Netherrealm Studios ends support for Mortal Kombat 11

The Outerhaven writes: Netherrealm Studios has officially announced that they are no longer supporting Mortal Kombat 11 after doing so for the last two years.

[sourOG]

Lmao lame. I wish MK was owned by a Japanese company.

[TallDarknWavy]

They did a ton of DLC, it's time to move on to the next game. I wish they had multiple teams running Injustice and MK, maybe they do I don't know, but I was never a fan of Injustice, I'd rather see more MK sooner.

[sourOG]

They did but I disagree it’s time to move on. In the past they moved on because their new game came out. It sounds like their next game whatever it is isn’t coming out for awhile. NRS has been radio silent for months and they will probably continue to be for years. Street fighter 5 is a completely different game now and has been supported for how many years?

Yeah same here. MK is probably my favorite franchise and I couldn’t care less about injustice. Exactly, I’d rather see more MK dlc.

On a side note: what’s up with the rainbow MK symbol? Lmao

[TallDarknWavy]

You haven't noticed the men in MK keep getting increasingly scantily clad and the women are increasingly covered up? This has been a general trend the last two games.
Netherrealm studies has a ton of gay guys working there. Because hiring people based on who they want to have sex with, their genitals and melanin cell count magically makes for better products! (It doesn't)

[sourOG]

Still seems like an odd product for random pandering to me lol. The death tournament symbol in rainbow colors lmao.

[Terry_B]

so you could buy more dlc? lol. The game already got as many character as a Street Fighter V, SoulCalibur V or arc system games in 4 years actually. It has 37 playable characters. With 3 dlcs including an excellent story expansion, more stages as well as more moves and costumes.

[sourOG]

Hell yeah keep it going. How about a pit stage lol. The number of characters doesn’t mean as much as support. If you support your games for 10 years those fewer characters get many more changes. Sometimes they feel like new characters. Shao Kahn was ass for 98% of mk11’s life cycle, now he’s a monster. Those kinds of changes didn’t happen enough. I played almost only as shao Kahn since the beginning so I know lol. This news means no patches or changes, this is how mk11 is from now on besides random bug fixes.

I would buy another story expansion, would you? I’d buy more characters. I’d take regular support of character and meta changes. They are done though, I’m deleting it finally. My sourness is really just me wishing ash Williams ended it lol. The pros are playing mkx on twitch so NRS cut the cord. No big tournaments included mk11. The regular support is different for Japanese fighting games. They change the entire meta, add ins not add ons. That’s what I meant with my first comment.

[chiefJohn117]

Well said sour, liu kang and Shao khan are mains. I was a beast even before khan got buffed but I see how they didn't do him justice in many ways. I need to hop back on cause I haven't played since the patch

[sourOG]

@chiefjohn
Yea kahn was an absolute blast. When I say he was ass I just mean in terms of matchups against other characters. When you get your momentum it was really fun but it was really easy to get f***ed up with kahn. He’s a lot better now but honestly, playing with shitty kahn made me a much better player lol. It was hard for me to loose that muscle memory and switch characters.

[Chevalier]

"On a side note: what’s up with the rainbow MK symbol? Lmao"

One Shang Tsung has that rainbow 🌈 friendship finish and more importantly it's probably to celebrate pride month.

[sourOG]

Ahh yeah that makes sense lol. I don’t go on Twitter they are probably all rainbows.

[ScootaKuH]

So MK goes woke then?

Oh dear

[FunAndGun]

@ScootaKuH

Well, they aren't going broke. Deal with it.

[PurpHerbison]

If it was owned by a Japanese company there is a strong chance it would have the worst netcode ever.

[sourOG]

Lol can’t argue.

[Chevalier]

I hear Guilt Gear Strive has good net code

[sourOG]

I’m not much of a guilty gear player but I will probably pick up the complete version on sale later. MK is the only fighting game where I actually put some effort into online but I enjoy most of them. Mk11 had WiFi scorpion too lol. I was like 60/40 in my win losses and I was really happy about it. I thought I would do much worse. I picked kahn and ran with it lol. My defense has leveled up a lot.

[CobraKai]

They gave us a ton of content. Thanks Netherrealm. I’m still playing MKX and 11. I can’t wait for Injustice 3 (I’m assuming their next project is Injustice 3)

[Elda]

It's supposedly a Marvel fighting game.

[SDuck]

That rumor has so many loopholes it's crazy

[CobraKai]

I didn’t know that. I’d love to see a Netherrealm Marvel game and I’d love to see Capcom use DC

[blackblades]

Yeah, I also cant wait for injustice 3. My main thing about there games are the online. It be lagging and get random disconnection even if I'm at full bars. It ruin the tournament's as it scree me one time doing injustice 2 tournament. Japanese fighting games I have less of that problem.

[tombfan]

Great game with lots of content... Sadly I'm one of those few that wait until they make the ultimate ultimate final ultimate version to buy (like they did, already bought it and finished it)

[-Hermit-]

Same. I am somebody that tends to wait for fighting games because I know that they are going to release a ton of DLC. I may miss out on the online part's most popular period, but I don't care, I'm more of single player person when it comes to fighting games anyway.

[Michiel1989]

I used to do this as well, now i really want to start them when they release. to learn the game along with the rest of the playerbase. I always feel that if i wait for the ultimate version the only people who play online are the veterans which kick my ass so badly its not even funny. I never buy or care that much about dlc characters etc so I never feel like im missing our or being ripped of that much.

[FlintGREY]

NRS always kills their own games. Sad that Street Fighter 5 and Tekken 7 is still being supported and MK won't be

[fsfsxii]

ironically, those two games are the worst received titles in their respective series
they should abandon ship.

[Venoxn4g]

Well..does that mean that Ash from Evil Dead wont be there? :(

[The7Reaper]

I mean "ends support" is a definite no on him appearing, maybe in MK12

[XxSPIDEYxX]

Makes you really wonder what NRS is working on now. If it's Injustice 3, really hope they tone down the projectiles. If it's a Marvel related fighting game....how did that deal even come together?

[ActualWhiteMan]

Time to strike while the iron is hot. With the new movie that recently came out being so popular they need to get to work on the next installment.

[sourOG]

That new legends movie looks pretty cool. I think it works better as a cartoon. The last one about scorpion was solid.

[iplay1up2]

Great game! Loved it! Why can't Nintendo get a clue and move on from MK8? Lol! Been playing it since the first day it came to Wii U!

[chiefJohn117]

Dam you Netherrealm.

[ScootaKuH]

Time for MK12 then, and a return of Shaolin Monks!

[Master of Unlocking]

Typically the kind of news with a wording aimed at causing raucousness with the readership, that actually happens to be good news. So the good version of the game, the final one, actually is MK 11 Ultimate. So I can buy it now, then.
If only some japanese developers would take note. I've been dying to play Tekken 7 & Street Fighter V all this gen, but with no end in sight to their constant stream of DLC and season passes, it may not be tomorrow that i'll get the chance to get my hands on the final, definitive-version-with-all-th e-content-unlocked, of these games.

[Kaze88]

Isn't MK11 one of the bigger games on EVO, why not support it longer? You have Cyrax and Sektor on the single player story mode....but you cant play as them. wtf nertherrealm?

[JL2930]

I'm ending support for Netherrealm.