It’s been quite a few months of wild news for Mortal Kombat 1, from everything planned for the game getting canceled to the creator of MK giving us hopes for the future of the game. It’s all over now, however, and it seems like there’s been something going on between the Mortal Kombat 1: Definitive Edition director, Ed Boon, and Warner Bros, probably forcing the dev team to shut down the game’s content plan for this year.
It was in the middle of the Kombat Pack 3 rumors crisis that a pink ninja appeared in Mortal Kombat 1. The game was refreshed with a single hidden warrior, and we were all happy to solve a puzzle that took the most hardcore players weeks to uncover. Then we got positive news from Master Boon, giving us hints about possible updates coming to the game with new skins, moves for characters, and probably more down the line. Then I woke up, and a Mortal Kombat 1 Definitive Edition trailer was released. By the Elder Gods, why?
The Definitive Edition of a videogame translates to the final version of that title that’s ever going to be released. Endgame, to be precise. And there goes all the plans and hopes we and probably Ed Boon had in mind for Mortal Kombat 1. Why do I say this? With every single addition to the game, the director was always active on social media, reflecting the MK1-related topics and news with his posts. But when the trailer for the final edition of the game was launched, he was all silent. That’s not natural.
This might hint toward an internal argument that’s been going on between the publisher and the developers at NetherRealm Studios, probably ending up with WB forcing Ed Boon to stop further content plans for the game. We thought the presence of Mortal Kombat at Evo twice would mean something, but well, they’ve pulled the plug, for whatever reason.
So if you’ve been reading all the rumors, news, YouTube videos, and different articles with a headline that says “Mortal Kombat 1 Is Dead” in the past couple of months, that’s all facts and reality now. Mortal Kombat 1 was supposed to get years of updates and seasonal content that refresh the game, but the end result is not something to celebrate. May the next game bring us fans the former glory of the Mortal Kombat.
