A WB earnings call confirms Mortal Kombat 12 will launch this year, despite 0 confirmation of the game before now
Fans have pestered the good people at NetherRealm Studios for Mortal Kombat 12. It’s been four years since the release of Mortal Kombat 11, so fans believe it is time for a new entry in the ultra-violet series. While series creator Ed Boon has been coyed about a new Mortal Kombat game, a recent earnings call from Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed that Mortal Kombat 12 will launch this year.
Fans and journalists are flabbergasted by the reveal of Mortal Kombat 12 because other than some troll response by Boon on social media, there has been no official indication of a new Mortal Kombat game beforehand. Neither Warner Bros. nor NetherRealm Studios released a brand new trailer to show off the new game, it was revealed matter-of-the-factly by Andrew Slabin, Warner Bros. Discovery’s executive vice president of global investor strategy, on the Earning Calls. Considering the title is set to release this year, it’s shocking that the general public knows so little about it.
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It is possible the people that Slabin mistakenly and preemptively announced Mortal Kombat 12 without consulting with NetherRealm Studios and Ed Boon. It is also plausible Mortal Kombat 12 may not reach its 2023 release window as triple-A games get postponed all the time. However, given the long wait since Mortal Kombat 11, releasing Mortal Kombat 12 this year would make a lot of sense. Fans are dying to see their favorite Kombatants again, and NetherRealm Studios doesn’t have any new games in its line-up.
With that said, if Mortal Kombat does release this year, it will release a year that is already full of highly anticipated games. Major titles like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of
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