Mortal Kombat 1‘s been out for just over a month, and it’s already getting some significant changes.
NetherRealm Studios just released the latest update for MK1 that hits the Cyrax Kameo with the nerf hammer, adds a new stage variation for Halloween and brings back a popular feature missing at launch.
Although the patch notes are not out yet, Rooflemonger and others have pointed out that Cyrax’s horizontal spin assist now takes the entire Kameo meter to perform.
Mortal Kombat 1 patch is out, and Liu Kang hit the reset button on the new era to start again
Cyrax Horizontal spin now takes a full kameo meter to do. They were just waiting for ECT to finish up they knew it being the way it was couldn’t stay lol. pic.twitter.com/sqIGvDJAg3
— Rooflemonger 🦍🦧🐵 (@Rooflemonger) October 23, 2023
This is a pretty huge change for the undisputed best Kameo in the game to eat up double the resources on a move that was crazy good in combos and blockstrings.
That means there’s probably more balance changes as well, but we’ll have to wait for the full breakdown to get the scope of what’s truly different.
Cage Mansion now has a Halloween variation pic.twitter.com/lvInWgnDeR
— Rooflemonger 🦍🦧🐵 (@Rooflemonger) October 23, 2023
On top of Cyrax hurting, NRS also added a new Halloween stage variation to the Cage Mansion, which will likely be avaialble for a limited time for free.
Thankfully, they finally added back the ability to pin moves on the screen as well for better learning and practice options.
Big patch for today is now live, and move tagging is officially back. As always, make sure your game is updated and kombat ready before jumping in. Full patch notes coming soon. #MK1 pic.twitter.com/Mio38SKMVd
— Mortal Kombat 1 (@MortalKombat) October 23, 2023
The in-game patch notification also states players can now mute opponents in online matches, use an in-game ping / connection indicator and buy a Halloween Fatality in the shop too.
New update 0.134
– Halloween Fatality can be Bought.
– Move Pinning
– Voice Chat stuff
– Yellow indicator is fixed
– Gameplay bug fixes
– No balance update yet 😢#MK1 #MortalKombat1 pic.twitter.com/GPbnfpURB5— thethiny 🐰 (@thethiny) October 23, 2023
Currently, the update only appears to be live on PlayStation and Xbox, so PC and Nintendo Switch users will have to wait a bit to see the changes.
We’ll keep you guys updated once more information becomes available.
