Mortal Kombat Characters DLC Confirmed
“GET OVER HERE”. These are the very words which were screaming at us when PlayStation LifeStyle saw the playable version of Mortal Kombat behind closed doors at E3. So, as any sane person, gamer or Mortal Kombat fan would do, PSLS took to the stage and played one of 2011′s most promising titles. Hey, it’s Mortal Kombat in HD, what’s not to love, really? Moving on – while we were standing in awe while excuting a perfectly timed fatality, we saw something interesting, which turns out to confirm that Mortal Kombat will indeed be receiving character downloadable content.
During a closed door demonstration with the developers of Mortal Kombat, we spotted a slot on the select screen for DLC characters. So, who can we expect to see enter the game? We’ll have to wait and find out nearer to release. Until then, check out the game’s teaser trailer below:
Can you hear that? Oh, it’s just the sound of a true Mortal Kombat fan going crazy over the news. Don’t mind me.
For more on the game, be sure to check out PlayStation LifeStyle’s in-depth E3 impressions of the game, which comes from another crazy Mortal Kombat fan.
Mortal Kombat is currently scheduled for a 2011 release.
20 Responses to “Mortal Kombat Characters DLC Confirmed”
/faints.
joke?
DLC announce months in advance before the game is release? Thanks a lot Crapcom for setting such a great example
Awesome
@TheHater – I think having DLC allows for MORE characters than what is just in MK. Imagine, a few months after the game comes put, they add someone from another PS3 game, say Kratos. How awesome would that be? Options like that make DLC worth it…
For once, I actually agree with the Hater.
This is stupid. Announce DLC after the game has been released. The game is months away from being released; you mean to tell me they can’t put in some of these characters now?
Fuck them.
Calm down, fellas.
maybe they’ll add the DC characters as DLC
Smart idea.
anyone see Liu Kang? want to play Liu Kang then pay for the DLC
DLC is just the nature of the business now…10 years from now I see all games being digital honestly…keeps more money in SONY’s pockets and other devs.
don’t believe me…buy a pspGO and try to trade in a game…whoops.
hello …
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i hate the DLC concept if it means, limit stuffs upon release to make it available later on. In the past there were mostly options about unlocking stuffs without disbursing.
well i agree with what tootergray34 said, it’s here & it will stay, it’s a new form of doing business that will change our habits & give them more control, mostly for sure about 2nd hand sales, even if we don’t pay 10$, we still do have to re-buy any DLCs …
the problem is that there will always some abuse … as with anything!
BOT:
Oh … sorry, i was one of those screaming ….
cheers!
hater could of at least put the right company….
@Morgus
I certainly hope not. If that introduce DC characters again then they would have to dumb down the violence. DC is not about to stand by and allow their precious heroes to be decapitated. I would much prefer a genuine Mortal Kombat experience over DC characters.
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*if they
@tazinlwfl – thats the ONE case where it would be cool. but c’mon, the dlc thing is totally out of control. I’ll wager to say that the dlc in this game will be pple like Noob Saibot or Rain or something lame. If they’re going to announce this way before the game comes out, and plan to release an incomplete game, they should charge less for it from the start.
Agreed with the hater, thanks Capcom and EA. btw, EA – Tiger Woods, $9.99 for ONE additional course?? thats just disgusting.
@RonaiSanzer
Crapcom = Capcom.
Crapcom is abusing DLC because they are release DLC for games before the games are even release.
@tazinlwfl
DLC is awesome when it is use right. I just think Crapcom, EA, and NamcoBandai started a trend in which these companies announce DLC months in advance before the games are release and then release those DLC a week before games is release. Just look at Crapcom with Lost Planet 2, they had paid DLC before the game was even release on the PSN store and Xbox live.
I would pay for DLC its something that was missing from MK vs DC. If it was something like new stages I would even characters depending on how they were.
I ranted on a different article on this site regarding this..
Fighting games and DLC doesn’t work. It’s just ridiculous and it REALLY brings out the question “Why didn’t they just added this to begin with?”
The problem here though is really only attributed to the “new” generation of gamers, who hasn’t gamed during the last generation, where this DLC crap wasn’t around. They don’t understand the value of what a “complete” game should offer. There IS an audience for DLC, it IS making money for companies, so IT will never go away. But who supports it really? Think about it, the percentage of people paying for DLC is small, at the same time, the “new” generation of gamers is a small populace, but it does exist. They are the ones that support this. They don’t know any better.
I have been playing fighting games since the SNES days. I love Capcom for bringing Street Fighter back, but at the same time I hate them for gimping it’s look. Street Fighter should have moved from 3rd strike, not go back to SFII, so what do we get? A buchered story arc, limited super moves. I mean what happened? How do you go from the IMMENSE content in SFAlpha 3 and the grizzled and more hardcore feel of SFIII3rd Strike to the “let’s go back to basics” SFIV? They saved their asses with the Disc based SSFIV, I know for a fact they wouldn’t have sold as much if it were DLC.
I’ll be keeping an eye out for this game, I really hope it plays good, I respect Mortal Kombat as a franchise, and this nostalgia based iteration peeks my interest, contradicting really, since I’m not to fond of the “nostalgia” direction they went with SFIV storyline. Maybe if they called it SF Alpha IV, i wouldn’t have such a problem with it.
anyways rant over
just because there’s dlc and it’s known already doesn’t mean it’ll all cost money
batman arkham asylum and other games announced special dlc content beforehand and it was free , and a lot of games have had dlc as bonuses for pre-orders or just made games that would allow for future dlc but not released it for months . look at all the mag dlc ? or the modnation racers dlc add-on for early buyers ?
choice is good people , and you can always choose not the get dlc if you want to