Mortal Kombat 11 Announcement Coming Soon?
By TJ Denzer ·
As we near the end of the year, the silence on Mortal Kombat 11 has been deafening, but could we be hearing about it at the Game Awards or before the end of 2018 yet?
When it comes to the fighting community, there’s certainly no lack of good titles to go around. Smash Bros Ultimate is upon us, Soul Calibur 6 hit the scene, and Dead or Alive 6 will be here soon enough, but one has been curiously absent in all forms: Mortal Kombat 11. There’s been rumor after rumor building the tension all year, and yet the game missed the likes of EVO, E3, and even the Injustice 2 Pro Series, which seemed the likeliest place for it to appear. Even so, evidence all points to it’s appearance soon enough. Maybe the Game Awards will shine light on the matter?
The case of Mortal Kombat 11’s impending announcement isn’t without evidence. The team has been apparently working on it for some time and may be nearing completion if Latin American Kung Lao and Reptile voice actor Eduardo Garza is to be believed. On November 14, 2018, Garza stated on his Twitter account that apparently he would not be needed by localization team Pink Noise Studios to reprise his roles as the iconic Kombatants.
Pues finalmente confirmo que los “profesionales” de @PINKNOISEloc decidieron quitarme mis personajes de #MortalKombatXI. Que triste que una empresa que quise mucho termine tomando decisiones que los afectan tanto a ustedes, los consumidores. Adiós Kung Lao y Reptile.
— Lalo Garza (@LaloGarx) November 15, 2018
Translated to English, the tweet says, “I finally confirmed that the ‘pros’ @PINKNOISEloc decided to remove my characters from #MortalKombatXI. How sad that a company that I wanted to end up making decisions that affect both you, consumers. Goodbye Kung Lao and Reptile.”
Although Garza would go on to correct himself a day later (likely at the behest of PR), fans caught onto the Mortal Kombat XI hashtag used in his original tweet, which suggested that the game may very well be ready for voicing. Voicing, translation, and localization are often near the end of a project. Despite Garza’s attempts to curtail the rumor mill, he may have exposed just how far along Mortal Kombat 11 is at this point.
If it is indeed coming close, then that means Mortal Kombat 11 may be on the verge of a reveal, but with the events dwindling for 2018, there are few places where an MK11-caliber announcement would fit in. We’re of course talking about Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards 2018. Indeed, the Game Awards have grown much that many AAA titles have come to make their debut during the show’s events. If a Mortal Kombat 11 trailer lands in 2018, it only makes sense that it lands at the last major video game stage of the year.
Will we see Mortal Kombat 11 at the Game Awards? Keighley probably isn’t about to tell, but with the evidence in front of us, it seems like the likeliest place to happen.
In the meantime, have all secrets really been uncovered in previous game Injustice 2? According to footage with Jace Hall and NetherRealm Studios' Ed Boon, maybe not.