Normally I try and stay on the positive side of things and remain optimistic, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that this news completely disappointed and disgusted me.
The last time I was even excited about a new MK release was when MK4 came out and I am not a fan at all of that game. I was wholly dissatisfied by it. When the announcement that MK was going to full 3D gameplay, I was disgusted. Through the muck, however, MK maintained a very intoxicating storyline which, for the most part, I've tried to follow by reading the stories of the characters and watching the endings and such.
This is just absurd. I am praying that, like the MvC series, this is simply an "alternate universe" storyline that is not canon.
As of right now, the absurdity of this has caused the series to Jump the Shark.