Warner Bros. has confirmed what Mortal Kombat 1 followers feared after the current launch of the Definitive Edition: no new DLC characters or story chapters shall be launched for the game.
Mortal Kombat 1 has bought 5 million copies, with the franchise now up to 100 million. Mortal Kombat 11 grew to become the best-selling game in the franchise by passing Mortal Kombat X's practically 11 million items bought worldwide quickly after launch. By 2022, Mortal Kombat 11 had bought more than 15 million copies worldwide. Clearly, Mortal Kombat 1 has underperformed in contrast to earlier video games in the collection.
In a tweet on the official Mortal Kombat social media account, Warner Bros. acknowledged the disappointment the information will trigger gamers, "however our group at NetherRealm wants to shift focus to the subsequent venture so as to make it as great as we presumably can.”
Warner Bros. failed to say what this new venture is, however present hypothesis factors to Injustice 3, a continuation of NetherRealm’s DC combating game collection.
Here’s the assertion in full:
We are listening to gamers’ requests for continued game help of Mortal Kombat 1, and, whereas we’ll proceed to help 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.
We perceive this shall be disappointing for followers, however our group at NetherRealm wants to shift focus to the subsequent venture so as to make it as great as we presumably can.
March 2025's release of the T-1000 visitor character, which got here a year-and-a-half after the release of Mortal Kombat 1 itself, now goes down as the game’s remaining main content material drop. For context, in July 2021, NetherRealm introduced it had began work on its subsequent venture (Mortal Kombat 1) and, as a end result, there could be no additional DLC for Mortal Kombat 11. That announcement got here two years and three months after the release of the game. Today’s announcement comes one 12 months and eight months after the release of Mortal Kombat 1.
Players are already bringing up prior feedback from NetherRealm improvement chief Ed Boon, who had promised followers years of help. Indeed, many are now pointing to a September 2024 tweet from Boon, who at the time moved to reassure followers already involved that the studio had moved onto its subsequent game by saying: “NetherRealm is still fully committed to supporting Mortal Kombat 1 for a long time to come.”
(*1*), the pink ninja developer Boon had been teasing for years. That sparked a enjoyable community-wide effort that breathed new life into the game. But that was a uncommon brilliant spot for what has, general, been a disappointing release for a lot of core Mortal Kombat followers.
What now for Mortal Kombat? Parent firm Warner Bros. Discovery has indicated that it nonetheless believes the gory combating game franchise has a future. In November, CEO David Zaslav stated that on the video games aspect of issues, the company plans to double down on just four titles, one of which was Mortal Kombat. Movie adaptation Mortal Kombat 2 is due out later this 12 months.
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