what he said next was intriguing. Earlier this year at the D.I.C.E Awards, Ed Boon said, Recent statements by NetherRealm director Ed Boon have hinted at something else entirely. According to that pattern, next up is Injustice 3. Over the past decade, they’ve alternated between releasing an Injustice game, followed by a Mortal Kombat title. We say this judging from NetherRealm Studios’ history. Mortal Kombat 12 happens to be a sensitive topic to speculate about. Will there be a Mortal Kombat 12? Image: NetherRealm Studios | Mortal Kombat 11 Though this topic hasn’t been officially addressed, recent rumors point to it as something that’s worth talking about. So when’s Mortal Kombat 12 coming out? That’s something we’d be lying about to you if we said it’s coming out soon. Hence, the sudden increase in anticipation for a new Mortal Kombat game. October 2022 happened to be the franchise’s 30-year anniversary. That’s not the only factor responsible for demand, though, as this year marks a remarkable milestone for the series. But with such a massive fan base comes evident demand for a sequel. That being Mortal Kombat 11, which was a critical success with 12 million copies sold worldwide. NetherRealm’s future with parent company WB Games has looked uncertain for the past year, with overall owner AT&T reportedly considering selling off parts of its games business.ĪT&T reportedly put its games division up for sale in 2020, attracting interest from the likes of Electronic Arts, Take-Two, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard.Quite a while has passed since NetherRealm Studios released their last project.
“At the same time, you don’t have to use any of these Batman or Superman characters that might be tied up in licensing if you try to get rid of NetherRealm or sell it to whoever.” “It lines up with the reality and it lines up with what I’ve heard, where Mortal Kombat 12 would make the most sense because that’s a game they know will make money, it will sell well… Mortal Kombat 11 was great, it’s doing well, but if you come out with Mortal Kombat 12 it will also sell and do well,” Grubb said.
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Journalist Jeff Grubb claimed last August that NetherRealm is currently working on Mortal Kombat 12, suggesting the studio is prioritising it over its DC superhero series Injustice due to uncertainty over its future with parent company WB Games. The monitor also shows part of an email referring to a video which shouldn’t be shared, saying “our fans eagerly scrape the internet for any trace” of Mortal Kombat information, adding: “Take extra care with this material.” The photo appears to reveal the existence of Mortal Kombat 12 However, it’s believed that the photo may have been a deliberate tease (or a troll) disguised to look like an accident. Andersen reportedly removed the image after around 10 minutes, seemingly because it had revealed that NetherRealm was working on the unannounced Mortal Kombat 12.
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