The fighting game community has entered its next generation with the launch of titles like Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombat 1 and more on the horizon, which means we’ve got a lot of reveals coming in our near and extended future.
New York Comic Con 2023 is set to start up tomorrow, October 12, where it seems there will be at least some announcements in store for the FGC.
A few weeks ago, NetherRealm Studios Creative Director Ed Boon was teasing something on Twitter for Mortal Kombat 1.
The series co-creator later clarified that an Omni-Man gameplay trailer will not be present at NYCC, but he put up a new post today stating “but that’s not to say we are showing nothing.”
….but that’s not to say we are showing nothing. https://t.co/LpeexxKZi6
— Ed Boon (@noobde) October 11, 2023
Taking a look at the schedule, there’s no actual Mortal Kombat or NRS panel at the convention this weekend, so that kinda dashes our initial thoughts of a new skin pack for MK1 like we saw with Jean-Claude Van Damme or the movie costumes for Mortal Kombat 11.
Instead, we’ve got our eyes on the “Invincible & The Walking Dead Celebrate 20 Years” panel with Robert Kirkman on Saturday, October 14, at 12:15 p.m. ET.
Boon may have said they won’t have a gameplay trailer for Omni-Man, but he didn’t say anything about a teaser with perhaps one of his versus intros or something.
SNK is going to be there as well where they’re going to kick off their “SNK Universe Project” that aims to branch out into new media and will have a special movie to show at the Shueisha XR booth at NYCC.
SNK launches the “SNK Universe Project” to spread the appeal of its IPs worldwide!
Exhibiting at New York Comic Con with Shueisha XR and Special movie will be shown in MANGA DIVE format!
＞News Releasehttps://t.co/w6ou3z5WfH#SNK #MANGADIVE #KOF pic.twitter.com/RaGjWmqaXG
— SNK GLOBAL (@SNKPofficial) October 12, 2023
Other than that, however, it doesn’t appear that Capcom, Bandai Namco nor Arc System Works is going to have an official presence at NYCC though they have had stuff to show there in years past.
It’s probably not fighting game related, but Dragon Ball is also having a special panel on Thursday at 12:45 p.m. ET where they are promising a “mysterious new trailer” of some sort.
There will be tournaments for Street Fighter 6, MK1 and Tekken 7 among many others so maybe there will be a surprise there even if we’re kinda doubting it at this point.
New York Comic Con is scheduled to take place October 12–15 at the Javits Center in Manhattan, New York City.