Mortal Kombat HD Kollection

["Bad News" Hoffmann]

Mortal Kombat HD Kollection Confirmed In Development



Earlier this week, four European game retailers (gamemania.be, ShopTo.net, vanstockum.nl & bol.com) all listed a Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection game for pre-order with a release date of November 2010 for the PlayStation 3. One store even noted that the mystery game will come with a demo for Mortal Kombat (2011). Most of the stores have since removed their listings soon after posting them, but the timing of their listings likely means they were informed of the game was coming before Warner Bros. was ready to announce it.

Was it too much of a coincidence that multiple stores posted the same game, only moments later to have it removed? It appears not.

TRMK has independently confirmed with multiple industry sources that a high definition Mortal Kombat arcade update is indeed currently in development. Mortal Kombat HD Kollection will be a 2D Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection (MK1, MK2 and UMK3) featuring all-new high resolution in game graphics - not simply upscaled graphics, but sharp, crisp, awesome-looking High Definition graphics.

Unlike Capcom's Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, which required new character drawings, remaking Mortal Kombat in high definition is not as easy. In order to properly recreate the series in HD, Warner Bros. needed to film actors performing the moves like they originally did 20 years ago, just now with better high-definition cameras. Resorting to hand-drawn characters, or using 3D models in place of real actors would just not look right and cause many fans to revolt. However, things are not as simple as that. Since the previous actors are now 20 years older and - in most cases - wouldn't look to be the right age in high definition, Warner Bros. has hired new actors for the various roles and have been busy capturing them over the past few months at a Warner Bros. Studio in Los Angeles. TRMK has also heard that some of the original cast is involved in the filming in some capacity as well.






For an example of the quality of the original captures, take a look at the recently released raw footage from Mortal Kombat 1 over on Daniel Pesina's YouTube account. Clearly back then, the camera used was not of the highest quality. Also, many of the filming sessions were not shot in front of a blue/green screen for easy chroma key. Obviously, a reshoot would be necessary in order to get a proper High Definition worthy image of the characters for an updated Mortal Kombat game.

Since we know the filming was taking place as recently as earlier this month, the latest rumors placing it's release to be before Christmas is questionable. While it is possible, the rumored release is fairly unlikely unless the replacement of the character sprites is one of the final steps left in development. It just seems too close to be possible given time needed for testing, certification, etc. We also doubt that Mortal Kombat HD Kollection is only for the PlayStation 3 unless some really good exclusivity deal was reached with Sony, as currently fighting games for both systems sell fairly well unlike the previous generation of consoles which favored the PlayStation 2.

Finally, we are not entirely sure who is the developer of this "Kollection", as the main staff at NetherRealm Studios is busy with Mortal Kombat (2011). Our guess is Backbone Entertainment, the developers behind the downloadable ports of Mortal Kombat II and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Backbone also were responsible for Capcom's HD "remixes" of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo and the Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Since we do know for sure that the filming took place in Los Angeles, we're not 100% sure that Backbone Entertainment is involved as they are located closer to San Francisco, CA. We can also assume that the original artists still on board at NetherRealm Studios would be involved in the art updating process as well. However, we still feel like Backbone is the best fit for programming duties due to their history with the classic Mortal Kombat franchise and "HD remix" track record.

There is still a lot we do not know, but with Gamescom this week and PAX Prime at the end of the month, we might get lucky and know a lot more sooner than we think!


Source: http://www.trmk.org/news/13089/mortal_kombat_hd_kollection_confirmed_in_development.html


GBK`s comment: ...whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?  A MK 2011 which is more or less a remake of MK 1-2 and also a HD Remake of three games? ...

This is...unexpected.. and new filming...digitized actors in hd 2d graphics in 2010? whaaaat?

[MDI]

That..is fucking awesome!

Despite the fact that Mortal Kombat games obviously don't have as many frames as say the Street Fighter 3 series per movement, it should still look pretty awesome and slightly more realistic in HD. Can't wait!

[Starlogical]

Despite the fact that Mortal Kombat games obviously don't have as many frames as say the Street Fighter 3 series per movement, it should still look pretty awesome and slightly more realistic in HD. Can't wait!

I could agree.
Well, now that they're refilming footage, it could have smoother animations and more frames now.
And this could also be grounds for changing up some stuff, gameplay wise.
In case they accidentally film Johnny Cage kicking lower than before or something.

["Bad News" Hoffmann]

Despite the fact that Mortal Kombat games obviously don't have as many frames as say the Street Fighter 3 series per movement, it should still look pretty awesome and slightly more realistic in HD. Can't wait!

I could agree.
Well, now that they're refilming footage, it could have smoother animations and more frames now.
And this could also be grounds for changing up some stuff, gameplay wise.
In case they accidentally film Johnny Cage kicking lower than before or something.

some small changes will be sure for sure with different actors.

jax had a wider punch range as example as any other characters...johnny cage had the shortest roundhouse kick etc...if the new actors have different proportions which is likeky this will affect the gameplay but whatever..remakes dont have to be 1:1 copys even gameplay wise

[momo!]

maybe we can get better stages too!!

i am excited, hope it's for pc as well...

[Duo Solo]

This is great. But seriously, this is only for the PS3?

*Quietly rages to himself*

[Bizarro Spike Lee]

No Daniel Pesina, no buy.

[bWWd]

Did you seen this guys ? This is from week ago,its Daniel ,he will upload sonya next,check his other vids.Its one of the coolest videos ever for fans or classic mk games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9md3fj1YBuI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5UOd4WyzCY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF1eTHrxIyc

[bWWd]

Daniel commented on actors from new MK HD, its true and Kung Lao's actor son will be new kung lao

wushucoach
7 godz. temu

Not in the new MK stuff, good luck to the new guy's though. One of my best friends, Tony (Kung Lao), son "Taylor" is the new Kung Lao.Please, give him the support of the best gaming fan base in the world "Crew" .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80fF806yURk

[bWWd]

This comment is now deleted ,i guess warner came and didnt wanted any info about new game to be released,they also took down one video from daniel pesina account ,its still in google search tho


It was video with unused idea from mk1 when character opens a round with animation.

[bWWd]

All vids god deleted thanks to warner bros 
http://www.youtube.com/user/wushucoach#p/u

[Bea]

 

Damn it!
That was awesome stuff!

[MDD]

And I didnt watch it. Fuck.

[supersam966]

I'm glad that I got a little glimpse at the footage before WB took it down.

Maybe they should use those clips as a reference for the new motion capture actors, to further improve on authenticity.

[bWWd]

first thing which i did was saving them on harddrive in original resolution.
Ive got 9 vids.

["Bad News" Hoffmann]

These are "just" 2 fanarts..both published on deviantart and not screenshots of the upkoming HD Kollection but maybe a thought in the right direction how it could look..i wish it would look like on the first one...

[firelord]

OOOOOHhhhhhh

[Jesuszilla]

don't do that please, it confused me and it has the potential to confuse other readers
[/stuffed-in-the-trunk titiln]

[MDD]

First screen shot it fucking awesome. Too bad it's fake.

What i'm more interested is how they're going to handle Goro, Kintaro, Motaro and Shiva.

[NGeo]

dayum when i saw those 2 pics .. i was like thats so fukin sweet ... but you RUINED IT !!!!!