There will be no more additions to Mortal Kombat 1, developer NetherRealm has confirmed.
In a post on social media, it was announced that there wouldn’t be anymore DLC or story additions to the latest game in the long-running fighting franchise.
“We are hearing players’ requests for continued game support of Mortal Kombat 1, and, while we will continue to support Mortal Kombat 1 through balance adjustments and fixes, there will not be additional DLC characters or story chapters released from this point on,” the post reads.
“We understand this will be disappointing for fans, but our team at NetherRealm needs to shift focus to the next project in order to make it as great as we possibly can.”
Rumors of the end of support for Mortal Kombat 1 had been circulating for months. It was originally reported that all future DLC was cancelled after the Kombat Pack 2 and the Khaos Reigns expansion sold poorly. When it was announced that a Definitive Edition of the game was releasing, it seemed like the writing was on the wall for the end of the game. However, it had not been confirmed until the official tweet.
The final DLC release for the game was the T-1000 Terminator, which launched back in March.
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Tell Ed Boon deliver on Def Jam already! We want YoungBoy! Also apologize for reposting Megan and apologize to Tory who was wrongfully jailed and innocent!
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MK is a dead brand. Bring Def Jam back already that would actually do well and sell DLC. Ed promised this on X. No excuse for messing up the females designs now. Unreal 5 too