Mortal Kombat collection co-creator Ed Boon has implied that there is not going to be an announcement made concerning Mortal Kombat at Evo 2022.
Boon’s quote tweet was in response to a now-deleted tweet from IGN claiming that “The developers behind Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken and Guilty Gear are all expected to make announcements during Evo 2022.”
The implication is that whereas the opposite aforementioned collection could get bulletins, there is not going to be a Mortal Kombat-related announcement on the combating sport group occasion. Boon just isn’t solely the co-creator of the collection however is presently the chief artistic officer at NetherRealm Studios.
Boon adopted up his tweet with a reply, saying “It’s time for Street Fighter and other great fighting games to be in the sun! Let’s enjoy that!”
Its time for Street Fighter and different nice combating video games to be within the solar! Let’s get pleasure from that! ❤️🙏
— Ed Boon (@noobde) August 2, 2022
There was hypothesis that Mortal Kombat 12 could also be on the best way, with a deleted tweet from Johnny Cage actor Andrew Bowen including gasoline to the hearth.
Bowen launched a brief video on his social media displaying him arriving at Warner Brothers studios, with Mortal Kombat music enjoying within the background. He then delivered a quote from Bloodsport, the film that impressed the unique creation of Mortal Kombat.
Earlier this 12 months, NetherRealm senior manufacturing supervisor Jonathan Andersen could have deliberately teased Mortal Kombat 12. In a picture posted by Andersen, if one had been to take a look at his monitor they may see “confidential” textual content regarding the subsequent instalment of the collection. Andersen’s tweet was shortly deleted.
So, whereas there does seem like one thing Mortal Kombat-related taking place at NetherRealm, in accordance with Boon there received’t be something extra concrete introduced at Evo.
In different information, Tencent and Logitech are partnering to develop a handheld cloud gaming gadget that can assist “multiple cloud gaming services”, set for launch later this 12 months.
