NetherRealm growth chief Ed Boon has confirmed one other Mortal Kombat online game is within the works, as rumors proceed to level to Injustice 3 being the studio’s subsequent sport.
The preventing sport developer is closely rumored to be getting ready an announcement for Injustice 3, which might be one other sequel in NetherRealm’s DC preventing sport franchise. In September 2024, Boon, who’s presently on the highway selling the discharge of Mortal Kombat 2 in theaters, revealed that the studio had determined its subsequent sport again in 2021. On the time, Boon mentioned NetherRealm was “nonetheless absolutely dedicated to supporting Mortal Kombat 1 for a very long time to come back.” However simply eight months later, Warner Bros. Video games confirmed no new DLC characters or story chapters could be launched for the sport — a choice that sparked vital backlash inside the neighborhood.
Since then, we’ve heard principally nothing from NetherRealm about what’s subsequent. However chatting with Collider, Boon supplied a tease.
“We’re positively pursuing one other Mortal Kombat sport, and we’re positively doing extra, as properly, so there are quite a lot of elements on the range, not simply with video games, although, with different types of media and whatnot,” he mentioned. “So, we’ve acquired quite a lot of nice bulletins which can be coming.”
Affirmation of one other Mortal Kombat sport comes after 2023’s Mortal Kombat 1 bought 8 million copies, simply over half Mortal Kombat 11’s whole of 15 million copies bought, as of 2022. Maybe this new Mortal Kombat sport can be launched after Injustice 3. The primary sport within the sequence, Injustice: Gods Amongst Us, launched in 2013, with its sequel, Injustice 2, popping out in 2017. NetherRealm launched Mortal Kombat 11 in 2019 and for a time it appeared just like the studio would alternate between Mortal Kombat and Injustice video games, however it went on to launch one other Mortal Kombat, the delicate reboot that’s Mortal Kombat 1, in 2023 as a substitute. We’re due a brand new Injustice, then, if not this 12 months, then maybe subsequent 12 months.
The query for Mortal Kombat followers can be how NetherRealm will shake issues up after the divisive Mortal Kombat 1. Will it stick to the Kameo Fighters gameplay mechanic launched with Mortal Kombat 1, or ditch it and transfer on? Will it proceed with the story as set out by Mortal Kombat 1, or begin over (once more)? And can or not it’s known as Mortal Kombat 2, including additional confusion to an already complicated sequence?
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