Mortal Kombat Release Date and Box Art Revealed

Patrick McCarron

Patrick McCarron

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We just got dropped an exciting bit of news from Warner Bros. The official <b>world wide</b> release date of <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9/">Mortal Kombat (2011)</a> is set to be <b>April 19th, 2011</b>.

We also got the first official box art, which you can see below.

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They also attached the Mileena Gameplay video that was exclusive to Europe yesterday. Here it is embedded below:




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Below is the press release from Warner Bros:

Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios bring fans an action-packed Mortal Kombat video featuring new footage of the infamous unhinged clone Mileena and what happens when she finds a new “playmate” to tear apart. In addition to the brand-new video, revealed today is the game’s official box art and release date of April 19th 2011,

Mortal Kombat is the most brutal installment of the landmark fighting game to date is set for release on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. The game is being developed by NetherRealm Studios, led by Mortal Kombat creator and creative director Ed Boon
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Thanks to reader <a href="http://www.trmk.org/forums/member.php/4943-fraysol">Fraysol</a> for shooting us the Press Release so quickly!

<b>Update 12:00pm CST</b>: We confirmed that <b>April 19th</b> is in fact the world-wide release date for the game. The game should be available at most retailers world-wide on or about that date.
 
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Not flaming this, but I preferred the simpler cover with just the dragon/words. Anyways, it's nice to finally have a release date and I'm very happy it's not 4/26. That's a whole week later! :-P
 
I ****ing LOVE that box art. I mean, I was hoping for something a little more... simple? But that's definitely acceptable.
 
To be honest, I don't like the cover. The Scorpion SubZero drawing is ok but for franchise rebooting purposes I would have left the black background and flaming dragon logo, more to the point.

Only 3 months! please God! move time fast!... only these 3 months, I dont wanna get old fast. XD

Thanks for the news Patrick!

Cheers!
 
Reptilian Assassin said:
I feel bad for the Kratos haters with a PS3. You will now have him staring at you every time you look at the box art. =P
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That's an easy fix.
A small piece of black electrical tape on the outside of the box.


As for the box art as a whole:
Pat, is this the box art for the KE and TE only, or does this include the standard editions as well?
 
ewww. Dont like the boxart. I imagined it would just feature the Dragon logo, not Yellow and Blue :puke:

GREAT release date though! :)
 
Great to finally get the official word on the release, but that box art sucks, as far as box art goes. It's a great pic, just doesn't get the point across as much as the Dragon Logo, or a close up facial shot of Scorpion/Sub-Zero would have.
 
Great. I just realized now the entire MK series will be defined by Scorpion and Sub Zero. Hopefully they don't market the game with overloads on just those two guys. It'd feel a little forced.




*disclaimer* if you really think I'm serious about the above words...please log out, go to wikipedia.org, type in sarcasm and learn :)
 
I was thinking on something more like this:
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But this one is ok !
 
K1LLKANO said:
It's a great pic, just doesn't get the point across as much as the Dragon Logo, or a close up facial shot of Scorpion/Sub-Zero would have.
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I disagree. The box art is made for people who don't know exactly what Mortal Kombat is, not for the people who buy every iteration of the franchise. Having only the dragon logo or close-ups of Scorpion and Sub-Zero would mean absolutely nothing to the people who don't know what MK is or are on the fence about it.

If you see close-ups of characters and you have no idea who they are, how would that get the point across that this is a versus fighting game? Mortal Kombat is (traditionally) a 1-on-1 versus fighting game and nothing gets that point across more than having two of the characters on the front cover clearly engaging in combat. Even if you have no idea who Scorpion and Sub-Zero are you can clearly tell they're engaged in a fight, which is much more telling than just close-up portraits of the characters or a logo.

Would I like it if the box was just the dragon logo? Of course, as a longtime MK fanatic I think having only the dragon logo would be sweet but from a marketing perspective, that doesn't tell me anything about the game from just a glance.
 
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