Mortal Kombat celebrates 30th Anniversary with new trailer

Mortal Kombat is celebrating its 30th anniversary after first hitting arcades in October 1992. The fighting game’s gory style made it an instant classic and has influenced titles throughout the industry over the last 30 years.

Mortal Kombat was one of the first video game series to expand into a multi-media franchise with movies, comic books and animated adaptions of the series. A new trailer released by NetherRealm to commemorate the series’ history emphasizes this. They show different adaptations of iconic characters like Liu Kang and Sonya Blade side-by-side to highlight to how they changed over time.