Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)

Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) is the working title for an upcoming new fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series, currently in development by the newly named NetherRealm Studios (formerly WB Games Chicago).

The game was first hinted at by developer Ed Boon on January 2009, shortly after the release of the previous game in the franchise, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

Recently, on June 18, Boon confirmed in his Twitter page that they were performing motion capture for the game. He also revealed that the game will not have superheroes in it this time around, thus ruling out a sequel to Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, and that they were again aiming for a "Mature" rating, contrarily to the "Teen" rating attained by the previous game.

Confirmed Characters
The game will feature 26 plus DLC characters and the following confirmed characters are: Cameo Appearances:
 * Johnny Cage
 * Kung Lao
 * Mileena
 * Nightwolf
 * Reptile
 * Scorpion
 * Sektor
 * Sub-Zero
 * Kira and Li Mei are shown chained in Shao Kahn's Arena.


 * Daegon is shown fighting Kenshi at a random time and Reiko at a different time in the background of the Pit 2 stage.
 * Shang Tsung on his throne (he may actually be a playable character).

Confirmed Arenas

 * The Bridge
 * Dead Pool
 * Living Forest
 * The Pit II
 * The Rooftop
 * Shang Tsung's Throne Room
 * Kahn's Arena
 * The Pit

As Ed Boon mentioned before, he promised he would bring back the gore and bloody violence as he said he would.

On January 2010, a Luxembourgish Mortal Kombat fansite published a screenshot of Ed Boon's personal PSN ID suggesting that online testing of Mortal Kombat 9 is underway.

=Recent News=

Midway, along with the Mortal Kombat franchise, has now since become part of Warner Bros. Many former Midway employees are now employees of Warner Bros. It was confirmed on Ed Boon's Twitter that Chameleon and Hsu Hao will not be returning for Mortal Kombat 9 or any future games. There will be many other characters not returning along with them. Sonya's most recent voice actress, Dana Lyn Baron confirmed that in September of 2009 she had once again lent her voice for the veteran Mortal Kombat character. Brenda Barrie, the actress who did the motion capture for Catwoman and Wonder Woman in MK vs DC Universe, is taking the role as Kitana for MK9, confirming her as a character. Sorin Brouwers, who did the motion capture of Green Lantern, Kano, and Scorpion in MK vs DC, is expecting to come back but it is unknown which character he will portray.

In June 10, 2010, the first official information, along with a trailer, was released. Amongst the new gameplay features was a Tag Team mode, shown in the trailer.

Release
Mortal Kombat 9 is expected to be released in March 2011.