Mortal Kombat 12 has received its first teaser trailer. The long-running success of the Mortal Kombat franchise has meant that a new game in the world-famous fighting game franchise was an inevitability. However, the question still remained if NetherRealm's next game would be a new Mortal Kombat title, Injustice 3, or something else entirely.
Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon narrowed things down on Twitter, confirming that NetherRealm's next game would either be Mortal Kombat 12 or Injustice 3. Some time later, a Warner Bros. Discovery executive let the cat out of the bag, confirming that Mortal Kombat 12 was in development. Mortal Kombat fans are still waiting for Mortal Kombat 12 to get its full reveal, but rumor has it that it could happen at some point later this month.
While Mortal Kombat fans are still waiting for the full reveal, they have been treated to a brief, but interesting teaser. At the very end of a video thanking fans for supporting Mortal Kombat these past 30 years, fans can see what appears to be an hourglass dumping out sand. The camera then zooms in to focus on a single grain of sand, which then explodes. This has left some fans scratching their heads, but is likely a nod to the events of Mortal Kombat 11's story.
The rest of this article will have SPOILIERS for Mortal Kombat 11 and its Aftermath expansion
Mortal Kombat 11's story was all about Kronika, the Keeper of Time, and how she was manipulating time after the death of her son Shinnok. Kronika is able to do this using her Hourglass artifact, though by the end of Mortal Kombat 11's Aftermath expansion, Kronika is long gone. The Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath expansion concludes with one of two endings: either Shang Tsung or Liu Kang gain control of the Hourglass and use it to create a "New Era" - essentially a brand-new timeline.
Based on this teaser, it seems likely that Mortal Kombat 12 will be following up on the events of the Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath expansion, though what that means is unclear. Perhaps it will forge ahead with a brand-new timeline that essentially reboots the story, or maybe it will closely follow one of the endings from the expansion and treat it as canon. Whatever the case may be, fans should find out more when the proper reveal for Mortal Kombat 12 comes.
Mortal Kombat 12 is in development.