Mortal Kombat was created by a small four-person team at Midway, who built the entire game in under a year, utilizing real actors and digitized footage to deliver a gritty, realistic fighting style. The team originally planned a game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but when the idea fell apart, they shifted their focus to creating the world of Mortal Kombat, with its iconic characters and brutal finishing moves. They filmed actors in simple studio setups, capturing hundreds of frames that would

2.3K views | Mortal Kombat 's storied history has spanned nearly three decades since the first game released in August 1992. Twenty-seven years later, and on April 23, its set to bring the past and the present together in the latest installment. MK11 promises a lot, but can it deliver what it claims to offer? | Turtle Beach | Facebook