Mortal Kombat 1, the most recent preventing sport from developer NetherRealm Studios and writer Warner Bros. Games, has offered “practically” 3 million copies worldwide since its launch in September. The information comes from Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav in a current earnings name, confirming that the most recent bloody fighter was a monetary success.
“Mortal Kombat, whose most up-to-date launch, Mortal Kombat 1 has offered practically 3 million copies since its launch in mid-September,” stated Zaslav within the earnings report. Mortal Kombat 1 wasn’t solely a monetary success however obtain crucial acclaim too. As of writing, it at present has a mean rating of 84 on OpenCritic based mostly on 131 evaluations.
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In our full overview for Mortal Kombat 1, we referred to as it a “soulless husk of a reboot”, stating:
“Mortal Kombat 1 might be my least favorite entry within the sequence. While it appears to be like great and presents a real ‘next-gen’ visible expertise (particularly in comparison with the Switch port), I can’t assist however really feel your complete sport is only a soulless husk. The earlier video games have supplied great break-out mechanics coupled with a strong checklist of fighters. Mortal Kombat 1, however, is all forgettable.”
In different information, NetherRealm Studios laid out the launch schedule for its upcoming Kombat Pack DLC with Invincible‘s Omni-Man arriving first this month. The sport additionally infamously launched with a horrendous Nintendo Switch port that includes muddy visuals, bugs and glitches galore, quite a few efficiency points and lacking textures altogether. NetherRealm has since launched a patch for Switch that has fastened (nearly) every part, although it’s understood that gamers are nonetheless reporting technical hiccups.
As for a dream checklist of visitor fighters that might probably be featured within the franchise sooner or later, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon says he would actually prefer to get John Wick in Mortal Kombat. Previous datamines additionally found hidden dialogue recordsdata for Scream‘s Ghostface, although the long-lasting masked killer doesn’t seem like a part of the Kombat Pack. Not but, anyway.
Mortal Kombat 1 is now accessible for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch.
Source: Warner Bros
