It looks like the Mortal Kombat you’re all playing now may not be the Mortal Kombat you’ll be playing down the line. I’m not talking about a patch or a new release, I’m talking about changes that might be made to the game without the player knowing it.
Series creator Ed Boon tells Eurogamer that “In Mortal Kombat we have a system where we can make adjustments to the special moves and balance things out even after the game has been released,” and that his team “… can do it without having players have to download a patch. That’s something we’re very excited about. We can monitor what things players may have an issue with and then correct them as needed.”
There is no word on how exactly Boon and company can make these secret changes to the game’s code. I’m assuming they’re exploiting some aspect of XBLA/PSN equivalent to cookies, sort of how Teh Internets free DLC works on Super Meat Boy. More importantly, they’re is no word on how to opt out of these secret, presumably unannounced updates. What Ed Boon may consider a bug, I may consider a feature.
I hope he keeps that in mind before he goes ahead and erases that infinite combo I just spent all night mastering.
Mortal Kombat secretly nerfs characters [Eurogamer]
