Posted on Tuesday 31-Jan-2012 10:04 AM

NetherRealm: 'We want to do more than just make Mortal Kombat'

Developer wants to try different genres and IPs

By James Jenkins for computerandvideogames.com

NetherRealm, developer of Mortal Kombat, has said it's looking at making 'different types of games' beyond the long running fighting series.

Mortal Kombat (2011) Screenshot
Studio head and Mortal Kombat series creator Ed Boon told Gamespot: ""I would be surprised if Warner Bros. and us never released another Mortal Kombat game again. We don't have a title to announce, but if this last one sold over 3 million and counting, there's a certain amount of assumption that we'd consider doing another Mortal Kombat game."

He added: "But at the same time, we want our studio to do more than just make Mortal Kombat games. We love making them but we also want to do different types of games. Different genres, different IPs."

For Boon, NetherRealm's Batman: Arkham City Lockdown for the iOS was the studio 'dipping their foot' into different genres.

"We're going to continue in that direction, but I would be surprised if we never did another Mortal Kombat game again," said Boon.

The PS Vita iteration of Mortal Kombat is still expected in early Spring, but after that it's anyone's guess where this new direction will take NetherRealm.

[ Source: GameSpot ]

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    RustySpoon80 on 31 Jan '12 said:

    Perhaps they should start with some smaller downloadable titles first. As long as we dont get any FPS's.
    Something along the lines of Shaolin Monks but without the MK influence would be good.

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    FixBeatGames on 31 Jan '12 said:

    if ed boon makes a mortal kombat FPS, i'll never play games again.

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    AvatarIII on 31 Jan '12 said:

    is B:ACL ever coming to Android?

    anyway, for different IP's i'd love to see them make a DC fighter with a similar size roster to MK2011, i loved playing as the DC characters in MK vs DC.

    As for different genres another Shaolin Monks type game would be great, or a(n) RPG, remember Konquest mode from MK D? I loved that! Use that as a basis of a game, and flesh it out a lot more.
    Maybe even an uncharted style Action adventure would be a good genre to try.