NetherRealm introduced Khaos Reigns, the upcoming DLC on July 26th, 2024, with a bunch of thrilling tidbits to anticipate earlier than it’s launch. This characteristic will unpack the 15 issues you want to know earlier than executing your pre-order.
New story
Liu Kang’s newly reshaped universe is underneath menace in Khaos Reigns, with anarchic invaders rising from an alternate timeline forcing the him to summon a league of his most completed fighters to battle fearsome new foe, else the brand new period descends into everlasting agony.
New predominant villain
Sure, as per Mortal Kombat 1’s mid-credits scene, whereby a dominating Titan seems on-screen, the principal antagonist in Khaos Reigns is Chaosrealmer Havik himself. An often-overshadowed villain, the subsequent multi-versal battle, so Havik claims, will endure for eternity, bringing by no means ending chaos to Liu Kang’s new based realm. Encapsulating Titan Havik’s bloodlust, we see throughout Khaos Realms’ lately launched trailer him remodeling a tortured Bi-Han into a brand new model of Noob Saibot. Cyrax and Sektor’s newest iterations additionally that includes closely as a part of the perilous invading troop.
Marketing campaign size
A component of hypothesis right here however based mostly on Mortal Kombat 11’s Aftermath enlargement we estimate Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns to take 3 to 4 hours to finish, with as much as 8 chapters to battle by. It’s a meaty enlargement for positive, encompassing roughly half of Mortal Kombat 1’s predominant storyline size.
Kamidogu Daggers return
The Kamidogu are set to return in Khaos Realms. Their potential to make – or unmake – actuality renders them very important in Titan Havik’s quest to jeopardise the soundness of Liu Kang’s realm, so anticipate to see MK1’s upcoming DLC story centre on the battle to accumulate all of them, for the bearer of all Kamidogu – every bearing essence of their respective realms – grants energy to hazard existence itself. There’s hypothesis given Havik’s proclamation of blood born out of six stone-esque relics that the utilisation of those daggers might be distinct for the DLC.
Six new characters
So, inside Khaos Realms is Kombat Pack 2 that includes 6 new playable fighters. Instantly accessible upon the DLC’s launch are returning kombatants Cyrax and Sektor together with a brand new iteration of Noob Saibot. It’s stated that these three returnees will harbour distinctive backstories supporting Mortal Kombat 1’s reshaped universe. For starters, Cyrax and Sektor are ladies this time round. 3 visitor fighters additionally characteristic, however the launch date for these hasn’t been confirmed on the time of writing. Tying into NeatherRealm’s love of film tie-in fighters, Kombat Pack 2’s visitors are Scream’s Ghostface, Arnold Schwarzenegger champion Conan the Barbarian, and Terminator 2’s T-1000 with a likeness and voice offered by authentic actor Robert Patrick.
Cyrax
Martial arts prodigy and the youngest ever Lin Kuei warrior Cyrax might be a heavy presence all through Khaos Reigns. The fascinating factor right here: with Bi-Han’s newest descent into Noob Saibot having potential to have an effect on the destiny of the Lin Kuei but Cyrax’s unwavering dedication to the clan, how intensive will the impression be to Cyrax’s character arc? Will her assist for Sektor be examined? Cyrex has featured essentially the most all through Khaos Reigns’ official trailers, so she’ll play a giant half make no mistake. We’ve been handled to quite a few glimpses of her signature transfer set, from explosive combos and power nets to her potential to wield cybernetic expertise for aerial assaults and evasion.
Sektor
Sektor, for her half, might be compelled to evolve Lin Kuei throughout Khaos Reigns’ marketing campaign to make sure its survival. Ominously, those that oppose this evolution she pledges to get rid of. Will Cyrax stand alongside her, or oppose Lin Kuei’s change? Hypothesis apart, Sektor is ready to grow to be amongst essentially the most formidable Kombatants in Mortal Kombat 1, her being the offspring of an completed warrior and grasp armorer that means she’s as lethal together with her fists and he or she is with weapons.
