Remember that video showing off a remastering of the original Mortal Kombat? Sure, that was one of the fan remakes, but there was apparently an official remake being worked on by Blind Squirrel Games (who were responsible for Borderlands Enhanced and the BioShock Collection). This one involved the first three Mortal Kombat games.
Unfortunately, according to DSOGaming, Blind Squirrel Games have cancelled that remake. This wasn’t the first time an official remake was cancelled, however.
In 2017, the team behind Mortal Kombat HD Kommunity, also known as Mortal Kombat HD Remix and Mortal Kombat Returns, was given the opportunity to develop remasters of the first three Mortal Kombat games. However, Warner Bros suddenly informed the team in early 2018 that they were off the project.
This is where Blind Squirrel Games came in. They were tapped to do a remaster of Mortal Kombat Trilogy called Mortal Kombat Remastered, known back then as Mortal Kombat Kollection Online, which is the one that has now been cancelled. Blind Squirrel Games’ Danny Huynh, managed to share a couple of screenshots from this remaster (which you can see below).
According to Huynh, MK Kollection Online would also feature a new mode, called the Krypt mode, which was meant to introduce a new way to play the original trilogy.
It’s an obvious unfortunate end to a project that would’ve remedied the cheesy and slapped-together aspects of the original MK Trilogy game, but hopefully Warner Bros resurrects the project in some form in the future.
Mortal Kombat 11 is due out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on April 23.