As games continue to bigger and better, AAA developers need to keep increasing their employee count, and the larger the net, the more likely it is that information will start to slip through. Leaks have become an unavoidable aspect of themodern video game industry, and while they’ve always been around, they’ve definitely become a lot more prevalent in the last decade or so. Nowadays, it seems nearly impossible for a high-profile game to actually reach its official announcement without it already being leaked days or weeks before, and that was certainly the case withMortal Kombat 1.
Though it was officially announced on June 24, 2025,Mortal Kombat 1was first leaked to the public during a Warner Bros. financial report all the way back in February. Now everything is out in the open, andMortal Kombat 1is slated for a June 23, 2025, release, but even then a few leaks have continued to sprout up - all of which revolve aroundMortal Kombat 1’s potential DLC characters.
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Every Mortal Kombat 1 DLC Leak So Far
Back on May 11 of this year,Mortal Kombat 1received its first full leak. Twitter user billbil-kun claimed that they had received confirmation that the nextMortal Kombatentry would be namedMortal Kombat 1, and that it would be coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch, with three different editions. This leak also claimed thatThe Boys' Homelanderand DC’s Peacemaker would be coming to the game as DLC fighters, though even they stated that this information was unconfirmed.
On May 19, just one day afterMortal Kombat 1’s official announcement, the game would receive its huge next leak, this time not only suggesting two DLC fighters, but the entire contents of the game’s first Kombat Pack, Kameo fighters and all. Coming from an Amazon Italy product listing that’s since been replaced with the official product description,Mortal Kombat 1will receive six playable characters in its first Kombat Pack. These characters includeMortal Kombatfranchise staples like Quan Chi, Ermac, and Takeda, but also three guest characters, those being the aforementioned Homelander, Peacemaker, andInvincible’sOmni Man.
According to this Amazon listing,Mortal Kombat 1’s Kombat Pack will also include five Kameo fighters. For those unaware, these Kameo fighters aren’t fully playable characters, but secondary fighters that can be used in a match to perform combo-continuing special moves. According to the leak, these five Kameo fighters will be Tremor, Johnny Cage, Khameleon, Mavado, and Ferra. While newMortal Kombatfans will recognize Johnny Cage, Ferra and Tremor, they might not know about the other two, with them having not appeared in the reboot series yet. Mavado made his first appearance inMortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, and Khameleon made hers in the N64 gameMortal Kombat Trilogy.
While leaks should always be taken with a big pinch of salt, there are a few indicators that might suggest this Amazon leak isn’t entirely false. On top of the Kombat Pack, the Amazon listing also stated that a Jean-Claude Van Damme Johnny Cage skin would be coming toMortal Kombat 1’s Premium edition, along with at least 72 hours of early access. ThePremium and Kollector’s editions ofMortal Kombat 1have both been officially revealed now, and both do come with a Jean-Claude Van Damme Johhny Cage skin alongside early access to the game. And while it doesn’t specify which characters are included, both editions ofMortal Kombat 1come with a Kombat Pack, adding six playable characters and five Kameo fighters.
Mortal Kombat 1will be released on June 24, 2025, for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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