Mortal Kombat 1 will add John Cena’s Peacemaker in February 2024

You can see him in Quan Chi’s trailer

Marco Wutz | Dec 4, 2023

Mortal Kombat 1 will add John Cena’s Peacemaker in February 2024 /

Quan Chi will arrive in Mortal Kombat 1 as its newest DLC character on December 14, 2023, for Kombat Pack owners and one week later for everyone else. He’ll be followed by Khameleon as a brand-new DLC Kameo Fighter, who can assist you during fights with a selection of supporting moves starting at some point in January 2024. Kombat Pack owners will get Early Access to this character as well.

The newly released Quan Chi trailer teased another addition coming to the roster next year aside from those two fighters, though: Peacemaker, a figure from the DC universe, will join the fun, too. He’ll arrive in February 2024 and will be based on John Cena’s version of the character, who will portray him in the upcoming Suicide Squad movie as well as the Peacemaker series.

Mortal Kombat 1 screenshot of Peacemaker fighting Quan Chi. — Peacemaker made an appearance in the Quan Chi trailer / WB Games

December 14, 2023, won’t only feature the Early Access arrival of Quan Chi, but also the start of the Season of the Cryomancer, which – you can probably guess – revolves around none other than the iconic Sub-Zero. He’ll be the newest boss in Mortal Kombat 1’s Invasions mode. This upcoming season also includes brand-new challenges and story elements. Players can earn more than 150 seasonal rewards by playing Invasions and Kombat League.

Mortal Kombat’s Ed Boon recently promised to add some highly requested feature to the game after a MK1 fan held up a sign begging for a Wi-Fi filter at a wrestling event.

During an event in Brazil, Boon additionally confirmed that Mortal Kombat 1 would receive a DLC continuing the story and then “a big surprise after that.”

If you’re more into the single-player side of fighting games, then it looks like holding off on buying Mortal Kombat 1 for longer might be the right move. Mortal Kombat 11 eventually got an Ultimate Edition with all the story content in one place, which is likely going to be the case for MK1 as well. Purchasing all the DLC one by one is going to cost you more than waiting for an edition that will bring everything you want together at a more reasonable price. Of course, that’s hardly an option for players interested in the multiplayer, as getting into the game that late wouldn’t exactly be an advantage.

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Published Dec 4, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg