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‘Mortal Kombat 1’ Rings in the Holiday Season Starting Today With New Events
Mortal Kombat 1 is unleashing new holiday themed in-game events starting today, and continuing until the end of December. Five new Towers of Time mode events will be available as free content updates for all Mortal Kombat 1 owners, including Bloody Snow (Dec. 19-25), Naughty List (Dec. 21-26), A Christmas Krampus (Dec. 23-30), ‘Twas the Night (Dec. 25-30), and Final Present (Dec. 26-30). Completing the holiday events will net you new holiday-themed character palettes.
Speaking of which, here’s the breakdown:
- Bloody Snow Tower – Yuletide Necromancer & Christmas Evil character palettes for Quan Chi
- Naughty List Tower – Souls of Winter & Holiday Collection character palettes for Ermac
- A Christmas Krampus Tower – Holiday Hero & Winter Wonderman character palettes for Takeda
- ‘Twas the Night Tower – Angel on High & Holidazzle character palettes for Cyrax
- Final Present Tower – Eat, Drink and Be Lethal & Bah, Humbug character palettes for Sektor
In addition, players can also purchase new holiday character skins for Kameo Fighters Frost and Sareena, as well as the previously released Santa’s Helper Reptile, Krampus General Shao, and Mrs. Klause Kitana.
The fun doesn’t stop once we roll into 2025, as the long-awaited guest character Conan the Barbarian will be arriving in Mortal Kombat 1 on January 21.
Mortal Kombat 1 and its Khaos Reigns expansion are available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.
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