The subsequent two DLC fighters aren’t even out but and there’s chatter of Mortal Kombat 1 wrapping up its post-launch assist early.
Compared to its contemporaries, issues don’t appear to be wanting good for Mortal Kombat 1. The likes of Street Fighter 6 and Guilty Gear Strive nonetheless have DLC characters on the way in which, Tekken 8 followers predict a brand new character reveal at The Game Awards, and even King Of Fighters 15 is confirmed to be getting two new characters subsequent week.
Admittedly, Mortal Kombat 1 additionally has two extra DLC fighters scheduled, with visitor stars Conan the Barbarian and the T-1000 from Terminator 2. Both lack launch dates however, at this charge, they’ll possible arrive in 2025.
However, a well-liked hearsay alleges that these characters will mark a surprisingly fast finish to Mortal Kombat 1’s post-launch assist, lower than two years afters its September 2023 launch.
This hearsay gained traction every week in the past courtesy of FateUnknown, a trusted Mortal Kombat leaker. According to them, there have been plans for a 3rd pack of DLC characters and one other story enlargement, however they’ve just lately been cancelled.
This has since been corroborated by Mortal Kombat dataminer thethiny, who claims to have been informed by two different insiders that the third character pack has been canned, with no extra DLC deliberate after the T-1000.
While not a leaker themselves, thethiny can also be thought of a good supply amongst Mortal Kombat followers, as they did accurately leak details in regards to the Khaos Reigns story enlargement and the addition of animalities.
However, thethiny notes that not one of the leakers appear to agree on what the characters would have been within the third DLC pack. This might be as a consequence of plans altering at developer NetherRealm Studios or these insiders being given intentionally flawed data to obfuscate the studio’s precise plans, though some followers are hoping this implies the cancellation claims are literally false.
As for why any DLC can be cancelled to start with, it’s steered it’s partially because of the poor gross sales of the Khaos Reigns enlargement, on prime of disappointing gross sales of the principle sport.
Mortal Kombat 1 has bought 4 million models to date however whereas that appears good on the face of it, new Mortal Kombat video games usually make the highest 10 best-selling titles within the US on their 12 months of launch (it’s proportionally a lot much less common in the remainder of the world) however that wasn’t the case this time spherical.
For instance, Mortal Kombat 11, was the fifth best-selling sport of 2019 within the US with a lifetime whole of over 15 million copies bought.
It’s not fully clear why there can be such a sudden drop-off in curiosity, however it appears the sport’s reboot of its long-running storyline, and new backstories for many characters, didn’t go down properly with followers.
Fans have additionally complained in regards to the sport’s monetisation (although Mortal Kombat 11 was additionally flooded with microtransactions), a basic disinterest within the story, and the dearth of any model new characters or options.
The solely genuinely new gameplay mechanic (if you happen to don’t depend the assorted different fighter video games which have carried out one thing comparable earlier than) is the Kameo system, the place you may name in help characters that can assist you, however it’s simple to seek out fan discussions on Reddit that present how unpopular it proved to be.
At the time of writing, neither Warner Bros. nor NetherRealm have commented on the rumours. Although, when a fan introduced them up with creative director Ed Boon, by asking for extra DLC, he solely responded with, ‘I recognize the type phrases.’
As for what may occur subsequent, NetherRealm might shift consideration to its DC combating sport collection, Injustice. Everyone anticipated an Injustice 3 would have come after Mortal Kombat 11, since NetherRealm often flips backwards and forwards between the 2 collection.
However, Boon admitted final 12 months that there have been a number of components that prompted the studio to interrupt custom and follow Mortal Kombat, together with needing to acclimatise to a brand new sport engine and the poor timing of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to a latest remark from Warner Bros. although, Mortal Kombat is considered one of its ‘4 sturdy and worthwhile sport franchises’ alongside Harry Potter, Game Of Thrones, and DC Comics. Which on the very least implies that there ought to be extra video games sooner or later, though it gained’t be a shock in the event that they ditch Mortal Kombat 1’s storyline.
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