The next entry in the “Mortal Kombat” franchise, the twelfth overall, is reportedly set to deliver a reboot of the franchise. Warner and NetherRealm have teased plans to reveal the game imminently, with two recently released videos hinting at its reboot status.
One video posted to the official Mortal Kombat Twitter account shows the second hand of a clock ticking from 9 to 10 to 11 and then skipping twelve and going straight to 1. Another has sands in an hourglass coming to an end with the final grain of sand pausing in mid-air and exploding.
Separately, reliable scooper billbil-kun has claimed (via VGC) that “Mortal Kombat 1” will be released for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch. This ties in with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s comments from February which indicated the next “Mortal Kombat” will be released this year.
The most recent game, “Mortal Kombat 11,” had a special hourglass play a key role with Liu Kang using the device, which has the potential to rewind and rewrite time and history.
This wouldn’t be the first franchise reboot as the last one happened back in 2011 with the ninth overall title. The game series launched in 1992 and has sold over 72 million games, with the 2019 eleventh entry selling a very strong 12 million copies on its own.
Though E3 has been cancelled for this year, Summer Game Fest along with special presentations by Xbox, PlayStation and more are all expected in early-mid June with reveals for titles coming in the back half of the year and 2024 expected.
