Mortal Kombat 12 Is Launching This Year, According To Warner Bros. Earnings Call

Mortal Kombat 12 is apparently launching this year, and that news was revealed in rather unceremonious fashion: an earnings call with Warner Bros. Discovery.

A clip taken from Warner Bros. Discovery’s fourth quarter 2022 earnings call yesterday, Warner Bros. president and CEO David Zaslav states that “…there’s lots more to come, including the highly anticipated Mortal Kombat 12 and Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, games also set for release this year with ambitious launch projections.” You can watch the clip in the embedded tweet below. 

Netherrealm Studios is yet to make any announcements. Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat and studio head, spoke yesterday. tweeted, “so who has heard the news about Injustice 3?”  referencing the fact that for years, Netherrealm has released an Injustice game between Mortal Kombat entries, so technically that would be next if it maintained that pattern. 

While fans will need to wait until a more dramatic reveal, a Mortal Kombat 12 release would still be a huge event in a year with Street Fighter 6 (and possibly Tekken 8) on its schedule. The previous entry, Mortal Kombat 11, launched in 2019 to positive reviews (here’s ours). In 2020, Aftermath was added to the story.