{"id":1920707,"date":"2026-05-06T12:19:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1920707"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:19:41","slug":"as-injustice-3-rumours-heat-up-netherrealm-boss-ed-boon-says-the-studio-is-actively-pursuing-a-new-mortal-kombat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1920707","title":{"rendered":"As Injustice 3 rumours heat up, NetherRealm boss Ed Boon says the studio is &#8220;actively pursuing&#8221; a new Mortal Kombat"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mortal-kombat-1\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Mortal Kombat 1<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">As Injustice 3 rumours heat up, NetherRealm boss Ed Boon says the studio is &#8220;actively pursuing&#8221; a new Mortal Kombat<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Next round.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/MK1_Smoke-and-Cyrax.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Smoke and Cyrax team up in Mortal Kombat 1\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"MK1_Smoke-and-Cyrax.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Warner Bros. 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Games<\/a>, with &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MortalKombat\/status\/2041986519905296712?s=20\">8 million units sold and kounting<\/a>&#8220;. It&#8217;s no surprise then to hear confirmation a new entry is in the works.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mortal-kombat-2\">Mortal Kombat 2<\/a>, the big-screen sequel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/save-your-gbp16-the-mortal-kombat-movie-is-boring\">2021&#8217;s so-so movie reboot<\/a>, releases this week, and NetherRealm creative director Ed Boon has been spending time with the press to mark the occasion. And in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3R_Tmq5L0eg\">a recent chat with Collider<\/a>, he confirmed more Mortal Kombat is on the way.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Mortal Kombat 1 - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ay0jPqcAV4k?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ay0jPqcAV4k\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Mortal Kombat 1 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mortal Kombat 1 Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ay0jPqcAV4k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We are actively pursuing, or definitely pursuing, another Mortal Kombat game. We&#8217;re definitely doing more as well. So there&#8217;s a lot of pots on the stove; not just with games, with other forms of media and whatnot, so we&#8217;ve got a lot of great announcements that are coming&#8221;, Boon revealed when asked about the series&#8217; future.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Boon&#8217;s comment arrives shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/injustice-3-reportedly-in-development\">a new leak pointed to the third Injustice<\/a> being the next fighter on NetherRealm&#8217;s roadmap. Considering James Gunn&#8217;s rebooted DC universe is taking off on the big and small screen and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/dc-comics-sales-was-dc-the-top-comics-publisher-in-2025\/\">DC Comics is doing really well at the moment<\/a>, this feels like a sensible move if it&#8217;s eventually confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, NetherRealm is forever tied to Mortal Kombat, and with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netherrealm-ends-mortal-kombat-1-support-as-focus-shifts-to-the-next-project\">support for MK1 ending roughly a year ago<\/a>, its next game has probably been in the works for quite a while now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mortal-kombat-1-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s three-star review of Mortal Kombat 1<\/a> called it &#8220;a false start in the race for reinvention&#8221; despite positives where story, visuals, and combat were concerned: &#8220;Serious evolution is needed if this franchise is to keep up with the pace of its modern competition, and galvanise itself for the coming decades&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>While 2023&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mortal-kombat-1\">Mortal Kombat 1<\/a> didn&#8217;t impress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/mortal-kombat-1\/\">critics and fans<\/a> as much as the other modern entries in the series, it still proved highly successful for developer NetherRealm Studios and publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/warner-bros-games\">Warner Bros. Games<\/a>, with &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MortalKombat\/status\/2041986519905296712?s=20\">8 million units sold and kounting<\/a>&#8220;. It&#8217;s no surprise then to hear confirmation a new entry is in the works.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mortal-kombat-2\">Mortal Kombat 2<\/a>, the big-screen sequel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/save-your-gbp16-the-mortal-kombat-movie-is-boring\">2021&#8217;s so-so movie reboot<\/a>, releases this week, and NetherRealm creative director Ed Boon has been spending time with the press to mark the occasion. And in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3R_Tmq5L0eg\">a recent chat with Collider<\/a>, he confirmed more Mortal Kombat is on the way.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Mortal Kombat 1 - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ay0jPqcAV4k?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ay0jPqcAV4k\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Mortal Kombat 1 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mortal Kombat 1 Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ay0jPqcAV4k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We are actively pursuing, or definitely pursuing, another Mortal Kombat game. We&#8217;re definitely doing more as well. So there&#8217;s a lot of pots on the stove; not just with games, with other forms of media and whatnot, so we&#8217;ve got a lot of great announcements that are coming&#8221;, Boon revealed when asked about the series&#8217; future.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Boon&#8217;s comment arrives shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/injustice-3-reportedly-in-development\">a new leak pointed to the third Injustice<\/a> being the next fighter on NetherRealm&#8217;s roadmap. Considering James Gunn&#8217;s rebooted DC universe is taking off on the big and small screen and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/dc-comics-sales-was-dc-the-top-comics-publisher-in-2025\/\">DC Comics is doing really well at the moment<\/a>, this feels like a sensible move if it&#8217;s eventually confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, NetherRealm is forever tied to Mortal Kombat, and with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netherrealm-ends-mortal-kombat-1-support-as-focus-shifts-to-the-next-project\">support for MK1 ending roughly a year ago<\/a>, its next game has probably been in the works for quite a while now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mortal-kombat-1-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s three-star review of Mortal Kombat 1<\/a> called it &#8220;a false start in the race for reinvention&#8221; despite positives where story, visuals, and combat were concerned: &#8220;Serious evolution is needed if this franchise is to keep up with the pace of its modern competition, and galvanise itself for the coming decades&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Mortal Kombat 1 As Injustice 3 rumours heat up, NetherRealm boss Ed Boon says the studio is &#8220;actively pursuing&#8221; a new Mortal Kombat Next round. 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