Mortal Kombat mastermind Ed Boon has said that 2011’s eponymous entry in the venerable beat ‘em up series has been designed specifically to give long time fans the spine-ripping gore fest they’ve been clamouring for.
Due out next spring, the blood-soaked brawler has been crafted as a ‘fan service,’ with Boon commenting that the title feels like a combination between Mortal Kombat II and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. That’s a good thing, in case you wondered.
Chatting with 1up at the Spike 2010 Video Game Awards over the weekend, Boon said: "Our biggest intention is kind of like a Mortal Kombat fan service."
"Mortal Kombat’s taken a number of turns and we’ve kind of reinvented ourselves a few times and in the last game was the biggest departure because we were actually a T-Rated (Teen) game, so this game will really come back and be as ‘Mortal Kombat’ as anybody ever remembers."
"It’s very much giving the Mortal Kombat fans the Mortal Kombat they’ve been asking for," he concluded.
From what we’ve seen so far, the game certainly looks set to capture that quintessential Mortal Kombat experience, featuring hosts of classic characters, stages and bone-crunching fatalities. What’s more, PS3 owners will be treated to an exclusive combatant in the form of God of War’s bald brute himself, Kratos.
Mortal Kombat is due out on PS3 and 360 in April 2011.