Fatality performed on kommunity rumors
NetherRealm Studios’ creative director Ed Boon has shut down online rumors that the studio is preparing to reveal a brand new entry in theMortal Kombatseries at this weekend’s Evolution Championship Series (Evo) tournament.
As is always the case withMK, the rumors of the reveal came about because someone decided that they existed. Social media quickly started turning up the volume on whispers that Warner Bros. Games and NRS were preparing to revealMortal Kombat 12during this week’s Evo festivities. Speaking on Twitter yesterday, however, the usually enigmatic Boon chose to be more direct, openly squashing the reveal talk.
After IGN noted that several fighting game brands would be in attendance at Evo, includingMortal Kombat, Boon retweeted IGN’s comments, succinctly adding “…except Mortal Kombat. Sorry.” Boon would then follow this response upwith his own tweet, stating “It’s time forStreet Fighterand other great fighting games to be in the sun! Let’s enjoy that!”
— Ed Boon (@noobde)June 04, 2025
NetherRealm Studios ended support forMortal Kombat 11back in 2021, almost immediately after the release of the gory sequel’s final DLC update. Despite earlier plans forMK11to be the longest supported and most kompetitiveMKtitle ever, it seems that the NRS team was insteadpushed quickly onto their next projectonce the DLC had hit the market. It should be noted that thepersistent circulation of Warner Bros. Games sales rumors, as well as the disruption of the tournament scene due to COVID-19, has probably thrown more than a few roped spears into NRS’ fragile calendar.
Nevertheless, Netherealm Studios is currently working on its next release, and no doubt we’ll be hearing more about it when the time is right. WithStreet Fighter 6 scheduled for launch in early 2023, and the Capcom marketing machine in full gear, I would be very surprised if we heard/saw any official reveal for aMortal Kombat 12(or any other NRS title) during the remainder of 2022.
Of course… This doesn’t exclude any possibility of seeing the krew inMultiVersusbefore then…
Evo 2022 takes place August 5-7 at the Las VegasMandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
