Mortal Kombat 1 Releases Its First Update

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Mortal Kombat 1

By J Brodie Shirey

Published Sep 15, 2023

Highlights

Mortal Kombat 1, the latest installment in the franchise, is already receiving its first major update to address technical issues and improve the overall experience.
The update includes bug fixes, accessibility options, character polish, additional finishing moves, and refinements to the user interface.
The patch also brings improvements to the Invasion mode, story cutscenes, and online matchmaking, making the game more immersive and engaging for players.

Mortal Kombat 1 is already getting its first major update ahead of its launch next week. NetherRealm’s latest fighting game marks a brand-new chapter for the legendary Mortal Kombat series, as the newly-minted Fire God Liu Kang has used the powers he gained at the end of Mortal Kombat 11 to reshape the MK timeline into an era of peace and harmony. However, dark forces are conspiring to plunge this new world into chaos, prompting Liu Kang to gather a band of revamped Mortal Kombat 1 playable characters to defend EarthRelam once again.

While Mortal Kombat 1 isn’t set to release in full until September 14, players who purchased one of the game’s special editions can already try it out for themselves in early access. So far, response to the brutal fighting title has been overwhelmingly positive, with Mortal Kombat 1 quickly becoming one of the highest-rated video games of 2023 as of this writing. While there are some criticisms surrounding the game’s Dragon Crystal microtransactions and story mode, it seems that Mortal Kombat 1 has lived up to the hype built up by NetherRealm over the past several months in the eyes of those who have already played it.

No game is perfect, and Mortal Kombat 1 is already getting an update patch to address some of its technical issues before its major launch. According to the patch notes on the official Mortal Kombat 1 website, this update will address bugs, add and flesh out accessibility options, and refine the game’s user interface. Some of Mortal Kombat 1’s playable characters will be fine-tuned as well, and the update will add several finishing moves to the game’s already impressive assortment of brutal takedowns and gruesome Fatalities.

The new Mortal Kombat 1 update patch will also bring improvements to the game’s new Invasion mode, a single-player board game-like experience that allows players to unlock bonus features and in-game currency. Mortal Kombat 1’s story cutscenes are being updated as well, with polish being added to several scenes and the option to play movies in 4K resolution. Even Mortal Kombat 1’s story finale and final boss are being tweaked in this pre-launch update.

Next week is already an exciting time for fighting game fans thanks to the long-awaited release of Mortal Kombat 1, and NetherRealm is working to make the overall experience even better with this first update patch. The Mortal Kombat 1 developer is known for continuing support for their titles well after they hit store shelves, especially when it comes to adding new DLC fighters like Mortal Kombat 1’s Omni-Man and Homelander. The initial Mortal Kombat 1 update patch isn’t quite that drastic, but it will certainly give players a more refined experience when the game finally launches in full in just a few short days.