Monday, July 5th, 2021	(7-11-21)
	Mortal Kombat 11 DLC Support Ends After 2 Years

  

On July 2nd, NetherRealm Studios announced they are officially ending DLC support for Mortal Kombat 11 and are currently focused on their next project. What their next project is, or whether or not it's a fighting game, is currently unknown. In the official tweet, NRS clarified that no additional DLC characters will be added to MK11 beyond this point. Mortal Kombat 11 originally launched on April 23rd, 2019. In 2020, the game received two title updates, MK11: Aftermath and MK11: Ultimate — adding new characters, including action movie icons such as Terminator T-800, Joker, Spawn, Robocop, and Rambo. Below is the tweet from NRS confirming the news. NetherRealm is now focusing on its next project and after more than two years of supporting Mortal Kombat 11, DLC for the game, including characters, has come to an end. — Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate (@MortalKombat) July 2, 2021   Other modern and popular fighting games, such as Street Fighter V and TEKKEN 7, have seen DLC support continue for upwards of 5 years into multiple seasons — in part thanks to continued active player support, strong DLC sales, and record-breaking success in eSports worldwide. MK11 sales surpassed 8 million units worldwide, slightly more than SFV (5.5 million) and TEKKEN 7 (7 million), so it may come as a surprise to some fighting game fans that NRS would abruptly end support for the game... and so early.   [UPDATE] As a matter of fact... one fighting game fan by the name of Tommy Gagnon (designer and writer of the Mortal Kombat Kompendium) posted a chart on Twitter — uncloaking the rather-shocking visual showing the actual difference in the length of time DLC support has continued (and not-so-continued) for several modern fighting games over the course of 8 years. The chart's creator also wrote a Twitter thread on the topic.   UPDATE : The chart went a bit viral yesterday when @Murdoink & @Dame_Falcon RTed it and I was accused of purposefully ignoring Injustice 2, so I updated it with the proper MK11 length and added I2 (and Brawlhalla). Result? It reinforces the fact that, while companies... [thread] pic.twitter.com/GvVH5a9ADN — Tommy Gagnon - CEO of Dairou fans ?????? (@EvilStarLegacy) June 16, 2021 It's a pretty good thread. Click through on Twitter to read it. In the creator's words, "Bandai Namco and Capcom are focused on making the perfect fighting game (kept profitable through more expensive DLC passes with a longer release schedule), while WB Games are mostly focused on how much money they can make as fast as possible," said Tommy. He has a point... it's actually a fair assessment... and to many of us who play fighting games, it's not really news.   Anyhow, recent "rumors" claiming NetherRealm Studios has acquired the Marvel license — to actually develop a new fighting game with characters from the Marvel Universe — may have something to do with it... if true. If not a new Mortal Kombat game, most NRS fans will be expecting Injustice 3 as the company's next fighting game. Stay tuned on Fighters Generation for news on upcoming NRS games.
Sources:  Mortal Kombat (Twitter),  @EvilStarLegacy Related News  |   July 2021 MK Legends: Battle of the Realms Trailer The straight-to-DVD animated movie Mortal Kombat: Scorpion's Revenge is getting a sequel. The first trailer for MK Legends: Battle of the Realms shows some of the confirmed characters for the 2021 animated flick, including 3D era characters AKA "fresh blood", Li Mei and Reiko.   Related News:  (7-11-2021): Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Tarot Cards,    (7-2-2021): Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms Trailer,    (4-16-2021): TEKKEN 7 Celebrates 7 Million Copies Sold Worldwide,    (4-14-2021): Mortal Kombat (2021) Releases April 23,    (1-15-2021): Mortal Kombat (2021) Movie Screenshots & Cast   Related TFG Links:  MK11,  SFV,  TEKKEN 7,  Terminator,  Robocop,  Rambo | TFG NEWS
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