Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns was released on September 24, 2024. Though Cyrax, Sektor, and Noob Saibot were immediately made playable, Ghostface, T-1000, and Conan the Barbarian were slated to join in future updates. Among those guest characters, only Ghostface is available right now.
The future was looking bright for Mortal Kombat 1 as Ed Boon confirmed plans for years of content. This was only the second year for Mortal Kombat 1. However, it seems that plans might be changing according to a certain insider
According to Reddit “verified insider” FateUnknown, NetherRealm Studios had plans to work on Kombat Pack 3 and a second story expansion after they were finished with the Khaos Reigns content. Unfortunately, it’s now being claimed that this roadmap has been cancelled.
If this is true, then it means that there won’t be any additional DLC fighters for Mortal Kombat 1 after Kombat Pack 2. FateUnknown also claims that there will probably only be one or two more additional DLC Kameo characters added, but only because they’ve already had work done on them.
These cancellations are apparently due to the poor performance of Khaos Reigns. In other words, Khaos Reigns has underperformed in terms of sales.
No way???
To be fair a lot of people did say MK1 Khaos reigns was overpriced including the players & review outlets. But it’s interesting to see the knock on effect of this.
But it kind of sucks though that the game was getting better & better with these QoL updates & recently… pic.twitter.com/WQprywKEKk
— iScream (@iScreamFGC) November 26, 2024
While we’re not able to confirm this, it is worth mentioning Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns went on sale recently. From $49.99, the story expansion and DLC characters can now be acquired for $32.49, which marks the content down by 35%.
Rumors were suggesting that characters like Jade, Sonya, Cassie, and Kung Jin were potentially in consideration for Kombat Pack 3. If what FateUnknown says is true, then it means that these combatants won’t be coming to Mortal Kombat 1 at all.
During our review for Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns, we noted that the story expansion was the worst one that NetherRealm Studios had ever produced. Despite that, we did praise the design for Cyrax, Sektor, and Noob Saibot as DLC fighters.
Ultimately though, we felt as though Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns was being overpriced for what it was. At the time, it was our recommendation to just purchase the DLC characters individually while skipping the story, but we learned later that doing this would only result in saving a few dollars.
Evidently, the Khaos Reigns story expansion has not been well received by fans and outlets alike. Needless to say, this is likely what resulted in it selling poorly.
As of right now, it’s unknown what could be next for NetherRealm Studios if future content for Mortal Kombat 1 is truly being cancelled. More than likely, Warner Bros. will be pushing NetherRealm Studios to ramp up development on their next game, which has apparently been in preproduction for about three years now.