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Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) Conan the Barbarian Kombat Kast, Gameplay Trailer & Screenshots

by Gambid on Jan 17, 2025 :: 1

Netherrealm Studios just lifted the vail surrounding Conan the Barbarian, the 5th Kombat Pack 2 DLC character to join the ever growing roster of Mortal Kombat 1 (2023). They offered us a lot of new information, footage and screenshots, so lets start. First here is the gameplay trailer for the new character.

The trailer gives us a very good look at Conan's mastery with the sword and some of his special and finishing moves.

Here is what the developer has to say about the Conan the Barbarian:

Downloadable content guest fighter Conan the Barbarian is the towering Cimmerian warrior from the Conan the Barbarian (1982) film, featuring the likeness of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role of the title character.

Born on a battlefield, Conan has become one of the most formidable warriors the world has ever seen through relentless toil and kombat. Sold into slavery after his parents are slain and village destroyed by the malevolent warlord Thulsa Doom, he is eventually freed by his master and embarks on a quest for vengeance, his journey culminating in the defeat of Doom, liberating thousands from his sorcerous grip. In Mortal Kombat 1, Conan stands ready to defend Earthrealm against the vile beings that mean to conquer it.

Conan’s distinct yet devastating moveset is on full display in the new trailer and is built around his iconic Atlantean Sword. The master blade-wielder can perform complex maneuvers with the imposing steel weapon, including his intricate sword spinning and signature overhead chop to take down opponents with brute force. The video also reveals one of Conan’s gruesome Fatalities and teases the fighter’s Animality, the brutal finishing move that morphs the character into a powerful bull to annihilate defeated opponents. The fan favorite Animalities are available now as a free content update for all Mortal Kombat 1 owners.

To promote the new fighter and all the additional upcoming changes to the game, Netherrealm Studios released the 12th instalment of the Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) Kombat Kast, focusing on Conan the Barbarian and giving a lot of information about the upcoming balance changes and new/modified moves for characters such as Reiko, Raiden and Kitana.

Mortal Kombat 1 Conan the BarbarianTrailer

In addition it also revealed that Invasions Season 10 will be a repeat of the Season of the Blood Moon. The season first appeared as Season 2, when Invasions was a far cry from its current state in terms of encounter variety and overall gameplay maturity. So here we also expect that this season will feel very much like a new one. The developer is also promising new rewards to be added, including for some of the DLC characters.

Didn't watch the live broadcast? Here is your chance to catch up:

The Kombat Kast was streamed on:

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/netherrealm
YouTube: https://youtube.com/MortalKombat
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@mortalkombat

What we also have for you this time are some really nice screenshots of the new DPC fighter. Have a look:

Click here to visit our Mortal Kombat 1 Screenshots page and see all screenshots for the game.

Conan the Barbarian arrives for all Khaos Reigns owners on January 21st, 2025. The character will be available for a separate purchase for everyone else starting January 28th, 2025

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MK1 (2023) Pro Kompetition Season 2 Program, Trailer, All Details, T-1000, Conan & Next Kombat Kast

by Roy Arkon on Jan 15, 2025 :: 1

Netherrealm Studios has released the official trailer for Season 2 of the Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) Pro Kompetition, the biggest tournament for all competitive Mortal Kombat players around the globe, with a prize pool of $255,000.

The trailer also includes additional, never before seen gameplay footage of Conan, ahead of his Kombat Kast on January 16, 2025 and a first glimpse at the T-1000, the sixth and final DLC character from Kombat Pack 2. If that wasn't enough, we also get to see one of Conan the Barbarian's Brutalities.

Check out the full trailer with all the teases included, enjoy:

Have a look at the official press-release for the official schedule and a lot of additional details:

WARNER BROS. GAMES, NETHERREALM STUDIOS, AND RTS ANNOUNCE MORTAL KOMBAT 1 PRO KOMPETITION: SEASON 2 PROGRAM
New Season of Global Esports Program to Feature $255,000 USD Total Prize Pool

Season 2 Trailer Reveals New Look at Upcoming Characters Conan the Barbarian & T-1000 Terminator

Official Conan the Barbarian Gameplay Trailer Debuting on 16th January Kombat Kast
Burbank, Calif. – 15th January, 2025 – Warner Bros. Games, NetherRealm Studios, and RTS today announced the schedule and program details for the Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition: Season 2, marking the return of the global esports program featuring Mortal Kombat 1. Kombatants of all ranks will have a chance to kompete for a cut of the $255,000 USD prize pool across a variety of live, in-person events in North America, Latin America, South America, and Europe, as well as multiple online tournaments.

Season 2 will begin with Pro Kompetition Mexico, an in-person event hosted in Mexico City on 22nd February, and the program will culminate at the Final Kombat World Championship, scheduled for September 2025. For more information or to register for an event, visit the Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition online hub.

A new trailer for the Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition: Season 2 was released, including highlights from past events, along with a new look at upcoming guest fighters, Conan the Barbarian and T-1000 Terminator. Conan the Barbarian will be released on 21st January as part of the early access period for Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns Expansion owners, followed by wide availability on 28th January. Featuring the likeness of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role of the title character, the towering warrior from the Conan the Barbarian (1982) film will be available for use during tournament play when Season 2 begins. The official Conan the Barbarian gameplay trailer will be debuted on tomorrow’s Kombat Kast, giving fans a deeper dive on this powerful fighter. Release timing and availability for T-1000 Terminator will be announced at a later date.

