So, was Injustice considered or what was the reasoning behind going right back into Mortal Kombat?ĮB: There was a number of factors, some of which I can talk about, some of which I probably shouldn't.ĮB: But we did go to a new graphics engine, Unreal.

And so I don't think anybody would've been surprised if you had announced Injustice 3. I also wanted to ask you about how NetherRealm has alternated between Mortal Kombat and Injustice for a good little while there. It might be a little bit shorter, but there's so much more information that we are going to be communicating to everybody as far as game modes, additional characters, and all that this time around. So what was the thought process with that? Is it just that the game sells itself at this point? It is pretty unusual for a big blockbuster game like this to be announced and then it's out only three or four months later.ĮB: Well, if you recall, we announced Mortal Kombat 11 at The Game Awards 2018 and that was in December, and then the game came out in like May. The last major AAA game example I can think of that had such a short window between announcing it and releasing it was Fallout 4, and that was a long time ago at this point. So we're really excited about it.Īnd I want to ask you about the short window and waiting so long to announce the game. I think to some extent players haven't seen a new Mortal Kombat announcement for so long, so It was just building up for so many years and it just culminated with that video. But at the same time, the response was so big, it was bigger than our Mortal Kombat 11 trailer, and I thought we were never going to top that. What was the mood of the team like that day? I'm sure you were expecting it to do well, but how was the vibe on the team when this announcement trailer, which was such a good cinematic trailer, set up the game so well?ĮB: It was a huge exhale moment for us as we've never held onto a game in terms of talking about it for so long. Now, that reveal trailer from a few weeks ago also did huge numbers. And so the game is Mortal Kombat 1, and we just announced it and we're happy about that. I know you don't want to talk out of school about the guy signing the checks necessarily, but what was your and the team's reaction when that happened? Because obviously that was not something that you were expecting.Įd Boon: Well, he called it Mortal Kombat 12, so he kind of really didn't spoil it. The announcement trailer was huge, but you did have your announcement spoiled a little bit by your parent company's CEO on an earnings call. IGN: Mortal Kombat 1 was the biggest thing on IGN the week of Summer Game Fest.

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