After
a
new
complete
edition
of

Mortal
Kombat
1
appeared
in
stores,
fans
began
wondering
if
support
for
the
latest
Mortal
Kombat
was
finished.
Now,
publisher
Warner
Bros.
has
confirmed
their
worst
fears:
Netherealm
is
moving
on.

“We
are
hearing
players’
requests
for
continued
game
support
of
Mortal
Kombat
1,
and,
while
we
will
continue
to
support
Mortal
Kombat
1
through
balance
adjustments
and
fixes,
there
will
not
be
additional
DLC
characters
or
story
chapters
released
from
this
point
on.”

said
the
official
Mortal
Kombat
X
account,
before
brutally
performing
a
fatality
on
someone.

Netherealms
next
project
was
not
specified,
but
recent
rumours
suggest
the
studio
is
to
return
to
the
Injustice
franchise.

While
Mortal
Kombat
1
was
no
slouch
in
terms
of
sales,
it’s
safe
to
say
that
compared
to
Mortal
Kombat
11
it
struggled.
Within
its
first
year
on
sale
Mortal
Kombat
11
had
hit
around
8
million
copies
sold,
whereas
Mortal
Kombat
1
achieved
around
4.5-5
million
in
its
first
year.
MK11
went
on
to
surpass
15
million
copies
sold,
and
while
MK1
will
undoubtedly
continue
to
shift
copies,
it
certainly
is
not
going
to
catch
up
with
its
predecessor.

Let’s
be
clear,
though:
5
million
copies
sold
is
something
many
developers
would
be
ecstatic
about.
The
struggling
Warner
Bros.
gaming
division,
though,
was
probably
pinning
a
lot
of
hope
on
Mortal
Kombat
1.

Netherealms
cessation
of
support
might
have
a
lot
to
do
with
poor
sales
of
the
Khaos
Reigns
expansion.
No
official
numbers
have
been
released,
but

insiders
began
reporting
that
the
expansion
was
a
flop,
resulting
in
future
DLC
and
new
fighters
being
cancelled.
People
then
began
to
speculate
that
support
for
Mortal
Kombat
1
would
end
early
compared
to
Mortal
Kombat
11,
which
received
just
over
two
years
of
support.