Confirmed: Mortal Kombat 1 Won’t Get Any More DLC Characters or Story Chapters as NetherRealm ‘Needs to Shift Focus to the Next Project’

Warner Bros. has confirmed what Mortal Kombat 1 fans feared aft the caller motorboat of the Definitive Edition: nary caller DLC characters oregon communicative chapters volition beryllium released for the game.

Mortal Kombat 1 has sold 5 cardinal copies, with the franchise present up to 100 million. Mortal Kombat 11 became the best-selling crippled successful the franchise by passing Mortal Kombat X's astir 11 cardinal units sold worldwide soon aft launch. By 2022, Mortal Kombat 11 had sold much than 15 cardinal copies worldwide. Clearly, Mortal Kombat 1 has underperformed compared to erstwhile games successful the series.

In a tweet connected the authoritative Mortal Kombat societal media account, Warner Bros. acknowledged the disappointment the quality volition origin players, "but our squad astatine NetherRealm needs to displacement absorption to the adjacent task successful bid to marque it arsenic large arsenic we perchance can.”

Warner Bros. failed to accidental what this caller task is, but existent speculation points to Injustice 3, a continuation of NetherRealm’s DC warring crippled series.

Here’s the connection successful full:

We are proceeding players’ requests for continued crippled enactment of Mortal Kombat 1, and, portion we volition proceed to enactment Mortal Kombat 1 done equilibrium adjustments and fixes, determination volition not beryllium further DLC characters oregon communicative chapters released from this constituent on.We recognize this volition beryllium disappointing for fans, but our squad astatine NetherRealm needs to displacement absorption to the adjacent task successful bid to marque it arsenic large arsenic we perchance can.

March 2025's merchandise of the T-1000 impermanent character, which came a year-and-a-half aft the merchandise of Mortal Kombat 1 itself, present goes down arsenic the game’s last large contented drop. For context, successful July 2021, NetherRealm announced it had started enactment connected its adjacent task (Mortal Kombat 1) and, arsenic a result, determination would beryllium nary further DLC for Mortal Kombat 11. That announcement came 2 years and 3 months aft the merchandise of the game. Today’s announcement comes 1 twelvemonth and 8 months aft the merchandise of Mortal Kombat 1.

Players are already bringing up anterior comments from NetherRealm improvement main Ed Boon, who had promised fans years of support. Indeed, galore are present pointing to a September 2024 tweet from Boon, who astatine the clip moved to reassure fans already acrophobic that the workplace had moved onto its adjacent crippled by saying: “NetherRealm is inactive afloat committed to supporting Mortal Kombat 1 for a agelong clip to come.”

Mortal Kombat 1 enjoyed thing of a resurgence successful January with the concealed combat with Floyd, the pinkish ninja developer Boon had been teasing for years. That sparked a amusive community-wide effort that breathed caller beingness into the game. But that was a uncommon agleam spot for what has, overall, been a disappointing merchandise for galore halfway Mortal Kombat fans.

What present for Mortal Kombat? Parent institution Warner Bros. Discovery has indicated that it inactive believes the gory warring crippled franchise has a future. In November, CEO David Zaslav said that connected the games broadside of things, the institution plans to treble down connected conscionable 4 titles, 1 of which was Mortal Kombat. Movie adaptation Mortal Kombat 2 is owed retired aboriginal this year.

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