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During this years CCXP Brazil, Netherrealm Studios Creative Director Ed Boon stopped by for a brief interview and managed to drop a huge amount of information announcing some of the things that will be coming down the road for Mortal Kombat 1 (2023).
Let's have a look:

• Quan Chi plays nothing like the Quan Chi we know from Story Mode. Everything he does is based on magic.
• Khameleon is one of the more complex Kameos that we have so far in the game, being able to shift between Kitana, Mileena and Jade.

For more on these two topics, including screenshots and release dates, click here or directly watch the Quan Chi and Khameleon gameplay trailer right here:
During the interview Ed Boon did briefly touch on several other interesting topics:

• Netherrealm Studios will be working on supporting Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) for years to come. No time frame was given, however Ed Boon did mention, for longer than Mortal Kombat 11.
• A lot of elements from the Peacemaker TV Series will make it into Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), like the dance and Eagly.
• Peacemaker will be the main character DLC to come after Quan Chi.
• We will get a Story DLC at some point down the road, similar to Mortal Kombat 11
• The team is working on a huge surprise for the game after the release of the Story DLC.
• Netherrealm Studios currently has a few new characters in the works.

Did you miss the event? You can still stream it online and you can also watch the interview in the stream from the last day, just jump to the 6 hour mark:
So, what do you think of all these new information, tell us in the comments.

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Netherrealm Studios and WBGames have just released the gameplay trailer for Quan Chi and Khameleon (Kameo) the second batch of DLC for Mortal Kombat 1 (2023). Have a look and make sure to watch until the end to get your first glimpse at John Cena's Peacemaker:
While Quan Chi was seen fairly recent in Mortal Kombat X, Khameleon was last playable in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and this marks her first appearance as a character on a non Nintendo console. Quan Chi's gameplay is heavily based on his connection to the Netherrealm while Khameleon is seen impersonating/mimicking Kitana's, Mileena's and Jade's color and abilities. While Khameleon was part of Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) Story mode as a member of the Umgadi, we have yet to learn whether she can mimic Tanya as well.
Before we continue with our huge batch of hi-res screenshots, I would like to turn your attention towards just one of them:
Upon inspecting the arena more closely, we cannot match it to any currently existing arena in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023). Is it possible that we are getting a new one, is it The Netherrealm? Did we make a mistake? We don't know yet. Do you have an idea, tell us in the comments.

Now that we covered everything, don't forget to have a look at all screenshots we have for you:

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

Quan Chi will be available in early access for owners of the Kombat Pack starting December 14th, 2023 and a week later for everyone else to purchase, while Khameleon will be available in January 2024.

What do you think of Quan Chi, Khameleon and the possibly new arena for Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)? Tell us in the comments.

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Today, Tremor was added to Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) as the newest Kameo fighter to the game. However, when the character was trending on X upon it's release today, he was trending alongside another character, Michonne Hawthorne, from The Walking Dead series.


That coincidence however actually has more weight to it. As the simultaneous trending went on, Ed Boon came to X to share an interesting piece of information. When he was in talks with Robert Kirkman, Co-Creator of the Invincible series (which is where Omni-Man comes from) as well as the creator of The Walking Dead, they originally talked about adding Michonne to MK1 (2023), but at the end they decided to go with Omni-Man instead.

As we all know, Mortal Kombat has never had a female guest character before, and this could've been the very first instance of such character to appear. Now that we know that Michonne was considered to be in MK1 (2023), does she still has a chance to appear in future updates? Only time will tell.

Do you think that Michonne Hawthorne still has a chance to appear? Let us know in the comments.

For more information about Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), check out our section for the game right here.

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With the release of Invasions Season 2 Netherrealm addressed a common complain of the players that the Secret Fights are happening too frequently by hardening the conditions for them (and probably not every encounter has one any more) so much so that you can go all the through Invasions without unlocking a single secret fight. Well, we now know the conditions to trigger the Secret Battle for the Final Boss of Season 2:

• Play as Sub-Zero
• Perform a Fatality

If done right, you will trigger a secret fight against Sub-Zero in a skin, that we right now assume would be his skin in the upcoming Invasions season of which he would be the final boss.

Here we have a video for you:
Knowing this turns this Secret Fight really into something special, so well done. Before you ask, there is no real reward for winning the fight.

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Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), the latest installment of the Mortal Kombat franchise has been around for a bit longer than two months and we are already seeing some hefty 30% discounts for the game on the different platforms.

Both the Standard and the Premium digital editions are now 30% off on the PS5 store. This is definitely a great offer if you were planning to get the game but were waiting for a discount.
In this case we recommend you to get directly the Premium Edition and we will explain why in a second.

Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) was also discounted (30%) on XBox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. However, there is something you need to be aware of if you are planning on getting it and are happy about the discount. The only edition that was discounted on these platforms is the Standard, while the Premium retains its original price. When we add the prices of the Premium Edition additional content, we get approximately the following calculation:

• Kombat Pack: $39.99
• 1250 Dragon Krystals: $9.99
• Van Dam Johnny Cage Skin: Premium Store Only: approximately $9.99

These 3 combined with the discounted price of the Standard edition which is $48.99 gets you to $108.96 which is even higher than the not discounted Premium Edition on these platforms. So, in case you are on Nintendo Switch or XBox Series X/S we would recommend to get the Premium Edition or to wait for another discount. Of course, if you are looking for a cheaper entry into the game and don't care or can hold of for a DLC discount, then the Standard Edition is a good option as well.

The PC version of Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) was not discounted at all.

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