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Mortal Kombat 1 creator promises Wi-Fi filter after wrestling fan begged on live TV

Ed Boon responds to a fan holding up a sign at an AEW event

Marco Wutz

Mortal Kombat 1 creator promises Wi-Fi filter after wrestling fan begged on live TV
Mortal Kombat 1 creator promises Wi-Fi filter after wrestling fan begged on live TV /

For some reason, big wrestling events always contain fan signs with video game opinions on them, and they are pretty bad most of the time. Sometimes, though, those fans do get it right – and their message is read by the right people. Case in point: A Mortal Kombat 1 fan held up a sign at the latest AEW pay-per-view event, Full Gear, begging series co-creator Ed Boon to add a Wi-Fi filter to the fighting game.

Boon apparently saw a social media post about the sign and responded, writing: “It’s koming soon, I swear! Wi-Fi filter and Kross-play! We just gotta make sure they’re solid. More info koming soon! Thanks for your patience.” A bit later, he added: “We’ll be rolling out the features. WiFi filter/decline comes first.”

While holding up a sign at a wrestling event in the hopes of getting a message across seems like you might as well scream into the void, it can be an effective way to get your point across, apparently – kind of like social media, I guess.

A Wi-Fi filter will allow Mortal Kombat 1 players to automatically decline matchmaking with any opponent playing the game on a wireless connection, which can lead to a choppy experience – and that's obviously the last thing you want in a fighting game, in which every frame counts as you attack and defend.

According to Boon, crossplay between different platforms will come after the implementation of a Wi-Fi filter, allowing players to fight each other across platforms. Mortal Kombat 1 is available on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

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Marco Wutz
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

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