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Ed Boon Wants to Know What Fans Want the Next Mortal Kombat Game to Be Called
IGNFriday, November 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Ed Boon is stirring up excitement in the fighting game community after releasing a poll asking fans what they’d like the next Mortal Kombat installment to be called.
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- Category
- Culture
- Market relevance
- None
- Why it matters
- Culture sets the tone of public attention — what people argue about when the news cycle turns. Ed Boon is stirring up excitement in the fighting game community after releasing a poll asking fans what they’d like the next Mortal Kombat installment to be called.
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What happened
Ed Boon is stirring up excitement in the fighting game community after releasing a poll asking fans what they’d like the next Mortal Kombat installment to be called.
Why it matters
Culture sets the tone of public attention — what people argue about when the news cycle turns.
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IGN reported on this under culture. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.
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IGN published: Ed Boon Wants to Know What Fans Want the Next Mortal Kombat Game to Be Called
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