De website Kotake heeft vorige week een interview gehad met niemand minder dan Ed Boon de bedenker van de legendarische Mortal Kombat serie. Daarbij werd er gesproken over het heden en het verleden van deze franchise. Anyway mocht er tussen jullie een bezoeker zitten met wat geld in zijn zak, dan zou ik het erg waarderen als je dit voor Eigenwereld.nl koopt en doneert aan me.

I think what people are seeing are the results of that," Boon says. "We're not working under the same accelerated pace that we were during the past few games." That means a Mortal Kombat game that's not as "barebones," in Boon's words, as the last entry, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

But it also won't be as overstuffed with features as 2006's Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, a game that boasted more than 60 characters, multiple mini-games, a "Kreate A Fighter" mode and more. This time, Boon says, the team is focusing more on the core game, plus offering the unlockable secrets the series is known for.

"We're going to have a Krypt. It's going to have a really elaborate and sophisticated unlocking system," Boon says. "We'll have really deep online stuff. Not to say that we're never going to do [those over the top bonus modes] again, but this game's not going to have a puzzle game or chess game. This is really us focusing on those first three games..."