Information about “Mortal Kombat X” has been coming out in slow, but steady chunks, with the most recent piece being the 30-minute preview trailer which showed off various new goodies from the game, including some violent fatalities. Developers have been keeping quiet on the game other than that, and they have expressed a desire to control the information flow leading up to the title’s release. However, as any readers who are actively interested in gaming communities should know, it’s often difficult to keep information hidden from gamers.
A recent leak about the game shed some light on what fans can expect from it once it’s released, although not all information was positive. According to rumors, “Mortal Kombat X” may be being developed exclusively for current generation consoles, dropping their predecessors from the equation. This isn’t confirmed yet, but the rumor is allegedly coming from a verified source – and additionally, it would make sense when one considers the development of the game as a whole. It’s a big budget title, in fact it’s one of the most expensive releases of this year – and it would make sense that the developers will want to utilize the full potential of modern console hardware to make their game look and run as best as possible.
The game is scheduled to come out in April, which means that platform support should be announced soon. It’s standard to have pre-orders available several months before sales go live in the gaming market, and by the time this happens for the new “Mortal Kombat”, buyers should obviously know what platforms they can choose to play the game on.
The rumors about the platform support could be further reinforced by looking at the recent trends in the market for console games. Of this year’s releases, only a small number have been made available for last-generation consoles, with most publishers and developers choosing to focus on the next generation almost exclusively. On the topic of budget issues from above, it should also be noted that it’s more cost-effective to develop a game exclusively for one set of platforms, instead of trying to work around the issues of backwards compatibility, which has been a common source of problems.
Another smaller leak hints at a potential reveal of the guest character list for the game, which allegedly includes Spawn, Pinhead and Ash Williams. It looks to be quite the attractive roster, and the series has regularly featured an interesting cast of characters, so it won’t be surprising if these rumors are true. The recently released video which showed some of the game’s characters in detail didn’t really say anything about that, so it remains unknown if the guest character list is true.