Ed Boon Teases Big Things For Mortal Kombat 1 SDCC Panel
San Diego Comic-Con is happening today and continuing until Sunday. If you feel that things haven’t been “as hyped up” as before, there’s a reason for that. The current writers’/actors’ guild strikes have crippled the event in many ways, as actors cannot attend this event in a professional capacity to promote their upcoming projects. So companies like Marvel and DC Comics won’t be at the event. However, a loophole is that voice actors aren’t tied to this restriction, and thus several video games are making an appearance at the show. One of them being Mortal Kombat 1.
The game is easily one of the most anticipated titles of the year, and so its SDCC panel will be one that many will attend. The best part is that co-creator Ed Boon went onto Twitter and teased that there will be plenty going on at said panel:
Mortal Kombat fans at San Diego Comic-Con. Wanna see a TON of new #MortalKombat1 stuffs?– MK1 voice actors– MK1 team members & "making of"– 3 trailers! WTF? (game-play + Surprise!)..then join us Friday at our panel! Hosted by @briantong pic.twitter.com/CLtD705udG
It’s not too much of a surprise that the dev team and voice actors will be there to highlight the game and the fun they had making it. Learning more about the process of “rebuilding the world” based on Liu Kang’s new powers will be interesting to hear. However, the key thing that fans will pay attention to is the multiple trailers that will drop.
Based on the breakdown, we’re getting a “game trailer,” likely meaning a story trailer that will tease more characters. Then we’ll get a “gameplay trailer” to show off some more brutality that the game will feature. But what could the “surprise” trailer be?
The easy answer is that we’ll get a trailer teasing the DLC
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