During this sit down with IGN, creative director Ed Boon gives us some insight on the storyline and a look at some new characters in Mortal Kombat X. He also reveals that MKX takes place immediately after MK9 and goes as far as 25 years into the future, he also revealed that some of the new characters will be offsprings of the originals. One new character revealed that is an offspring is Cassie Cage, daughter of Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage. We also get a look D’Vorah, Kotal Khan a descendent of Shao Khan, Ferra and Torr.
In addition to the new characters we learn of costume elements and character style variations. Boon gives us an example of character types and tell us that when facing a version c Scorpion, your best bet will may be using version a of Sub-Zero. With these style variations for the characters, the costume elements will show you what variation your opponent may be using.
Also, if you haven’t seen the E3 gameplay trailer yet, you can check it here.