Noob Saibot
Sektor’s accountability as Sub-Zero’s most trusted lieutenant is examined by Bi-Han’s transformation into Noob Saibot by the hands of Titan Havik. Bi-Han’s dream of creating the Lin Kuei as essentially the most dominant Earthrealm drive is really useless as now, as the proper henchman to Havik, Noob Saibot is decided to convey dysfunction to the Liu Kang’s universe, eradicating all types of authority as per Titan Havik’s twisted imaginative and prescient.
Khaos Reigns might embrace Kameo fighters
We are saying might embrace Kameo fighters as a result of at current there is no such thing as a affirmation that any new Kameos are on the way in which. Mortal Kombat 1 launched with 15 Kameo fighters, with extra arriving all through Kombat Pack 1, so it appears extra possible we’ll get no less than a handful of latest supporting fighters than not. In any case, Mortal Kombat 1’s Kameo mechanic has been one of many recreation’s most well-received options, with the power to modify match-ups with a forged of secondary characters. For his half, collection co-creator Ed Boon has been polling followers on X as to which Kameo fighters they’d wish to see seem throughout Khaos Reigns. For those who haven’t seen the ballot, followers voted for Invincible.
Animalities are returning
Sure, the vicious animal-centric finishers first launched in 1995’s Mortal Kombat 3 are returning after a near-two a long time on the side-lines. Suitably brutal, animalities enable victorious fighters to rework into their spirit animal earlier than savagely mauling their crushed opponent to loss of life. Up to now we’ve seen Baraka remodel right into a vulture earlier than severing his opponent in half, while Shang Tsung’s cobra devours opponents entire. There’s going to be a complete host of ferocious finishers on supply in Khaos Reigns, which we’ll get into within the subsequent chapter however one vital factor to notice earlier than we get there may be that animalities might be accessible as a free content material replace for all Mortal Kombat 1 homeowners.
Khaos Reigns’ animalities in-depth
Our first glimpses of those brutal finishers got here in Khaos Reigns’ official trailers, however it wasn’t at all times clear which fighter the animality belonged to, except for Cyrax’s big hornet. Since these trailers, we’ve a handful extra animalities which we are able to attribute to a fighter: the hippopotamus devouring Shang Tsung is Geras and the wolf skewering Johnny Cage is Kenshi. Mileena has a suitably disturbing one, whereby she’ll morph into an orchid mantis earlier than stabbing her crushed foe within the shoulders, consuming their head, and splitting their torso in half. A pair extra to whet your urge for food: Havik will remodel right into a hyena, Rain a pufferfish (exploding inside their opponent’s physique, no much less), and Scorpion a large scorpion.
Further character skins
Further characters skins in each modern and basic varieties might be unlockable all through Khaos Reigns however at current we’re not aware about what these skins are.
New arenas
Just like the character skins, all we all know is that there might be new arenas included in Khaos Reigns, however we’ve not been given a exact deal with on what these arenas might be like simply but. We do, nevertheless, have rumours. Now we have a marriage venue-like space, a darkish ruinous stage, and an unnamed area set inside Titan Havik’s anarchic timeline.
Launch date
Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns launches digitally on September 24th to PC by way of Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer, PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and Nintendo Swap.
Pre-order bundles
For those who already personal Mortal Kombat 1 then the straightforward enlargement might be the one you’ll go for; the Khaos Reigns Enlargement unlocks all the brand new DLC content material together with story marketing campaign, Kombat Pack 2, and per week’s early entry to Kombat Pack 2’s visitor characters once they arrive. The Khaos Reigns Bundle lumps Kombat Pack 1 in with the pre-order which, for those who didn’t know, options 6 extra roster characters and 5 Kameo fighters. There’s additionally a Jean-Claude Van Damme pores and skin for Johnny Cage. Just like the Enlargement, you’ll have to personal Mortal Kombat 1 to go for this pre-order. The Khaos Reigns Kollection consists of all the pieces from the Bundle plus 1,250 Dragon Krystals and the bottom recreation. You’re going to should fork out substantial pennies whichever pre-order you go for although. $50 for the Enlargement, $60 for the Bundle, and whopping $90 for the Kollection.
