Mortal Kombat 1’s subsequent 12 months of content material will carry six extra characters, new story content material, and a returning ending transfer, the Animality, to the combating recreation, developer NetherRealm Studios introduced at San Diego Comedian-Con on Friday.
NetherRealm chief inventive officer Ed Boon was available at SDCC 2024 to disclose a brand new Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath-style add-on known as Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns, which arrives on Sept. 24. That enlargement will embrace the next characters:
- Cyrax
- Sektor
- Noob Saibot
- Terminator T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Ghostface from Scream
- Conan the Barbarian
Cyrax, Noob Saibot, and Sektor will probably be obtainable when Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns launches in September. The three remaining visitor fighters will probably be launched afterward, at to-be-announced dates.
Cyrax and Sektor, who’re each cyborg ninjas, are already featured in Mortal Kombat 1 as Kameo Fighters. However the brand new iterations are feminine human variations of the characters. Voice actors Enuka Okuma, Erika Ishii, and Kaiji Tang are confirmed to voice Cyrax, Sektor, and Noob Saibot, respectively. (Tang additionally voiced Sub-Zero/Bi-Han in MK1.)
Roger L. Jackson will reprise his position because the voice of Ghostface, and Robert Patrick will return to voice the T-1000 in Khaos Reigns.
Animalities, a ending transfer launched in Mortal Kombat 3, are additionally returning in 12 months 2 of MK1. These Fatality-like strikes contain characters remodeling into animals and killing their opponents in ingenious methods. On the Mortal Kombat 1 SDCC panel, NetherRealm confirmed a few Animality examples: Mileena remodeling right into a praying mantis and consuming her opponent, and Rain remodeling right into a puffer fish, then exploding his sufferer from the within. A trailer for Khaos Reigns revealed way more, with Animality strikes that embrace a hyena, hippopotamus, a gorilla, and a scorpion. (Huh, I ponder who that may be?)
Mortal Kombat 1’s expanded story will give attention to masochistic menace Havok and his resolution to unleash chaos on the NetherRealm on the finish of the unique recreation’s story. Havok serves as Khaos Reign’s main risk, and appears to be answerable for reviving Sub-Zero as Noob Saibot.
The Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns enlargement prices $49.99 on PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Sequence X. The Nintendo Swap model prices $39.99. Kombat Pack 2 won’t be obtainable as a stand-alone character bundle, writer Warner Bros. mentioned in a information launch.
Kombat Pack 1 included six post-launch characters for Mortal Kombat 1: MK mainstays Quan Chi, Ermac, and Takeda, and visitor characters Invincible’s Omni-Man, The Boys’ Homelander, and DC’s Peacemaker. Six Kameo Fighters had been additionally launch by way of DLC, with Mavado, Ferra, Tremor, Janet Cage, and Khameleon becoming a member of as help characters.
The Mortal Kombat sequence’ roster of visitor characters has sometimes been extremely diversified, leaning on comedian e-book, motion film, and horror movie villains and antiheroes to flesh out its lineup. The earlier recreation within the franchise, Mortal Kombat 11, featured John Rambo, RoboCop, the Terminator T-800, Spawn, and The Joker as visitor fighters. Previous video games have featured God of Conflict’s Kratos, Alien’s Xenomorph, and Friday the thirteenth’s Jason Voorhees as playable characters.
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