29 July 2008
Josh

Mortal Kombat 9 will be the true Mature return to form

Mortal Kombat 9 will return the series to it’s M-rated, blood-and-guts roots. This according to series creator Ed Boon in an interview with Kotaku at Comic-Con 2008.

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, given the fact that Mortal Kombat 8 was promised to be a darker, grittier title than any before it (as well as being a total revamp of the series), before it was re-worked into it’s current form as Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe.

This left a lot of fans disappointed (despite the fact that the game isn’t even out yet) and this is not a fact that has fallen on deaf ears for Ed Boon. Although there is little more than concept art for MK9, the grittier, darker version of MK is indeed in the works technology-wise and will strive for more blood, more violence and more of everything MK fans expect from the franchise (something that is limited to a degree by the DC license).

Sadly, the future of MK9 may very well depend on how well Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe sells. So here’s to hoping that all MK fans go out and support the franchise despite what they may think of the new twist (personally, I love it).

Update: It was revealed in April 2009, that with Midway going bankrupt, Midway’s team of 50 Mortal Kombat developers are talking to several other publishers to form their own studio and jump ship after 17 years.

10 July 2009 02:59
alfredo

i could care less aboutmidway and all, i mean their great they made my fave classic rpg (gauntlet dark legacy) but i mean if you still got the classic mk workers/team/developers like ed boon of course then why not switch companies, oh and just in case, ive been mk fan since i was 5 years old, gives me alot of good memories of bicycle kicks and heads getting bittin off, ahhh those were the days =)

5 August 2009 03:11
Rocky

i would buy it so fast because i got mk7 the first and i loved it and i still play it more than mk vs dc..mk vs dc was a good game but not compare to the other mk’s

7 August 2009 03:33
Taurean

me personally i always been a fan of the mk titles all of them are great not really a fan of mk vs dc but i think ed boon and john tobias are two of the greatest games developers ever and i b first n line get mk8 n 9.: 0 oh : ) yeah!!!!!!!!!!

21 August 2009 21:04
Gordo

I thought it was about time the did a crossover for Mk,I thought it was cool that it was with DC.Since Marvel had Capcom

28 August 2009 02:14
STARLING METAL

MALDICION ERA HORA YA ESO ES LO QUE QUEREMOS ES DE AÑOS QUE ESPERABAMOS ESO, ES DE AÑOS QUE SUPUESTAMENTE NOs LLEGARIA UNA MORTAL KOMBAT ASI REAL, DEVIDO AL POCO PODER DE CONSOLAS NO ERA POSIBLE, AHORA QUE ESTAMOS EN LA NUEVA GENERACION ES LA HORA, VIOLENCIA DEMENCIAL EXACTO ESO ES LO QUE QUEREMOS MALDICION YA NO SOMOS LOS NIÑOS DEL 1992 YA SOMOS ADULTOS QUE EMOS SEGUIMOS SIEMPRE LA SAGA Y DESEPCIONADOS TANTAS VECES, ESPERO AHORA SI SEA LA MORTAL KOMBAT QUE EMOS ESPERADO POR AÑOS!!

31 August 2009 20:36
Ed Boon

This game going to be the best in the entire MK series It will feature totally new characters with a few of the favorite old ones

13 September 2009 09:26
John Tobias

Actually, my partner is wrong there will be no more MK games. Sorry Ed is so stupid and actually thinks he can say lies.

1 October 2009 20:52
Brent

ha ha funny. (refering to ed and john there.) Personally I was looking foward to and was going to pick up mkvsdc but when I asked my friend who is the manager of the game store I go to about it, he completely refused to sell it to me and said it was the most pathetically executed attempt to salvage what was left of a washed up franchise and when I began to object he kindly reminded me of mka for the gba. I trusted his judgement after he when on and on about the games problems and told me that in six months r it would be in the 2 for 10 bin along with the hannah montana ds games for teen aged emotionally challenged giirls and probably boys too. By the way Mr. Boon, I personally loved MK2. I think you did well selling what made you famous and held it out as long as you could, but honestly how far can mk go?

14 October 2009 09:33
bigMKfan!!!

plz add alot of blood even more then deception!
and make traps so awesome that they would actualy make belltower look gentle. and the fatalities easy to make plz u know like 1 key for faftality or make somtehink cheat kode to enter and mae fatalities easy like in mk4.
make very 3D graphyc somethink like svr and a more 2D gameplay like sf4.
ok thats what i want to see in the new mk.
and a konques mkdeception style if u dont have time it wuld be ok if u just copy paste deceptions and make mor characters and realms like reptiles or nitaras world. and a kaf that is more like svr or sc.
oh and very important mka air style thos kombos rock
make them even longer so you culd do a 50 hit kombo in air or somethink
and make 1 fightink style 1 weapon and 1 air style per character
ty

15 October 2009 02:04
bigMKfan!!!

id so like having the ability of creating arenas.
so you culd basicly make your arena