NetherRealm’s Mortal Kombat franchise will likely be receiving a reboot with the upcoming title, Mortal Kombat 1. It’s set to hit cabinets on September 19 on PC and current-gen consoles, and within the lead-up, a number of the characters and gameplay have been revealed.

The roster will function loads of traditional characters resembling Liu Kang and Johnny Cage, in addition to cameos from DC heroes, together with Omni-Man who will likely be voiced by J.Okay. Simmons.

Mortal Kombat 1’s Kombat Pack

Like different video games within the franchise, Mortal Kombat 1 will likely be receiving post-launch content material, and the primary DLC pack will add comedian e-book characters resembling The Boys‘ Homelander and DC’s Peacemaker, and Omni-Man. This ought to be excellent news for Omni-Man followers, as Invincible‘s second season is about to premiere on November 3. In an interview that happened throughout this 12 months’s San Diego Comedian-Con, NetherRealm’s Ed Boon revealed that Omni-Man will likely be voiced by Simmons who additionally voices the character within the Amazon Prime animated collection Invincible.

It isn’t the primary time Simmons has lent his voice-acting abilities to video video games, and he has additionally voiced Cave Johnson in Portal 2, in addition to J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man 2: The Video Sport and Spider-Man 3: The Video Sport, to call a couple of of his roles.

Different confirmed voice actors embody Andrew Bowen who’s voicing Johnny Cage, Kari Wahlgreen who voices Kitana, and Sunil Malhotra who’s the voice behind Kung Lao.

Mortal Kombat 1 is on the way in which

Loads of options from previous titles within the collection will likely be making a comeback. This contains Quitalities to bother gamers who attempt to spare themselves the disgrace of a Fatality. The Air Kombos from Mortal Kombat: Armageddon may even be making a return, although they’ve been refined.

Although Mortal Kombat 1 will include loads of options from the franchise’s previous, it can even be introducing new parts. This contains the Kameo Fighters function, which is able to permit characters to help in fights. Confirmed Kameo Fighters embody Sonya Blade and Kano.

In case you’re fascinated about sprucing up your roster, preserve your eyes on the Premium Version which incorporates the bottom sport together with the Kombat Pack, 1250 Dragon Krystals (the in-game foreign money), and early entry from September 15. Alternatively, contemplate the Kollector’s Version which options all of the Premium Version’s content material in addition to a metal e-book, three unique artwork prints, an impressed Liu Kang in-game character pores and skin, a complete of 2700 Dragon Krystals, and a 16.5-inch Liu Kang sculpture designed by COARSE.