Mortal Kombat 12 Revealed As Mortal Kombat 1

Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios have officially revealed that a rebooted Mortal Kombat 1 will arrive in September for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

[Sonic1881]

Let's go!!!

[RaidenBlack]

Did they finally switch to UE4?
Or are they still rocking the modded-UE3?

[headshotfrosty]

Hopefully UE5!

[blackbeld]

Does that really matter? Gameplay is the most important. As long as it’s fighting good I will buy it. I still play my old street fighter 2 turbo on my super nes once a week.

[_SilverHawk_]

It's on the switch so I haven't much hope but hopefully the switch version doesn't hamper the new generation console versions and its just a different version game. Hopefully it looks significantly better than the last mortal kombat and I hope the developers fully utilize the new generation gaming consoles.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

@blackbeld Gameplay is the most important, but the longer they stay on old engines, the more future games suffer.

Gameplay is held back by the limitations of older engines, so upgrading to UE5 is needed.

[blackblades]

There own imagine and for the other guy switch has its own devs working ok it same for steam pc they also have there own team working on it.

[InUrFoxHole]

@silver
The switch has different devs

[Vengeance1138]

With this only being a cinematic trailer, i'm thinking gameplay reveal at the PS Showcase next week?

[potatoseal]

Or Geoff Keighly's thing

[abstractel]

I think either right? Not sure about the dislikes for Vengeance1138's comment. Like someone else mentioned, Sony does own Evo so it would make sense for them to show it off there. However, could be that Warner Brothers think releasing during Sony's Showcase would have it get less attention than if they released it on Summerfest. Any developer willing to show their game on the same day as titles like Spider-Man 2, possibly a glimpse of Wolverine, Naughty Dog's TLOU multiplayer game, what Suckerpunch has been up to (hopefully), and whatever else they have up their sleeve as they've been so quiet, would be brave. I know the MK franchise is huge, MK11 sold at least 12 million copies, but still.

[Tal169]

Usually the fatalies are pretty similar... i hope that last one we saw makes it into the game

[abstractel]

I think that's a safe bet. All fatalities and most of the movies in the MK11 CG trailer were in the game.

Also, given that it's new-gen only with the except for Switch, it's likely the Switch version is a streaming version or (less likely in my opinion) outsourced which has never really turned out that well (with the exception of MK9 on Vita which was decent).

I'm actually pumped to see what they can do on new-gen only hardware. For its flaws, MK11 was an absolutely incredibly looking game. That it and MKX were made for the same generation is incredible, so I'm hoping they knocked it out of the park with MK1.

[porkChop]

It's more likely to be at Summer Games Fest. If they were going to be at the PS Showcase next week they'd have waited to announce it.

[Vengeance1138]

Naw, it's almost a lock i'd think for Sony Showcase. Fighting games are a cornerstone for Sony, they own EVO and the vast majority of fighting games are always exclusive to PlayStation. Summer Games Fest is none of that.

Anything related to the Fighting Game Community, that's Sony town! Also look at all the deals Sony did with WB, exclusive marketing rights for Hogwarts and have shown off Suicide Squad in it's own State of Play, no way they didn't also make a deal for marketing MK.

A gameplay reveal trailer is also leaps and bounds more impressive than a cinematic only trailer. So everyone wins, WB gets the first announcement then Sony gets the reveal everyone is most eager to see, the gameplay. Only seeing a cinematic trailer at the Sony show wouldn't be as impressive.

Expect Gameplay reveal next week, the 24th!

[Obscure_Observer]

"With this only being a cinematic trailer, i'm thinking gameplay reveal at the PS Showcase next week?"

Definitely

[CobraKai]

Looks cool as a proof of concept but I wanna see what the real time game looks like.

[Dario_DC]

More pre-order bullsh!t.... I'll just wait for the Komplete version or whatever it will be.

[neutralgamer1992]

I always do that with MK series because of the amount of post launch support. It’s a better deal to wait (especially since I am only interested in single player content) and get all the characters and skins

[abstractel]

Not saying you don't know this but with fighting games it makes sense they support the game and release new characters. All fighting games do this. So if you want to wait a full year for the Komplete Edition then sure, that's up to you. It really comes down to how much you're interested in the game. It's a day one purchase for me, I love the Mortal Kombat franchise.

[Kakashi Hatake]

Tomorrow isn't promised.

