Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)
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| Developer(s) |
NetherRealm Studios Additional work:
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| 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 |
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| 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 |   |
| GameZone | 9.0/10 |
| IGN | 8.0/10 8.5/10 (Vita) |
| Awards | |
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| 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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