Mortal Kombat 12 Reveal Could Be Coming Soon, New Teaser Suggests
A new teaser for something related to Mortal Kombat has gone up, suggesting Mortal Kombat 12 news could be on the horizon. The video may even hint at the possibility of a reboot for the franchise, though details remains vague at this point.
In the video posted on the official Mortal Kombat Twitter account--and also by Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon--a clock can be seen counting up from nine and up to 11. But once it gets to 12? The hour-hand straight-up skips that number and goes straight back to one on the clock.
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In the Mortal Kombat timeline, this actually makes sense, as that game ended with a big tease of a major reset. In case you haven't played through the story mode of that game yet, you can skip past the next two paragraphs if you want to avoid spoilers.
2019's Mortal Kombat 11 saw Kronika, the elder god of time, attempt to create a new reality. After various chronal shenanigans in the previous games, Kronika's attempt to rewrite history was ultimately foiled, and in the canon ending for the game and its Aftermath expansion, Fire God Liu Kang takes control of Kronika's hourglass and uses it to forge a new era for the Mortal Kombat universe.
After dealing with Shang Tsung once and for all, Kang succeeds in creating a new timeline, and he travels back into the past to meet and train Kung Lao's ancestor, the Great Kung Lao, for the Mortal Kombat tournaments that lie ahead.
This isn't the first tease of a new Mortal Kombat from developer
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