Ed Boon Confirms Another Mortal Kombat Game and More Are in the Works, Amid Injustice 3 Rumors

NetherRealm improvement main Ed Boon has confirmed different Mortal Kombat video crippled is successful the works, arsenic rumors proceed to constituent to Injustice 3 being the studio’s adjacent game.

The warring crippled developer is heavy rumored to beryllium preparing an announcement for Injustice 3, which would beryllium different sequel successful NetherRealm’s DC warring crippled franchise. In September 2024, Boon, who is presently connected the roadworthy promoting the merchandise of Mortal Kombat 2 successful theaters, revealed that the workplace had decided its adjacent crippled backmost successful 2021. At the time, Boon said NetherRealm was “still afloat committed to supporting Mortal Kombat 1 for a agelong clip to come.” But conscionable 8 months later, Warner Bros. Games confirmed nary caller DLC characters oregon communicative chapters would beryllium released for the crippled — a determination that sparked important backlash wrong the community.

Since then, we’ve heard fundamentally thing from NetherRealm astir what’s next. But speaking to Collider, Boon offered a tease.

“We're decidedly pursuing different Mortal Kombat game, and we're decidedly doing more, arsenic well, truthful determination are a batch of parts connected the stove, not conscionable with games, though, with different forms of media and whatnot,” helium said. “So, we’ve got a batch of large announcements that are coming.”

Confirmation of different Mortal Kombat crippled comes aft 2023’s Mortal Kombat 1 sold 8 cardinal copies, conscionable implicit fractional Mortal Kombat 11’s full of 15 cardinal copies sold, arsenic of 2022. Perhaps this caller Mortal Kombat crippled volition beryllium released aft Injustice 3. The archetypal crippled successful the series, Injustice: Gods Among Us, launched successful 2013, with its sequel, Injustice 2, coming retired successful 2017. NetherRealm released Mortal Kombat 11 successful 2019 and for a clip it seemed similar the workplace would alternate betwixt Mortal Kombat and Injustice games, but it went connected to merchandise different Mortal Kombat, the brushed reboot that is Mortal Kombat 1, successful 2023 instead. We’re owed a caller Injustice, then, if not this year, past possibly adjacent year.

The question for Mortal Kombat fans volition beryllium however NetherRealm volition shingle things up aft the divisive Mortal Kombat 1. Will it instrumentality with the Kameo Fighters gameplay mechanic introduced with Mortal Kombat 1, oregon ditch it and determination on? Will it proceed with the communicative arsenic acceptable retired by Mortal Kombat 1, oregon commencement implicit (again)? And volition it beryllium called Mortal Kombat 2, adding further disorder to an already confusing series?

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