Confirmation: Mortal Kombat 1 will no longer get DLC characters or story chapters, as Netherrealm “needs to shift the focus to the next project”

What has Warner Bros. confirmed Live kombat 1 Fans are worried that after the recently released “Authoritative Edition”: the game will release the game's new DLC characters or story chapters.

Mortal Kombat 1 sold 5 million copies, and the franchise is now as high as 100 million copies. The Mortal Kombat 11 became the best-selling game in the series, shortly after its launch, with nearly 11 million units sold through the Mortal Kombat X. By 2022, Mortal Kombat 11 has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. Apparently, Mortal Kombat 1 has been underperforming compared to previous games in the series.

exist tweet On the official deadly social media account, Warner Bros. admitted the news will cause disappointment for the players, “but our team at Netherrealm needs to shift the focus to the next project to make it as good as possible.”

Warner Bros. has failed to say what the new project is, but current speculation points to the Unjust 3, a continuation of Netherrealm’s DC Fighting Games series.

Here is the full statement:

We are listening to players’ demands for ongoing game support for Mortal Kombat 1, and while we will continue to support Mortal Kombat 1 with balanced tweaks and fixes, DLC characters or story chapters released from this point will not be available.

We understand that this will be disappointing for fans, but the team at Netherrealm needs to shift the focus to the next project to make it do as much as possible.

The March 2025 release of the T-1000 guest character, released a year and a half after Mortal Kombat 1 itself, is now down as the game's final main content has dropped. For July 2021, NetherRealm announced that it had started working on its next project (Mortal Kombat 1), so there is no further DLC for Mortal Kombat 11. The announcement was released two years and three months after the competition. Today's announcement comes one year and eight months after the release of Mortal Kombat 1.

Players have already made previous comments from Netherrealm Development Cemens Ed Boon, which assured fans of years of support. indeed, Many people now point out the September 2024 tweetat the time he had already told fans who were already worried about the studio: “Netherrealm is still fully committed to supporting Mortal Kombat 1 for a long time.”

Mortal Kombat 1 enjoyed some revival together with Floyd's secret battle in Januarypink ninja developer Boon has been making fun of it for years. This sparked an interesting community-wide effort that brought a new life to the game. But this is a disappointing release for many core mortal combat fans, and it's a rare highlight.

Now is the deadly KOMBAT? Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery shows that it still believes the Gory Gyerge Game series has a future. In November, CEO David Zaslav said that in terms of the game, The company plans to win only four titles, one of which is Mortal Kombat. The movie adaptation Mortal Kombat 2 will be released later this year.

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