Ed Boon Has Bad News for Mortal Kombat Fans

 

NetherRealm Studios head Ed Boon has some bad news for Mortal Kombat fans who have been holding out for a surprise reveal at The Game Awards this year. At The Game Awards 2018, Ed Boon shocked the world with the surprise reveal of Mortal Kombat 11. It's now been three years since Mortal Kombat 11's release and NetherRealm still has yet to reveal its next project for traditional gaming consoles.

New content was released for Mortal Kombat 11 regularly after the game launched, with NetherRealm releasing multiple character packs, guest fighters, and even new story content over the years. 2023 will see the launch of Mortal Kombat: Onslaught for mobile devices, but fans still don't know what the studio's next core game will be. And unfortunately, it looks like answers won't be coming at The Game Awards on December 8.

Ed Boon recently took to Twitter to acknowledge the big Mortal Kombat 11 reveal that happened at The Game Awards in 2018. To manage expectations for those who expect to see NetherRealm's next game at The Game Awards this year (whether it's a new Mortal Kombat game or something else entirely), Boon said that the studio is not ready to announce its next game yet. Since Boon has a history of trolling fans on Twitter, there are still those who think he's misleading them and that NetherRealm's next game will indeed be revealed at The Game Awards, but fans shouldn't hold their breath.

4 years ago at the Game Awards we managed to pull off a surprise announcement of MK11, which turned out great.

Perhaps too great, as many assumed we'd repeat that trick for our next game.

Thank you for the anticipation, but we're not ready to announce the next NRS game yet.🙏 pic.twitter.com/QMXsuEPchR

— Ed Boon (@noobde) December 2, 2022

This isn't the first time that Boon has attempted to manage expectations when it comes to his NetherRealm's presence at The Game Awards this year. Recently, Boon confirmed that while he will be in attendance at The Game Awards in Los Angeles, he is not one of the presenters this year. Regardless, it seems some fans are still unwilling to take him at face value and are holding out hope that NetherRealm's next project will be revealed at the event.

As for what NetherRealm's next project is, that remains to be seen. Boon recently narrowed it down to two possibilities: Injustice 3 or Mortal Kombat 12. Of course, it's possible that Boon was just joking about that as well, and the studio's next project could be something completely unexpected.

One persistent rumour has been that NetherRealm is working on a Marvel fighting game, but nothing official has been announced about it. Whatever the case may be, it seems Mortal Kombat fans and fans of NetherRealm's work in general will have to wait a bit longer to find out what's coming next.

Source: GameRant