Mortal Kombat 1: Premium Edition (2023) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Mortal Kombat 1: Premium Edition

The Premium Edition includes the Kombat Pack, early access to the game beginning Sept. 14, and 1,250 Dragon Krystals (in-game currency). The Kombat Pack will feature a Johnny Cage character skin with the…

14 September 2023

What Mortal Kombat 1: Premium Edition is

Mortal Kombat 1: Premium Edition is an adventure game developed by NetherRealm Studios and released in 2023. It was published by Warner Bros. Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Premium Edition includes the Kombat Pack, early access to the game beginning Sept. 14, and 1,250 Dragon Krystals (in-game currency). The Kombat Pack will feature a Johnny Cage character skin with the likeness of famed actor and martial artist, Jean-Claude Van Damme (available at launch), early access to six new playable characters (available post-launch), and five new Kameo Fighters (available post-launch)

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Mortal Kombat series

Mortal Kombat 1: Premium Edition is the 95th of 118 entries we hold in the Mortal Kombat series. It arrived 3 years after Mortal Kombat 11: Kombat Pack 2. The next entry was Mortal Kombat 1: Kollector's Edition in 2023.

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What it launched against

Mortal Kombat 1: Premium Edition launched on 14 September 2023, within three weeks of Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P and Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition.

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