Still, there’s no official confirmation regarding the announcement, apart from what Boon already shared, so fostering any kind of expectations could lead to disappointment. The Game Awards is next week and there have been rumblings and speculation NetherRealm Studios will unveil its new game at the show as it did in 2018 when it revealed Mortal Kombat 11 to. However, Ed Boon is known for online trolling of his social media following, so there are those who think that he’s purposefully misleading the fandom and that NRS’s next game will be revealed in some four days’ time. If the game is going to be revealed this year, The Game Awards 2022 seems like a safe bet considering Mortal Kombat 11 was revealed at The Game Awards 2018, roughly five months before. Similar to Fortnite but much more violent and graphic. that it’s safe to call it a crossover fighter game. This is especially true in the case of Mortal Kombat, which added so many fighters from other franchises - including Alien, Terminator, The Nightmare on Elm Street, God of War, etc. Both fighter game franchises have been doing great and have been backed up with a plethora of additional content, making sure that the games are kept up with the times. It’ll be interesting to see whether Netherrealm has gone with one or the other, but for now, we wait.So, the chances are that NRS isn’t going to make a surprise announcement of their next Mortal Kombat or Injustice game.

The previous chapter of the Injustice franchise, Injustice 2, was released only two years before Mortal Kombat 11, featuring the developer’s dystopian version of the DC universe and its popular superheroes. This means that we might still hear more soon enough even if an appearance at The Game Award isn’t in the cards. Mortal Kombat 11 was released in 2019 to critical and fan acclaim, and on top of the usual chain of DLC characters fighting game fans are pretty much used to, by now, it also received an expansion titled Aftermath in 2020.Ĭonsidering that DLC support for the game ended over a year ago, it’s likely that the next game by the studio has been in development for quite a while. While the studio is primarily known for the gore-infused fighting franchise, the possibility that we might see a new Injustice exists.Īs a matter o fact, a few weeks ago, Boon himself teased that said game would be either Mortal Kombat 12 or Injustice 3. It’s worth mentioning that we don’t even know whether said game will be a new Mortal Kombat or not. This is not the case, so we’ll have to wait longer for the next game by Netherrealm. If you’re wondering whether Netherrealm Studios might announce its next game at The Game Awards next week, the answer is no.Ĭreative director Ed Boon himself took to Twitter to manage expectations mentioning that the studio is not ready to announce its new games yet.īoon cited the surprise reveal of Mortal Kombat 11 at The Game Awards in December 2018, which according to the developer turned out great, but may have led some to believe that a repeat was coming this year. NetherRealm Studios announcement teased for The Game Awards 2021 Fans are speculating that NetherRealm Studios is going to announce Injustice 3 or Mortal Kombat 12 at The Game Awards 2021.

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