On this planet of preventing video games, NetherRealm fighters are an odd duck. Video games like Responsible Gear, Avenue Fighter, and Tekken are likely to get souped up with DLC for half a decade or extra earlier than the subsequent entry is even introduced—however like Mortal Kombat 11 earlier than it, Mortal Kombat 1 is meting out with additional main updates after round two years.
NetherRealm broke the information in a thread on X, saying “whereas we’ll proceed to assist Mortal Kombat 1 by way of steadiness changes and fixes, there won’t be extra DLC characters or story chapters launched from this level on.” A follow-up reply mentioned the information is “disappointing for followers” however essential to make the studio’s subsequent sport “as nice as we presumably can.”
This all comes two years after artistic director Ed Boon mentioned on X that MK1 was meant to get extra post-launch assist than any Mortal Kombat earlier than it. However the place MK11’s finish was declared after greater than two years of assist, the MK1 information comes solely a few yr and a half after the sport’s launch in September 2023.
Whereas it had wacky popular culture crossovers worthy of the most effective modem MK video games, our assessment touched on a sure sense of aptitude Mortal Kombat 1 was lacking. As reviewer Robin Valentine put it, it felt “fated to be remembered because the least attention-grabbing of the fashionable MK video games.” Nonetheless, followers hoping for extra updates to construct out its roster should anticipate the subsequent sport, whether or not that is Injustice 3 or Mortal Kombat, uh, 2.
Within the meantime, I suppose we’ll all need to pack ourselves into theaters for the Mortal Kombat film like so many writhing, nostalgia-drunk sardines. If you have not tried MK1 and need to give it a go whereas the participant base remains to be round, the sport is obtainable on Steam.