What if Konami acquired Capcom?/Mortal Kombat (2010 Game)

Mortal Kombat (also known as Mortal Kombat 8 (MK8)) is a 2010 fighting game developed and published by Bally Atari Corporation. It is the eighth main installment in the Mortal Kombat series and a soft reboot of the series. The game was released for the Arcades in November 2010, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 systems and Microsoft Windows in April 2011, for the PlayStation Vita as a launch title and for the PlayStation Portable, iGame, iOS and Android in January 2012.

Although beginning during the events of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the plot is a retroactive continuity to the earliest period in the Mortal Kombat series: the events of the first three games (Mortal Kombat]], Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3, as well as the third game's two updates Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat Trilogy). The storyline involves the divine protector of Earth, Raiden, attempting to change the aftermath of the events of Armageddon by contacting his past self as he faces defeat at the hands of the evil emperor of Outworld, Shao Kahn. While having characters and levels rendered in three-dimensions, the gameplay uses a camera that is perpendicular to the two-dimensional playing field, similarly to Atari vs. DC. Colloquially this is called 2.5D. Upon release, Mortal Kombat received very positive reviews and won several awards for fighting game of the year. It was also a commercial success, selling one million copies in the first month alone. In total, the game sold 9,809,113 copies in its lifetime. A sequel, Mortal Kombat 9 was released in July 2014 with another direct follow-up, Mortal Kombat X, releasing in November 2018.