Final yr noticed fairly a little bit of hypothesis over what developer NetherRealm Studios’ subsequent sport will entail. Though some suspected {that a} third Injustice entry will come subsequent, Ed Boon, the artistic director at NetherRealm, said that the following launch will stray away from its commonplace Mortal Kombat to Injustice sample. That assertion didn’t essentially preclude the potential for one other Mortal Kombat sport taking place subsequent, nevertheless. In any case, an obvious leak that surfaced a month prior appeared to trace at Mortal Kombat 12‘s existence. Because it seems, those that predicted that Mortal Kombat 12 could be NetherRealm’s subsequent mission might have been proper on the cash.
Throughout a name with buyers, David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, introduced up Mortal Kombat 12 as one of many firm’s main upcoming releases alongside Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Not solely that, however he additionally let slip that Mortal Kombat 12 will see a launch in some unspecified time in the future this yr. As well as, Zaslav stated that the corporate has “formidable launch projections” for the title.
Mortal Kombat returns as soon as extra
Earlier than final yr’s NetherRealm hypothesis frenzy, journalist and insider Jeff Grubb recommended that NetherRealm has targeted on creating Mortal Kombat 12 over different initiatives. In accordance with Grubb, this a minimum of partially has to do with obvious uncertainty over whether or not or not Warner Bros. will unload NetherRealm. This coupled with the constantly excessive gross sales of the Mortal Kombat collection supposedly led to NetherRealm creating a brand new entry within the franchise as a secure guess.
Whatever the reasoning behind Mortal Kombat 12‘s creation, followers will little doubt really feel elated over its comfortable affirmation. All that’s left now’s to attend for the official announcement and eventual launch of Mortal Kombat 12. With Road Fighter 6 additionally releasing this yr, it seems that combating sport followers could have rather a lot to chew on.
Picture by way of WB Video games
