Mortal Kombat 1 year 2 DLC brings Scream’s Ghostface, Noob Saibot, and Animalities to the game

Mortal Kombat 1’s next year of content will bring six more DLC fighters and new story content to the game, developer NetherRealm Studios announced at San Diego Comic-Con.

NetherRealm chief creative officer Ed Boon was on hand at SDCC 2024 to reveal a new Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath-style add-on called Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns. Boon also confirmed the following characters will be coming to MK1’s main roster in year 2:

• Cyrax
• Sektor
• Noob Saibot
• Terminator T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Ghostface from Scream
• Conan the Barbarian

Sektor and Cyrax are already featured in Mortal Kombat 1 as Kameo Fighters, but the new versions of those characters aren’t those existing classic versions. Instead, the new Sektor and Cyrax appear to be female human versions of those cyborg ninjas. Voice actors Erika Ishii and Kaiji Tang are confirmed to voice Sektor and Noob Saibot, respectively. (Tang also voiced Sub-Zero/Bi-Han in MK1.)

Animalities, a finishing move introduced in Mortal Kombat 3, are also returning in year 2 of MK1. Those Fatality-like moves involve characters transforming into animals and killing their opponent in inventive ways. At the Mortal Kombat 1 SDCC panel, NetherRealm showed a couple Animality examples: Mileena transforming into a praying mantis and eating her opponent, and Rain transforming into a puffer fish then exploding his victim from the inside.

Kombat Pack 1 included six post-launch characters for Mortal Kombat 1: MK mainstays Quan Chi, Ermac, and Takeda, and guest characters Invincible’s Omni-Man, The Boys’ Homelander, and DC’s Peacemaker. Six Kameo Fighters were also release via DLC, with Mavado, Ferra, Tremor, Janet Cage, and Khameleon joining as assist characters.

The Mortal Kombat series’ roster of guest characters has typically been incredibly varied, leaning on comic book, action movie, and horror film villains and antiheroes to flesh out its lineup. The previous game in the franchise, Mortal Kombat 11, featured John Rambo, RoboCop, the Terminator T-800, Spawn, and The Joker as guest fighters. Past games have featured God of War’s Kratos, Alien’s Xenomorph, and Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees as playable characters.

Mortal Kombat 1 is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.

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