A notable Mortal Kombat insider has stated that Mortal Kombat 1’s future content has been cancelled following poor sales of the Khaos Reigns expansion.
Reddit user _FateUnknown, who has verified insider status on Mortalkombatleaks, is the source of the information.
The story begins in a Reddit thread in which a user posted about whether a recent Interloko video discussing potential DLC fighters for Mortal Kombat 1 was accurate. _FateUnknown replied by saying, “It is not.” The OP asked _FateUnknown ifg there was even going to be a Kombat Pack 3, to which Unknown replied “no.”
The OP then created second Reddit thread focusing on _FateUnknown’s comments, titling it “Guys….it’s so over.” Our insider then appeared in that thread to offer more substantial information.
“Kombat pack 3 and a second story expansion were planned,” said _FateUnknown. “All cancelled recently, no more characters after kombat pack 2. A kameo or two might make it since there has been work done on them but i dont know yet.”
When asked why the content was cancelled, _FateUnknown informed fans that it was because “Khaos reigns sold poorly.”
Indeed, developer Netherealm has been fairly quite about Khaos Reigns. They have not offered any information on how well it sold. Fans did pick up on how quickly the expansion was offered at a discount though, a potential hint that it wasn’t selling well at full price.
_FateUnknown’s claims about low sales would not be surprising though, because Netherealm launched the expansion for £40/$50. The previous story expansion Netherealm made for Mortal Kombat 11 was priced at £34.99/$39.99, which many fans already found expensive. However, Aftermath review pretty well and most fans were quite pleased with it. In comparison, Khaos Reigns didn’t review as well and fan reception was lukewarm at best, making the higher price-tag far more painful.