The road to the Final Kombat World Championship will have four different paths. There will be 10 in-person events, each with 1 vs. 1 double-elimination brackets where players can earn points towards their global leaderboard ranking. The top eight players with the most leaderboard points from in-person events will earn a spot in Final Kombat.

Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition in-person events include:

Pro Kompetition Mexico – Mexico City, Mex. (Feb. 22-23)

Viennality – Vienna, Austria (March 1-2)

Texas Showdown – Houston, Texas (March 28-30)

gamescom latam – São Paulo, Brazil (May 1-4)

Combo Breaker – Chicago, Ill. (May 23-25)

CEO Fighting Game Championships – Orlando, Fla. (June 13-15)

Brussels Challenge – Brussels, Belgium (Spring/Summer 2025)

Evo 2025 – Las Vegas, Nev. (Aug. 1-3)

Blink Respawn – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Summer 2025)

VSFighting – Birmingham, U.K. (Summer/Autumn 2025)

The winner of the Pro Kompetition event at Evo will also automatically qualify for a spot in Final Kombat.

Additionally, players can kompete in online Pro Kompetition tournaments based on their location, with divisions and sub-divisions broken out by geographic region, including the North American League (North America East and North America West), InterKontinental Kombat (Europe East, Europe West, Oceanic, and Middle East), and Liga Latina (Brazil, Mexico, South America North, and South America South). Each regional division will have two online qualifier events and one online regional final, with 10 online players earning a spot in Final Kombat – two winners from the North American League, four winners from InterKontinental Kombat, and four winners from Liga Latina. Please note, participation in online tournaments will not award points towards the global leaderboard. Players must participate in any of the 10 in-person events to add points to their leaderboard ranking.

The remaining finals spot will be awarded to the winner of the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) event, an open in-person tournament that will be held at the Final Kombat location. The winner of the LCQ will round out the 20-player field kompeting in Final Kombat.

All 20 players kompeting in Final Kombat will be split into four groups of five players and kompete in a round-robin format. The top two players from each group, eight total, will advance to the final bracket and kompete in a double-elimination format, with all players starting from the winner’s side. The winner of the final bracket will become the Final Kombat World Champion. Exact timing and location for Final Kombat will be confirmed at a later date.

The Pro Kompetition will allow fans to experience all of the high level match-ups and heated battles with more than 100 hours of live kompetition over 20 days, which can be viewed at Twitch.tv/NetherRealm, YouTube.com/MortalKombat, and Facebook.com/MortalKombat.

Pro Kompetition participants will have an opportunity to kompete in tournament matches with characters from Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns, the recent expansion for Mortal Kombat 1, the latest installment in the acclaimed videogame franchise developed by award-winning NetherRealm Studios. Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns is available now digitally for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, the Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), including a story expansion with playable fighters Cyrax, Sektor, Noob Saibot, Ghostface, Conan the Barbarian (available beginning Jan. 21), and T-1000 Terminator (release date to be announced).

For more information on the Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition: Season 2, please visit the online hub.

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Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) - Tons of Secrets and Easter Eggs

by Roy Arkon on Jan 9, 2025 :: 0

Over the long history of the Mortal Kombat series, there have been many secrets, Easter Eggs, references and callbacks in the various games of the franchise. Whatever they were for for other MK media pieces or other IP's, whatever they were hidden or very visible, and whatever they were big or small, you knew to expect some of them in the games.

Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) is no exception, as there have been multiple secrets and Easter Eggs that have been discovered recently, including those by yours truly. So check out the video below from my channel, where all of them are being showcased, including Easter Eggs for previous MK games like as Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, other games from other fighting game IP's like the Soul Calibur series, and hidden secrets that can be found in MK1 (2023)'s Invasions mode.

Enjoy!

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Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) On DC's Creature Commandos Animated Show

by Roy Arkon on Dec 27, 2024 :: 0

Mortal Kombat is no stranger to cameo appearances (no pun intended) on various other franchises across all types of media. This includes the DC Universe, with which MK had multiple crossovers with in the past, most famously, Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe in 2008.

Now there's another one. On the latest episode of the new DC animated series, Creature Commandos, we see one scene where Clayface, a DC villain, playing Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) on his TV in the living room with his Xbox Series console.

This isn't the last time we see an MK game being played in DC media, as Mortal Kombat X was seen being played in the first Shazam! movie. With both MK and DC being properties both owned by WB Games, it's only a matter of time before we see another crossover between the two.

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Is Kung Jin Coming To Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) As A Kameo?

by Roy Arkon on Dec 27, 2024 :: 0

As we all know, Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) still have two more characters for Kombat Pack 2, those being Conan the Barbarian and T-1000. However, one can only wander what is cming next for the game, and what characters might join the both the kameo and the main roster. Well, it appears we might have a glimpse of what's to come.

Sergio Nicolas Benitez, who is a character artist at Collider Craftworks and has worked on Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), has gone to ArtStation to share some images of the work he has done, including some that show a 3D model of Kung Jin. According to the description, Kung Jin is (or may be was, we do not know) a Kameo fighter in the game.

It makes sense that the archer from Mortal Kombat X will be playable in some capacity, as he did appear in the base story of Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), in the last chapter along with the rest of that Kombat Kids, where we can also see Takeda, who did make it to game as the final character of Kombat Pack 1. So is this a sign that we will get Kung Jin as a Kameo? Only time will tell.

For now, take a look at all the screenshots below, enjoy:

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