Things We Learned From The Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns…

Summary

The Khaos Reigns DLC for Mortal Kombat 1 releases on September 24, 2024, focusing on Titan Havik and Lin Kuei dynamics.
Expect new classic skins and the return of the Towers of Time single-player mode in Khaos Reigns.
The story includes Mileena's involvement, Outworld's significance, and Sub-Zero's dynamic with Cyber Ninjas.

Mortal Kombat 1 is set to release its highly anticipated new expansion, Khaos Reigns, on September 24th, 2024. The new expansion is based around the previously teased Titan Havik, as he plans on submerging Liu Kang’s realm in Khaos. Khaos Reigns is also set to revolve heavily around the new dynamics of the Lin Kuei and the characterization of Bi-Han.

What to Expect From Mortal Kombat 1's Khaos Reigns DLC

Mortal Kombat 1 has just announced its Khaos Reigns story expansion, and there are a few things fans can expect to see from the DLC.

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By Cameron Swan

While Mortal Kombat 1 had an admittedly rocky release, through steady developer support, balance changes and some incredible DLC characters, the game has found itself in a great place. The recent launch trailer for Khaos Reigns has promised some exciting new changes and features for fans to enjoy, and one would hope that MK1 will continue going from strength to strength, in both its story mode and the overall content available. These are the standout details we noticed in the Motral Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns launch trailer that seem to suggest this will be the case.

5 Some Cool New Skins

Nostalgic Skins For Some Fan Favorites

Mortal Kombat as a series has always had iconic designs and costumes for nearly every iteration of the franchise; particularly when it comes to the ninjas. The Invasions game mode has also brought tons of solid skins to the forefront every season. Khaos Reigns is set to launch with a ton of new classic skins that look incredible.

Mileena's new empress skin surely takes the limelight as one of the best new skins NetherRealm studios has made, but coupled with it is the iconic UMK3 skin for fan favorite Noob Saibot, as well as two cool new skins for Scorpion and Sub-Zero. Overall, the upcoming skins are all great, and complement their respective characters really well. Special mention goes to the new Scorpion skin which, while being a bit plain and understated, looks really clean and fits in with the character's ending.

4 Towers Of Time

The Return Of A Well-Received Single-Player Game Mode

One of the biggest criticisms of MK1, and a valid criticism at that, was the lack of single-player content. When compared to other games in the genre, MK1 does have a respectable lineup of different game modes for players to sink their teeth into, but when compared to previous Mortal Kombat games, the latest game was a bit lacking, especially with the removal of the Krypt.

MK1: Khaos Reigns Most Anticipated Kharacters

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It will be exciting to see how the following characters play out in Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns.

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By Musaab

The new launch trailer for Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns has given players a brief look at the new Towers of Time mode. Also present in MK11, it acted as a constantly rotating game mode wherein players could fight through different towers with different objectives, modifiers, opponents, and rewards. One would expect Khaos Reigns' iteration would be similar. With the steady improvements to Invasions mode since MK1's release, and this new game mode, players will be happy to finally have some comprehensive single-player options outside the campaign.

3 Mileena And Outworld Are Still Involved In The Story

The Outworld Empress May Have Some Plot Relevance

While Mileena has only been featured in the pre-release material for Khaos Reigns, there are some interesting little snippets in the recent launch trailer for players to speculate on. Firstly, the trailer features Mileena receiving the Earthrealm protagonists in her throne room when Havik ambushes them.

What’s more interesting is that the trailer features two of Mileena’s retainers, Rain and Khameleon, fighting in unity with Earthrealm's warriors against Havik and his forces. While we don’t know how heavily the expansion will or will not feature Mileena, it would be interesting to see if her role as Emperess of Outworld is expanded upon, and whether her loyalties are tested by Havik at all.

2 The Dynamic Between Sub-Zero And The Cyber Ninjas

A New Look For The Lin Kuei

The Cyber Lin Kuei Initiative has always been a big part of the Mortal Kombat universe, and the time has come for Liu Kang’s new era to deal with them. While Cyrax and Sektor aren’t shown to be fully robotic (yet), this new trailer and previous pre-release material have shed some light on the new Lin Kuei hierarchy.

Sektor and Cyrax are both still allies of Bi-Han, with the former being extremely loyal to the Grandmaster. Moreover, there are some snippets of tension between the red and yellow ninjas; dialogue about them sorting their issues out after the Havik problem is dealt with. The new trailer also shows Noob Saibot briefly. With Bi-Han likely to be a key character in the new expansion, how his two former subordinates react to his drastic changes will be an exciting part of the story to play through.

1 Ghostface Looks Incredible

One Of The Best Guest Fatalities Ever

The biggest takeaway from the launch trailer has to be the Ghostface reveal. Not only does the campy horror icon look incredible visually, he has one of the coolest and most creative fatalities out there. The new Ghostface fatality features two of him, as was the case in the classic movie and some of its sequels, and features some exceptional, and of course brutal, cinematography.

From this tiny reveal, it's clear that NetherRealm Studios truly understand the character, and players should be excited for his Brutalities, Fatal Blow, intro dialogues and, of course, his gameplay. This should also build anticipation for the other two guest characters, Conan the Barbarian and the Terminator.

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