Mortal Kombat Will Be As Aggressive, More Accessible

Series creator Ed Boon has confirmed that Mortal Kombat 2011 will be shown at the upcoming Pax Prime conference and that the fighting game franchise will be reinvented in the new installment, allowing for fans to enjoy themselves while also attracting players who have so far found it too complicated.

Mortal Kombat was thought to be all but dead as a series when Midway folded but Warner Bros swept in to pick up the team behind the fighting game and now the a new game is in development, with Pax Prime the first time fans will be able to get hands on time with it.

Ed Boon, the creator of Mortal Kombat, has told IGN that, “We have a number of these events, shows and things that we’re planning for. So we do that while at the same time kind of advancing the game forward in general, but our most immediate goal is getting a version ready for PAX.”

He succinctly described the new game, saying, “we’re coming back with a vengeance. As aggressively as possible…to me personally, I’m confident that the people who play are going to walk away totally psyched to buy this game.”

One of the goals of the team working on the fighting game is to make it easier for player to just get the game, play and even win, even if they do not have a huge experience with the combos and the moves of the featured characters.

Ed Boon says that complex moves are not attractive to him in Mortal Kombat but that he wants to make sure that there are counters and parries that can turn an apparently tough spot into a launch pad for victory for the skilled player.

The new Mortal Kombat does not yet have an official name but it's set to arrive at some point during 2011, with the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 confirmed as platforms.