With Mortal Kombat 1 on the horizon, we’re revisiting the entry that set the collection on its present trajectory: 2011’s Mortal Kombat (aka MK 9). Be part of us immediately on Twitch at 2:00 p.m. Central as we take a bloody journey by the sport’s genre-defining story marketing campaign. Episodes will likely be uploaded to our Sport Informer Reveals YouTube channel the next Saturday morning.
After 2006’s Mortal Kombat: Armageddon seemingly concluded the franchise’s major narrative, 2011’s entry picked up the bloody items. It moved the saga ahead by resetting the timeline, serving as a comfortable reboot that introduced Mortal Kombat again to its 2D combating roots and ushering within the return of the traditional roster. MK 9’s cinematic story mode served as an epiphany for the collection and combating video games as an entire, establishing the blueprint for narrative combating campaigns nonetheless utilized immediately. MK9’s story additionally serves as the primary chapter of the trendy trilogy of video games that Mortal Kombat 1 builds upon. For an entire lot extra on MK9 and its improvement, you’ll be able to learn this characteristic on how the reboot saved the franchise.
Be part of editors Marcus Stewart and Kyle Hilliard as they battle their approach by MK 9 to see how its reimagined event holds up.
Half 1 – Surpr-iced!
Half 2 – Bringing The Smoke
Half 3 – Workers Assembly
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