{"id":8995,"date":"2026-05-06T12:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=8995"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:35:07","slug":"ed-boon-confirms-another-mortal-kombat-game-and-more-are-in-the-works-amid-injustice-3-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/ed-boon-confirms-another-mortal-kombat-game-and-more-are-in-the-works-amid-injustice-3-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Boon Confirms Another Mortal Kombat Game and More Are in the Works, Amid Injustice 3 Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">NetherRealm development chief Ed Boon has confirmed another Mortal Kombat video game is in the works, as rumors continue to point to Injustice 3 being the studio\u2019s next game.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The fighting game developer is heavily rumored to be preparing an announcement for Injustice 3, which would be another sequel in NetherRealm\u2019s DC fighting game franchise. In September 2024, Boon, who is currently on the road promoting the release of Mortal Kombat 2 in theaters, revealed that the studio had decided its next game back in 2021. At the time, Boon said NetherRealm was \u201cstill fully committed to supporting Mortal Kombat 1 for a long time to come.\u201d But just eight months later, Warner Bros. Games confirmed no new DLC characters or story chapters would be released for the game \u2014 a decision that sparked significant backlash within the community.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Mortal Kombat Flawless Victory: A Visual History of the Iconic Series Excerpt<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ed-boon-confirms-another-mortal-kombat-game-and-more-are-in-the-works-amid-injustice-3-rumors.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Since then, we\u2019ve heard basically nothing from NetherRealm about what\u2019s next. But speaking to Collider, Boon offered a tease.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cWe&#8217;re definitely pursuing another Mortal Kombat game, and we&#8217;re definitely doing more, as well, so there are a lot of parts on the stove, not just with games, though, with other forms of media and whatnot,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, we\u2019ve got a lot of great announcements that are coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Confirmation of another Mortal Kombat game comes after 2023\u2019s Mortal Kombat 1 sold 8 million copies, just over half Mortal Kombat 11\u2019s total of 15 million copies sold, as of 2022. Perhaps this new Mortal Kombat game will be released after Injustice 3. The first game in the series, Injustice: Gods Among Us, launched in 2013, with its sequel, Injustice 2, coming out in 2017. NetherRealm released Mortal Kombat 11 in 2019 and for a time it seemed like the studio would alternate between Mortal Kombat and Injustice games, but it went on to release another Mortal Kombat, the soft reboot that is Mortal Kombat 1, in 2023 instead. We\u2019re due a new Injustice, then, if not this year, then perhaps next year.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The question for Mortal Kombat fans will be how NetherRealm will shake things up after the divisive Mortal Kombat 1. Will it stick with the Kameo Fighters gameplay mechanic introduced with Mortal Kombat 1, or ditch it and move on? Will it continue with the story as set out by Mortal Kombat 1, or start over (again)? And will it be called Mortal Kombat 2, adding further confusion to an already confusing series?<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ed-boon-confirms-another-mortal-kombat-game-and-more-are-in-the-works-amid-injustice-3-rumors.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ed-boon-confirms-another-mortal-kombat-game-and-more-are-in-the-works-amid-injustice-3-rumors.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ed-boon-confirms-another-mortal-kombat-game-and-more-are-in-the-works-amid-injustice-3-rumors.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ed-boon-confirms-another-mortal-kombat-game-and-more-are-in-the-works-amid-injustice-3-rumors.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-8995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8997,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8995\/revisions\/8997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}