Mortal Kombat 1, the confusingly named newest entry to long-running franchise, gained’t come bundled in with cross-play at launch. As a substitute, it is going to be one thing added at a later date.
The information was revealed on X, and fairly rapidly, followers weren’t comfortable. It’s considerably comprehensible, not solely is the console participant base of MK itself extra fragmented, but additionally an excellent chunk of different fighters featured cross-play out the gate like Road Fighter 6 and even MK1’s precursor, MK11. The upcoming Tekken 8 may even function cross-play, so this information actually hasn’t finished the brand new entry any favors.
In distinction, although, some word that Mortal Kombat is a broadly fashionable fighter and that simply because it appears the participant base is fragmented, doesn’t imply that it really is, and there’s seemingly going to be loads of gamers on-line no matter your platform of selection. To mitigate the backlash, NetherRealm Studios assured gamers that it’s working laborious to deliver the function to life.
Launch is simply across the nook and we are able to’t wait for everybody to sink their tooth into #MK1. Relating to Kross-Play, it is not going to be accessible at launch, however know we’re laborious at work at implementing the function into the sport and it is going to be koming put up launch. pic.twitter.com/M8Kvi4QkMe
— Mortal Kombat 1 (@MortalKombat) September 12, 2023
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