United Kingdom, March 5 -- Acclaim Entertainment has returned as an indie game publisher.

The studio - which was founded in 1987 and had published the 'Mortal Kombat' series in the 1980's and 1990's - has made a comeback after more than two decades to work on brand-new intellectual properties.

In a statement, Acclaim CEO Alex Josef said: "It's a relaunch, and revitalization of the Acclaim brand with a completely new team.

"Some players have an association with Acclaim in the past, but it's an all new team."

Josef added Acclaim will "provide all of the resources needed" to its indie developers to ensure the publisher can bring its games "to the widest possible audiences".

He continued: "First and foremost, the new Acclaim is going to ...