Here's the Explanation of the Two Mortal Kombat Timelines
If you are a fan hardcore franchise games Mortal Kombat. You must have been surprised when Warner Bros. bought Midway Games andrebranding under the name NetherRealm Studio. not only rebranding course, they also do reboot against the game series that has existed since the 90’s.
Results reboot that’s it now timeline Mortal Kombat is divided into two branches. Even if you see the story Mortal Kombat 11NetherRealm Studios just started bringing it up multiverse to the story.
How come it’s a game series now Mortal Kombat so like that? It turns out that the explanation is like this, guys.
Midway Games Acquisition To Warner Bros
This story begins with the bankruptcy that Midway Games filed. Midway Games used to be the company that created the Mortal Kombat fighting game series with its two creators (Ed Boon and John Tobias).
The name Warner Bros. may not be very foreign to Midway Games. The reason is, the two of them have worked together to make games Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. In 2009, Warner Bros. tried to acquire Midway after Midway Games’ bankruptcy filing came out. Of course this offering from Warner Bros. This includes the intellectual property rights of Mortal Kombat.
Got Rejection, Even From Vin Diesel
Quoting from TheRegister’s page, it turns out that the Warner Bros. acquisition process received a negative reaction. Objections were raised by several parties. Including the action actor Vin Diesel through Tigon Studios, who recently collaborated with Midway to make the Wheelman game.
In the end, all of those who objected agreed with Warner Bros.’s purchase. Warner Bros. bought Midway Games for $33 million. The company was involved in a debt of about 70 million dollars, equivalent to 658 billion rupiah if it took the dollar against rupiah exchange rate in 2009. Warner Bros. was the only party that made the offer.
Reboot With Retelling MK I-III Events
The process of acquiring Midway Games had a major influence on the Mortal Kombat series. Warner Bros. is very interested in continuing the story of Liu Kang et al. But they decided toreboot stories that previously existed.
Previously, timeline Mortal Kombat story with Midway Games ends in a draw Armageddon. Warner Bros did reboot by retelling story. Namely retelling an existing story but with a slightly different approach.
Series Mortal Kombat 2011 retell the moments that took place in the series Mortal Kombat 1-3. But they made some changes through the figure of Raiden, who was trying to find a way to timeline Mortal Kombat: Armageddon not repeated.
That was a brief history of why timeline game series story Mortal Kombat now split in two.
