Mortal Kombat 9 may get backwards compatibility according to Ed Boon WB GamesSeries Co-Creator Ed Boon says NetherRealm Studios is investigating backwards compatibility support for Mortal Kombat 9. MK9 more or less rebooted the long-running fighting game series upon its launch in April 2011. Such a release came on the heels of Warner Bros. acquiring the Mortal Kombat team, which had rebranded itself as NetherRealm Studios. Since then, the property has enjoyed rude health across the board, with live-action and animated films further amplifying its staying power. But WB Games and NetherRealm have yet to resolve one notable misfortune \u2013 MK9 remains stranded on PS3 and Xbox 360. Mortal Kombat 9 could receive backwards compatibility support MK Co-Creator Ed Boon recently answered fan questions on Twitter, one of which asked whether MK9 would ever become backward compatible on newer hardware. Boon didn\u2019t offer much in the way of specifics, but noted that NetherRealm is \u201clooking into it.\u201d Fans can only hope this means the 2011 entry won\u2019t be stranded on seventh-generation consoles for much longer. In recent years, it\u2019s become increasingly difficult to enjoy Mortal Kombat 9 due to the lack of backwards compatibility support. Notably, Steam delisted the PC version in 2020, with a notice saying the decision came \u201cat the request of the publisher.\u201d And unlike MKX before it, Mortal Kombat\u2019s ninth mainline entry never received a PS4 and Xbox One port. Ed Boon\u2019s response in the tweet linked above provides some semblance of hope, though. MK9 holds a special place in the hearts of many fighting game fans. Tag Team alone made the title a standout for the series, especially since the mode has yet to return to full capacity. Plus, this particular installment marked the start of Mortal Kombat\u2019s guest kombatants, with Freddy Krueger\u2019s MK debut effectively setting the stage for DLC starring The Joker and RoboCop in MK11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mortal Kombat 9 may get backwards compatibility according to Ed Boon WB GamesSeries Co-Creator Ed Boon says NetherRealm Studios is investigating backwards compatibility support for Mortal Kombat 9. MK9 more or less rebooted the long-running fighting game series upon its launch in April 2011. Such a release came on the heels of Warner Bros. acquiring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}