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Next ‘Mortal Kombat’ Entry Teased for a Reveal Tomorrow [Video]
It looks as though we won’t have to wait for this year’s Summer Game Fest for NetherRealm Studios’ reveal of the next Mortal Kombat entry. After teasing fans last week, Ed Boon and company are set to unveil what they’ve been cooking up tomorrow!
Once again, the official Mortal Kombat YouTube page has posted a cryptic video, once again showing a clock. This time, the clock is stuck at one. The glass shatters, with the date and time of the reveal fading in: May 18 at 6am PT/ 9am ET.
To add a bit more intrigue, the YouTube page and Twitter page headers along with the Mortal Kombat logo have all gone ghostly white, with a hint of something being there. Trying to work my Photoshop magic hasn’t resulted in anything, so NetherRealm are keeping things close to the chest.
Once again, will we be seeing a return to an alternate timeline involving the first tournament, or will we see a continuation of the events of Mortal Kombat 11? Or, is Ed Boon going to pull another one on us, giving us a title reveal for the next Mortal Kombat, while saving the big news for Summer Games Fest? We’ll just have to wait and see.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.