New Mortal Kombat Game Announced June 11, 2010

The word has come from Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, the owners of Mortal Kombat, that a new Mortal Kombat game is in development for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, and will feature a whole new graphics engine.  It will also feature tag team and classic 1 v 1 fighting.

The tagline is, “The Goriest Mortal Kombat Ever!”

Interesting to note that the game is expected to be on a 2D plane, harkening back to the classic perspective of the original MK games.  Since the series has been in 3D, players have fought in that extra dimension, but I have to admit, the game always seemed to work best in a 2D perspective opposed to a 3D perspective.

The previous game, Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe is considered non-canon to the MK and the DC universe, leaving Mortal Kombat Armageddon for the Xbox and PS2 the last Mortal Kombat game released.  That game saw many of the franchise’s fighters killed off after the “armageddon” came, due to the fighters abusing their powers in a world that couldn’t take it.  Who knows what kind of a world these fighters will find themselves in now.