Over the last decade, Netherrealm Studios established a pattern with its development schedule, shifting gears from the Mortal Kombat franchise and the DC Comics fighting game series Injustice. Though we have no details about what the next MK game will be like, it will more likely continue the focus on time travel and blending different eras of the series, which was a crucial part of the previous game. Even series co-creator Ed Boon was surprised by the sudden mention on his Twitter page, but he poked fun at it. Discovery investor meeting, with current CEO David Savlov casually mentioning that a new video game was on track for a 2023 release - despite no announcement having been made previously about the game.
The first mention of a new Mortal Kombat game came from a Warner Bros. No doubt, this is a reference to Mortal Kombat 11's time-traveling antagonist Kronika, who manipulated the sands of time to disrupt the timeline. At the end of that video, we saw a short animation of an hourglass, with the sand inside freezing. This tease aligns it with a previous video focusing on a 30th-anniversary tribute to the series. On social media, the official Mortal Kombat Twitter account and MK co-creator Ed Boon shared a video of a ticking clock counting up to the number 12, only for it to pause and then skip over it and back to the number 1.ĭoes anyone know what time it is? #MortalKombat /pXY2wlidde- Ed Boon May 10, 2023
