Sony is hosting a PlayStation live show at Evo 2022 and although the company has promised “exciting content and reveals” from multiple developers and publishers, Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has quashed speculations of a Mortal Kombat 12 reveal. Bummer! Fans got their hopes up after seeing Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate in the event’s lineup and assumed Sony will show off the next entry in the franchise since parent company Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is one of the studios teasing a surprise, but Boon was quick to put a damper on that.
Evo 2022 lineup and event details
Its time for Street Fighter and other great fighting games to be in the sun! Let’s enjoy that!
— Ed Boon (@noobde) August 2, 2022
Games appearing at the event are as follows:
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
Guilty Gear -Strive-
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
Tekken 7
The King of Fighters XV
Melty Blood: Type Lumina
Dragonball FighterZ
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Skullgirls: 2nd Encore
The event will take place from August 5-7 in Las Vegas. PlayStation Tournaments: Evo Lounge will be hosted on both Twitch and YouTube.
“The Evo Lounge will feature top-shelf curated show coverage, bracket updates, interviews with players, and exciting content and reveals from developers and publishers, such as Arc System Works, Warner Bros. Games, Capcom, SNK, and Bandai Namco Entertainment, as well as all the latest from the scene with pro players and casters,” reads a post on the PlayStation Blog. “Viewers will be treated to the latest news for our favorite games and a few sneak peeks of what’s ahead.”
We’ll host the live show here for our readers so stay tuned.
In other news, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla title update 1.6.0 is now live across all platforms along with a meaty free DLC The Forgotten Saga, and Sony is discontinuing PS5’s Accolades feature because no one used it.