During an earnings call Midway has confirmed that a new
Mortal Kombat game is coming this year.
Speaking to analysts, David Zucker, the company's CEO, said:
"...our focus really is not so much on the number of games as it is on creating games that are going to breakthrough and doing a better job of that historically. Games like This Is Vegas and of course you got Mortal Kombat game this year and others that we think have potential to give us higher unit numbers."
Nothing was said about platforms, specific dates or... anything else, really. SPOnG, however, dearly hopes to see a brand-spanking new next-gen release. The fact that it was mentioned as a big hitter and in the same breath as
This Is Vegas (which will be released on PC, PS3 and 360) has our hopes up.
The most recent
Mortal Kombat releases have been the Wii version of
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, which was a port of the old Xbox and PS2 game, and
Ultimate Mortal Kombat on the DS - essentially
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 made pocket-sized.
Source: Seeking Alpha, via MCV