GI: How far into development is it?
Boon: The main thing we’re doing right now is the core technology. We’re using the Unreal 3 engine, and we’re getting our base, “How do display a character, normal-mapping, bump-mapping, shadows” all the things that are expected of the game. I have a bunch of ideas on paper in terms of things that I’d like to theoretically try, but it’s not like it’s in a playable state yet. — We’re doing something with the next game that’s unbelievably unexpected, and there’s going to be an announcement. I totally was told, “You cannot talk about this thing” I think it’s going to be rolled out.

GI: How has the experience been with the next-gen, and what are some of the nuances that you’re finding with the Xbox 360 and PS3?
Boon: Our goal, graphically, with this game is to be as gritty and (I don’t like to use the word “dirty,” because I don’t want to imply not-cool graphics but) a very dark, serious Mortal Kombat. Not vibrant, saturated colors, but more of a really down and dirty Mortal Kombat game. To me, when I saw Gears of War, I was like, “Holy sh*t! That’s the look that we’ve been talking about” Visually, that’s what we want to do. Gameplay-wise, I kind of attribute it to what we did with Deadly Alliance, where everything is thrown out. We’re not going to have three fighting styles, we’re not going to have the same punches and kicks and the same kind of control scheme. Everything is getting trashed. We’re reinventing everything from the ground up. We really think that’s needed — you know, we’re on Mortal Kombat 8, in a sense — to kind of wipe the slate clean every once in a while, and I kind of feel that now is the time. Our visual presentation and our game presentation and our thing that you’ll hear about very soon are all going to be new to this game. It’s going to be nothing like you’ve ever seen before.

GI: What’s it like to flush it all and start over?
Boon: It’s really scary. There’s some stuff that I thought really worked well in the previous three games, but I really feel that we can’t do any more of it. We can’t do the new fighting-style stuff. We need to do something different. A lot of people say, “How do they keep selling well?” And we really believe that’s one of the reasons. We’re not afraid to say, “That’s working, but it’s time to do something new because it’s been five years”

GI: Hypothetical time-frame for release. Are we talking 2008?
Boon: Yeah. I would guess — and I wouldn’t promise — it would be around the fall, Novemberish time of 2008.

GI: Across all three platforms?
Boon: We’re talking about that.

Boon promises we’ll learn more about the look and feel of Mortal Kombat 8 soon:

"Our visual presentation and our game presentation and our thing that you’ll hear about very soon are all going to be new to this game. It’s going to be nothing like you’ve ever seen before."

Nowy Mortal z postaciami z komiksów DC?
Gra ma się nazywać po prostu Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

Jeśli to prawda, to jakich komiksowych "fajterów" obstawiacie za pewniaki?

Pomysł porażka. Jak sobie wyobrażam bijącego się Sub-Zero z Batmanem, albo Scorpio z Supermenem, to śmiech mnie ogarnia. Może jeszcze dorzucą tam Wolverina vs. Rocky Balboa biggrin.gif

Wolverine jest z Marvela

w sumie scorpion wygląda świetnie.Ale tego właśnie sie spodziewałem po silniku unreala...lecz mimo tego uważam że połączenie DC jest totalną głupotą..oni chyba się cofneli w rozwoju..W jaki to sposób choćby scorpion może pokonać supermana??ehh...brak słów..z każdą częścią ta trylogia idzie prosto na dno!!

Oh, what the fuck happened to this world? There's only one trilogy, you fucking morons.

I can tip off a few things that I heard from the raw recording.
- No weapons / fighting styles.
- No mini-games like Puzzle or Motor.
- No fatalities, but some cool finishers that take into account of each characters' powers.
- Superman is vulnerable to magic and kryptonite. Plenty of characters in the MK realm use magic. (Ed mentioned sorcerers, so maybe Quan Chi)
- Said that the majority of the characters are mainstays. I'm paraphrasing here: 'If you can name off the top characters in MK and in DC Universe, you'll have about 90% of the roster.'

Dla mnie brak fatality, praktycznie przekreśla tą grę.

"Wszystkie postacie z MK, jak również złoczyńcy ze świata DC, będą miały fatality. Bohaterowie DC, którzy nie zabijają dostaną brutalities, które w sumie będą tym samym co fatalities, ale nie zabiją przeciwnika," - powiedział Boon.

"Osoby, które założyły, że w grze nie będzie krwi i fatalities zupełnie chybiły. Niestety wielu graczy przyjęło taki pogląd, czy nawet prasa, ale nie ma ich co winić - w końcu tak mało oficjalnie zapowiedzieliśmy. Z czasem ujawnimy wszystkie szczegóły,"