Mortal Kombat 12 is about to launch this yr, making 2023 an absolute juggernaut of a yr for combating video games.
Warner Bros. Discovery made the announcement throughout its earnings name right now. A clip from the decision that is being handed round Twitter contains affirmation from Andrew Slabin, Warner Bros. Discovery’s govt vice chairman of world investor technique, that Mortal Kombat 12 is slated for 2023.
“And there is heaps extra to come back, together with the highly-anticipated Mortal Kombat 12 and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, video games additionally set for launch this yr with amibitious launch projections,” Slabin stated.
IGN has reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery for an official assertion.
Mortal Kombat 12 confirmed for this yr in a Warner Bros. Discovery earnings name https://t.co/VrllYL9bDP
— Wario64 (@Wario64) February 23, 2023
We have not heard something official about Mortal Kombat 12 previous to right now. Again in September, Johnny Cage voice actor Andrew Bowen appeared to tease the sequel by posting a video of him standing within the Warner Bros. studio lot. And, NetherRealm inventive director Ed Boon informed IGN the staff was “engaged on one other sport”, however he could not share precisely what it was on the time.
Mortal Kombat 12 will launch in the identical yr as Avenue Fighter 6, and probably the identical window as Tekken 8, making 2023-24 an thrilling time for combating sport followers.
We had been large followers of 2019’s Mortal Kombat 11, awarding the sport a 9/10 and saying, “It’s a uncommon combating sport that hits nearly each observe as strongly as Mortal Kombat 11 does.”
Logan Plant is a contract author for IGN masking online game and leisure information. He has over six years of expertise within the gaming business with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Swap Participant Journal, and Lifewire. Discover him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.