Hello folks ..

Here we go again...

https://twitter.com/bleedingcool/status/1271561982345445384?s=19

Next game should be done by NRS/Ed Boon or no buy.

If you read this article it says its to pay off debt and it downplays the value of the WB Games division.

I hope WB releases the MK IP and we can go back to better MK games with and better storylines. But I doubt it.

Pretty much sounds like they're just looking for an outsourced distributor.

https://www.ign.com/articles/rocksteady-netherrealm-wb-sale-att-batman-mortal-kombat

But on a hilarious note -

So much for all those awesone sales figures MK11 supposedly achieved. Obviously not very well to pull WB out from their debts.

Lets hope it doesn't affect any unreleased DLCs or Kombat packs. Aren't there still leaks yet to be released/fulfilled?

If you read this article it says its to pay off debt and it downplays the value of the WB Games division.

I hope WB releases the MK IP and we can go back to better MK games with and better storylines. But I doubt it.

Pretty much sounds like they're just looking for an outsourced distributor.

https://www.ign.com/articles/rocksteady-netherrealm-wb-sale-att-batman-mortal-kombat

I bet you NRS knew this was gonna happen in advance hence why so many weird changes in MK11, to help make them more marketable.

FOX knew Disney could potentially buy them - this was joked about on the Deadpool 2 audio commentary.

MK11 sales are amazing... But it alone can't get 200 billions. That's absurd.

Well, MK survived before... It will survive again... But I am just hoping everybody stays at NRS through this.

And I, for one, welcome firing those who pull the franchise the wrong way (yes, I'm looking at you, writers and people who think any RNG in a $60 game is ok!)

Problem is, those in the article said to be interested in buying WB Games are even worse. Take Two? Blizzard? Really? Don't y'all people have phones?! Oh, how quickly people forget. I did not ferget!

That's funny, because lately I've been wondering if I'd even consider it a good thing that WB bought out Mortal Kombat. it's definitely a double-edged sword; the games have a big budget, and as a result are great in graphics, presentation, and tournament-ready gameplay.

But I think there's a problem with greed with WB, and I think that overflows into the MK games enough to negatively impact them. I can't prove this, but I imagine that WB kept inserting new creative minds into the projects and they just could not decide where they wanted to take the game from a story perspective.For example, the logical thing to do with MKX would be to deal with the heroes all becoming revenants, but whoever WB inserted in there must've really wanted to tell a story of the next-gen warriors, so they just skipped over all that other stuff. I don't even know if John Vogel and Dan Forden are on the team anymore; I hadn't seen anything from them in the lead up to MK11.

But even worse, is how many scum of the earth tactics are being applied to MK. MK11 is a total micro-transaction and grind fest. You don't unlock stuff anymore, you grind for a random items and maybe it's something you want. You can't even go to a certain Krypt chest to get a skin for your favorite character because the chests are randomized too. Or maybe if you're lucky WB will put the item on their store and allow you the privilege of paying real money for it. Pay. For a thing in the game that is already in the game's files, that is part of that 90GB install that you had to do when you bought the game. Pay, just to tell the servers (which you always have to be connected to, also BS) that you're allowed to use your favorite character skin. There's no reward, and I hate it, and i attribute it totally to WB's scummy practices.

I'm wondering what would have happened if a company like Nintendo bought out MK instead; a company that gives the developers a lot of time and freedom, and generally doesn't participate in those EA-level micro transaction tactics.Hell, I might be happier with the overall state of MK if they had just gone independent; sure, then we wouldn't see the cutting-edge graphical fidelity of MK11, and we might not see tournaments dedicated to the thing... but I think even with those sacrifices, I'd enjoy it more as a gaming experience overall.

Again, the best case scenario would be if somebody picked up NRS and the MK franchise IP.

The worst thing would be if MK remains captive to licensing hell. That would be the death of the franchise.

Anyway, this is a rumour, if it ain't a rumour it might just not happen and things might stay.

Remarks about WB being greedy is well deserved. Remakes about the political shit injected into the franchise is well deserved.

But hoping that NRS lose their jobs is just not nice. Those people have been with us since childhood. I know MK survived before. It will survive this time... But I hope NRS goes independent with the franchise. It's just hard to happen. They haven't done that when MK was worth 1/3 of what it does now back in 2009.

If Activision coughs up the dough, then Crash Bandicoot in MK will be one step closer to reality.

If this must happen then

Take Two and Activision are my pick

Fuck EA. Fuck Sony. Fuck Microsoft.

Whoever picks the IP... Get NRS studio to work on it.

Maybe 2K games will take it over and we can have a poorly made MK game every year. Mortal Kombat 2K21 using WWE 2K20 glitches and graphics LOL.Kreate-A-Fighter would be badass though. Seriously, I hope the series survives, if anything maybe the best thing if WB sells is we won't get anymore guest characters!! One can only hope!

Selfishly hoping it goes to a company that has less interest in guest characters or simply lacks the resources to add them. Hoping whatever happens, they see the value in keeping the dev team intact.

Yea, if it's anyone big, hopefully it's Take Two. That's of course on the condition that they treat MK more like a Rockstar property than a 2K game.

Failing that, I would much rather see a smaller publisher that lacks the resources to waste DLC slots on pointless guest characters. I would also wager that a smaller publisher wouldn't want to risk any fallout from more political subject matter, so that could present another issue.

I think if they kept the team, we wouldn't see a major decline in the quality of the game despite smaller budget. The budget won't be wasted on Ronda's shitty voice or Arnold stupid guesst character and rather be used for development.

Also, their graphics engine is internally developed from a very modified version of UE3. MK11 looks better than many PS5 reveal games.

The answer lies in keeping NRS intact.

Yeah, I like the Terminator, but in a fighting game like this he feels out of place, as does Robocop. As for Ronda.... I'm not saying anything because if I did it'd probably get me banned, and let's leave it at that.

That said, CHT as the permanent voice of Shang Tsung would be greatly appreciated!

This is good news. We finally get decent companies that would take care of the franchise better. EA has a good reputation in listening to their community. People bash EA and activision as being greedy but lets be real. How much did y'all pay for MK11 premium edition and aftermath? WB games are getting a huge pass for this.

Watch whoever buys it load it full of guest characters from their other games and dlc. Lol

WB games have 4 guest characters already and there continuing to add more in the game for as long as they can. Nobody on gods green earth asked for the Joker and Robocop for MK11. Like I said above....don't give WB games a smooth pass.