Fans Pick "Mortal Kombat 2" in Ed Boon's Title Poll, but the Vote Won't Set the Story

Fans chose "Mortal Kombat 2" as their favourite name for the next Mortal Kombat game, but the series' Ed Boon says the vote will not decide where the story goes.

Boon posted an X poll on November 6, 2026, asking followers, "What would you want the next Mortal Kombat to be called?" The poll offered three options: Mortal Kombat 13, Mortal Kombat 12 and Mortal Kombat 2. IGN reported an interim result that had "Mortal Kombat 2" at 43 per cent, ahead of "Mortal Kombat 13" at 33 per cent and "Mortal Kombat 12" at 23 per cent.

The final tally was larger. According to Boon's poll, 68,782 people voted. "Mortal Kombat 2" finished at 45.2 per cent, "Mortal Kombat 13" at 31.2 per cent and "Mortal Kombat 12" at 23.6 per cent.

The poll was a fan-engagement exercise, and Boon was clear about its limits. In a follow-up post on November 7, he wrote that the title with the most votes would not determine where the Mortal Kombat story goes. He posted that message on X at 1:38 AM on November 7, 2026, in the same post where he joked that the team has had some difficulty "kounting" lately. The joke, a playful spelling of "counting", landed on a poll about numbers.

Boon's post did not name a release date or confirm a final title. Studios often settle on a game's name late in development, after the story and marketing plans are firm, so a poll result does not lock in a title.

The exercise still gives a snapshot of what fans are thinking. Each of the three choices pulled a sizeable share of the vote, and the top two were close enough that the result shifted between the interim count and the final one. Fans who want to see their pick used will have to wait for the developers' own announcements.

Mortal Kombat is a fighting game series, in which players control characters in one-on-one matches. Numbered titles usually mark a new main entry, and the naming question matters to fans who track the series' order and history. Boon's poll turned that debate into a public vote, and it drew tens of thousands of responses within a day or so of going up.

For now, the answer to the question is simple. The fans' favourite name is "Mortal Kombat 2," at least according to the poll. The developers have not said which name the next game will carry.