It's a mythical franchise, an icon of pop culture. In the sixth episode of "GAMERS", the podcast of Europe 1 Studio on the secret stories of video games, Jean-François Morisse returns to the origins of Mortal Kombat, a fighting game like no other, and he gives the floor to one of its creators: Ed Boon.

Gore, violence, and a good dose of second degree! For almost thirty years, Mortal Kombat has amazed us. In May, a new extension, Aftermath , was also released for Mortal Kombat 11. Behind this fighting game, there is the will of two men, Ed Boon and John Tobias. An iron will.

To make the game into legend, the two Americans had to overcome many obstacles, technical challenges, bans and censorship too ... In the sixth and last episode of the first season of "GAMERS", the secret stories of the game video, Ed Boon looks back on this tumultuous adventure and on the success of this game really like no other. 

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GAMERS is a Europe 1 Studio podcast

Voice, writing: Jean-François Morisse

Production: Timothée Magot

Production: Christophe Daviaud

Edition and distribution: Clémence Olivier