I'm not sure how serious a game that spells combat with a K can be, but Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon apparently wants to take the series in a grittier and dirtier direction than it has been recently. As he so eloquently puts it:
Probably not such a bad idea, since the most recent entries in the franchise had gotten pretty darn silly, especially when it came to the once-shocking fatalities. Boon's also giving the title a complete conceptual shake-down; it'll still be a fighting title, but after that, anything is up for grabs. Expect new characters, new features, perhaps even a completely new control scheme that takes advantage of the Sixaxis motion sensors. Just don't expect to see the actual game until the end of 2008.
