With Mortal Kombat II having a strong showing at the box office over the past weekend (raking in $63 million globally), NetherRealm and WB Games are taking advantage of the Simon McQuoid-directed sequel with a set of movie-inspired character skins for Mortal Kombat 1: Definitive Edition. The skins for Johnny Cage, Kitana, Scorpion, and Shao Kahn are featured in a new trailer to coincide with the announcement.
Additionally, customers who have purchased an eligible Mortal Kombat II movie ticket will receive a promotional code to obtain 750 Dragon Krystals (in-game currency) for use in Mortal Kombat 1 game. For more information, head on over to the code redemption website.
This all comes after series co-creator Ed Boon hinted in an interview with Collider that NetherRealm was in the process of developing another Mortal Kombat game, though he didn’t offer much more than that. One would hope that NetherRealm take their time with this next entry and address fan criticisms, given that Mortal Kombat 1 sold just half of what Mortal Kombat 11 sold (8 million versus 15 million).
Mortal Kombat 1: Definitive Edition is available now digitally on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Mortal Kombat II (read Meagan’s review here) is out now in theatres.