[Furesis]

If you don't play online then this is fine but otherwise i'd advice against it only because fighting games are the most fun online when they release. Everyone is at the same-ish level and u have tons of people plying which means you'll get equally skilled opponents more often.
I don't like the pre order BS either btw but for me the pros outweigh the cons here.

[BigBosss]

Gameplay either at Summer Game Fest or PS Showcase. Either way, I am really excited for this! Played all MK games :)

[FPSRUSSIA]

With a September release date looks like Gameplay will be shown on Very soon maybe on Playstation event or on summer game fest.

[Tal169]

Hope so

[repsahj]

It's a bit weird they exclude PS4 and Xbox1 but nintendo switch is still there.

[FPSRUSSIA]

I guess a Next Gen or Current Gen only game including Switch.

[Profchaos]

Agree i find that very weird to

[gold_drake]

thats is odd, i agree.

but lets be honest. i dont think alot of ppl buy it for the switch. the online service aint good enough for that sorta stuff. imo.

even smash is a laggy mess most of the time.

i hope they dont have to downgrade the game too much to make it run smoothly, its a 1vs1 after all.

[DefaultComment]

you are crazy to think that. lots of peole have bought the digital version on the switcvh, it's been on sales seveal times and poeple havce enjoyed it.

[masterfox]

they have to be very dumb not to release it on last gen consoles if they are planning to release on the Switch.

[blackblades]

Switch has a different team working on it same for steam. Overall 3 different teams are working on this ps5/series the OG team, switch a different team, steam/pc another team

[OzzY-waZZy]

holy crap.. that looks awesome. MK started getting pretty convoluted so a clean restart sounds great!

[gold_drake]

yea im not quite sure why we need a reboot of the 1st one, but damn does the trailer look amazing.

i wasnt quite ready for the skull crushing and the ... bloody mess tho haha

[Tedakin]

At the end of MK11 the entire timeline gets reset and this continues from there. It is a sequel to MK11.

[gold_drake]

ahhh, makes sense.
never got the chance to play 11. but love the series

[blackblades]

As well as after aftermath everybody died and was rebooted because of sooo yeah. Besides mk12 anything over 10 needs a reboot.

[masterfox]

I was about to say "hmm ok this looks interesting", but then Preorder to get ShangTsung ?, and now I give a sh@$it about this game :D, good job WB , and also is coming for Switch?, ughh more downgrade nonsense cause I was wondering this just looks like last MK game, now I know why.

[DefaultComment]

Well you can get a copy of you ps5 or Xbox series X and shove it up your arse and there you can play all at best resolution and FPS as yo intended instead of critizising a console you probably dont ewven.

[masterfox]

chill out dude lol, there are very cheap TVs outhere that can output 1080p resolution you only need to go out from your cave and work a little bit to afford one, btw the dinosours are extinct so dont go out from your cave with your neanderthal behavior and try to look for one, Yoshi is not real dude!, I hope you get well. :D

OMG Neanderthal Nintendo, holy hell everything makes sense now!!

[Tedakin]

They've done that for 3 games now. You got Shao Kahn for pre-ordering MK11 and Darkseid for pre-ordering Injustice. If you don't pre-order the character is available for 5 extra dollars. Worth pre-ordering to me if you're getting the game.

[Tal169]

Cannot wait for this game... that camera fatality thing at the end..

[thesoftware730]

Next-Gen only!

Nice trailer, hope the gameplay looks just as good.

[gleepot]

That was the most violent video game trailer I've ever seen haha

[rlow1]

Brutal

[zacly]

Crazy. Mortal Monday was September 13, 1993. Seems very fitting!

[GamingSinceForever]

So they are skipping the PS4 and One X but making a Switch version? 🤔

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Is it too much to hope the gameplay looks THIS good?

The reveal trailer for X tricked me…. Dare to dream

[Mr Blings]

Oh wow...LoL...fierce

[Exvalos]

Coming to switch? No thanks I'm ood

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Imagine skipping the best console, lol

[NatsuXTheMaxspeed21]

Still waiting on official gameplay before making any statement.

[andron]

Oh Ye...

[wesnytsfs]

Impressed by the sounds of the blood pouring out

[Solitariussaint]

Looks really good! Lol they still snuck in that pre-order bonus at the end.

[hotnickles]

I’m hyped for everything but the cod point system returning. Raiden looks weird too. Everything else looked dope

[sanhotelseries]

omg