Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)

Mortal Kombat
Cover artwork featuring Scorpion and Sub-Zero
Developer(s)NetherRealm Studios[a]
Publisher(s)Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Director(s)Ed Boon
Producer(s)
  • Hans P. Lo
  • Adam Urbano
  • Hector Sanchez
Designer(s)
  • Paulo Garcia
  • John Edwards
Artist(s)
  • Steve Beran
  • Pav Kovacic
Writer(s)
  • John Vogel
  • Brian Chard
  • Dominic Cianciolo
Composer(s)
SeriesMortal Kombat
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platform(s)
Release
April 19, 2011
  • PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
    PlayStation Vita
    • NA: May 1, 2012
    • EU: May 4, 2012
    Microsoft Windows[4]
    Steam
    • WW: July 3, 2013
    Retail
    • NA: August 6, 2013
    • EU: October 18, 2013
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Mortal Kombat (also known as Mortal Kombat 9 (MK9)) is a 2011 fighting game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the ninth main installment in the Mortal Kombat series and a soft reboot of the series. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 systems in April 2011, and a PlayStation Vita port was released in May 2012. An expanded version of the game, titled Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition, was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in February 2012 and for Microsoft Windows in July 2013.

Although beginning during the events of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the plot is a retroactive continuity to the earliest period in the Mortal Kombat series: the events of the first three games (Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3, as well as the third game's two updates Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat Trilogy). The storyline involves the divine protector of Earth, Raiden, attempting to change the aftermath of the events of Armageddon by contacting his past self as he faces defeat at the hands of the evil emperor of Outworld, Shao Kahn. While having characters and levels rendered in three-dimensions, the gameplay distances itself from the 3D graphics style seen in the last five games, bearing closer resemblance to that of the 2D era of the series, using a camera that is perpendicular to the two-dimensional playing field. Colloquially this is called 2.5D.

Upon release, Mortal Kombat received very positive reviews and won several awards for fighting game of the year. It was also a commercial success, selling one million copies in the first month alone. Due to its extremely violent content, the game was banned in Australia due to the lack of appropriate ratings category and South Korea and it has been reportedly indexed in Germany, the Australian ban was later lifted due to the introduction of an R18 classification and the game was released with many other R-rated games in May 2013. A sequel, Mortal Kombat X was released in 2015 with another direct follow-up, Mortal Kombat 11, releasing in April 2019.

  1. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2011-02-18). "Mortal Kombat UK release date". EuroGamer. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  2. ^ Reilly, Jim (2011-01-21). "Mortal Kombat Gets a Date". IGN. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  3. ^ Serrels, Mark (2013-02-22). "Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition Australian Release Date Confirmed". IGN. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  4. ^ Kubba, Sinan (2013-05-22). "Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition konfirmed for PC in July". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-05-22.


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