Mortal Kombat 1’s subsequent yr of content material will deliver six extra characters, new story content material, and a returning ending transfer, the Animality, to the preventing 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 referred to as Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns, which arrives on Sept. 24. That enlargement will embody 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 can be obtainable when Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns launches in September. The three remaining visitor fighters can 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 yr 2 of MK1. These Fatality-like strikes contain characters reworking into animals and killing their opponents in ingenious methods. On the Mortal Kombat 1 SDCC panel, NetherRealm confirmed a few Animality examples: Mileena reworking right into a praying mantis and consuming her opponent, and Rain reworking right into a puffer fish, then exploding his sufferer from the within. A trailer for Khaos Reigns revealed far more, with Animality strikes that embody a hyena, hippopotamus, a gorilla, and a scorpion. (Huh, I’m wondering who that is likely to be?)
Mortal Kombat 1’s expanded story will concentrate on masochistic menace Havok and his determination to unleash chaos on the NetherRealm on the finish of the unique recreation’s story. Havok serves as Khaos Reign’s main menace, and appears to be accountable 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 Change model prices $39.99. Kombat Pack 2 is not going to 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 various, leaning on comedian ebook, 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 Warfare’s Kratos, Alien’s Xenomorph, and Friday the thirteenth’s Jason Voorhees as playable characters.
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