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Mortal Kombat (2011)

Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat box art.png
Cover art, featuring Scorpion and Sub-Zero
Developer(s) NetherRealm Studios
Publisher(s) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Distributor(s) Warner Bros.
Director(s) Ed Boon
Steve Beran
Alan Villani
Producer(s) Hans Lo
Adam Urbano
Shaun Himmerick
Designer(s) Paulo Garcia
John Edwards
Dan Forden
Programmer(s) Alexander Barrentine
Jay Biondo
Gavin Freyberg
Artist(s) Pav Kovacic
Cayenne Mandua
Dominic Cianciolo
Writer(s) John Vogel
Brian Chard
Jon Greenberg
Composer(s) Dean Grinsfelder
Todd Haberman
Cris Velasco
Sascha Dikiciyan
Series Mortal Kombat
Engine Unreal Engine 3
Platform(s) PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
PlayStation Vita
Microsoft Windows
Release
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings (Vita) 87.31%
(PS3) 86.09%
(X360) 85.67%
Metacritic (X360) 86/100
(Vita) 85/100
(PS3) 84/100
(PC) 82/100
Review scores
Publication Score
1UP.com A−
Eurogamer 7/10
Game Informer 9.5/10
9/10 (Vita)
GameSpot 8.5/10
8.0/10 (Vita)
GamesRadar 4/5 stars
GameZone 9.0/10
IGN 8.0/10
8.5/10 (Vita)
Awards
Publication Award
Spike Video Game Awards Best Fighting Game
Golden Joystick Awards Best Fighting Game
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences's D.I.C.E. Summit Fighting Game of the Year

Mortal Kombat is a fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game is the ninth main installment in the Mortal Kombat series and is a reboot of the franchise. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 systems in April 2011, and a PlayStation Vita port was released in May 2012. An expanded version of the game, titled Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition, was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in February 2012 and for Microsoft Windows in July 2013.

Although beginning during the events of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the plot is a retcon to the earliest period in the Mortal Kombat series, the events of Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3 (as well as the latter title's two updates). The storyline involves the divine protector of Earth, Raiden, attempting to change the aftermath of the events of Armageddon by contacting his past self as he faces defeat at the hands of the evil emperor of Outworld, Shao Kahn. While having characters and levels rendered in three-dimensions, the gameplay distances itself from the fully 3D graphics one seen in the last four games, bearing closer resemblance to that of the 2D era of the series, using a camera that is perpendicular to the two-dimensional playing field.


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