The weather in Mortal Kombat 1 is about to turn as The Season of the Storms comes to the live Invasion service mode. The god of lightning Raiden leads a corrupt charge with a skins showcase in the latest trailer. Watch:

Among the featured characters to receive electrifying new skins this season are Gaffer Johnny Cage, Sudden Overload Scorpion, Voltaic Warrior General Shao, Charged Frost Sub-Zero, Magnetic Courage Kung Lao, Voltaic Deity & Electric Soul Liu Kang, Glistening Mage Rain, and the Mortal Kombat 11 inspired Tainted By Evil Raiden [pictured below].

Season 5 is already underway and will remain available for unlocking content until June 4th! How do you rate the voltaic new array of themed skins? How hard was it to unlock them? Share tips & tricks in the comments below and go deeper into discussion in the Mortal Kombat 1 category!

The many souls of Ermac converge on Mortal Kombat 1 in the latest official gameplay trailer! It gives us our first full glimpse of the cult favourite and kameo fighter Mavado -- both coming to downloadable content in April & May! Watch it now:

Ermac is deadlier than ever, wearing a sharp new face mask and dark red & black robes for his official playable debut. The power of his legion has never been more apparent, with souls of many types of warriors complimenting Ermac's attacks in a variety of technical and graphically interesting new ways. The one-man army will be available in Premium early release starting next week, April 16th, with a wide release to digital outlets April 23rd!

The Kombat Pack's latest kameo fighter can also be seen throwing down in the trailer in designs reminiscent of his now klassic MK: Deadly Alliance attire. Mavado wields the elastic ropes with equally violent efficiency and will be released to players in May.

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That just leaves one more character from our first crop of DLC. What do you think of this first impression of Ermac & Mavado? Share your initial thoughts with us in the comments below and go deeper into discussion in the Mortal Kombat 1 category!

Cult fan favourite character Ermac received a new origin in the latest story mode of Mortal Kombat 1, but in anticipation of their upcoming playable return via downloadable content, series co-creator Ed Boon has revisited the original circumstances of Ermac's accidental creation. All this plus a fresh teaser for this week's official reveal trailer. Take a look:

Ermac's origins are famously tied to the internal systems of the original Mortal Kombat arcade cabinet, which logged "errors" using a "macro" scripted by Boon. He explains in a lengthy post to X (formerly Twitter): "The game's [software] had sections of code that it (theoretically) should never reach/execute. If it did, it incremented a counter that would log the ERROR. We also made a "Game Audits" screen where we could check this counter in arcades." To keep each log short, I wrote an assembler MACRO that would call all the necessary functions in one line of code. The macro was called ERMAC... short for Error Macro."

As Boon notes, fans who discovered the game's audit screen would find the ERMAC counter directly below instances of secret opponent Reptile, leading to widespread rumors and speculation of another playable character. When working on Mortal Kombat 3, the team began incorporating rumored concepts into the game, eventually leading to a red coloured palette swap ninja in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.

The NetherRealm Studios Chief Creative Officer concludes: "We never (as in ever) would have guessed this red ninja with a ridiculous name would end up such a big part of Mortal Kombat's history and still be kicking over 30 years later! But here we are, as he is about to join the roster of [Mortal Kombat 1.]"

He added an intro sequence from the game to the X post, featuring upcoming Kombat Pack Kameo fighter Mavado entering the battle with Kung Lao & Sektor. Kung Lao is surprised to find the gestalt entity contains the soul of a former suitor of tea house owner Madame Bo.

30+ years ago we were working on the very first #MortalKombat game. The game's software, had sections of code that it (theoretically) should never reach/execute. If it did, it incremented a counter that would log the ERROR. We also made a "Game Audits" screen where we could check… pic.twitter.com/8Hzq3Teu6T

— Ed Boon (@noobde) April 8, 2024

Boon noted Ermac's flourishing into a character with "a full story/history" that is "part of the MK lore", which has undergone a series of changes in the latest game's timeline reset. Ermac now identifies visually as a remnant of Edenia's King Jerrod - a dominant soul in the collective being that was, this time, created by Quan Chi.

Are you excited for the next playable character? We'll see more from Ermac & Mavado this week when the official gameplay trailer is revealed. What do you hope to see? Share your thoughts below and go deeper into discussion in the Mortal Kombat 1 category.

It's been a long wait, but the next Kameo Fighter coming to Mortal Kombat 1 is almost upon us! In two weeks Janet Cage will walk a blood red carpet into her playable premiere with retro references and a multiversal twist that will enhance the cagiest of play styles. Read on for details and character art:

NetherRealm Studios Chief Creative Officer Ed Boon delivered the news, confirming a March 27th release date for Janet Cage -- two weeks from posting.

The gender-swapped Cage from another timeline already demonstrated moves that can't be faked in last month's Peacemaker gameplay trailer. She crosses over from one of the alternate timelines featured at the end of Mortal Kombat 1's story to join recent add-on kameo fighters Tremor and Khameleon. The first wave of DLC still has Mavado and Ferra assist characters to come.

Will you be utilizing the newest kameo to stage a Cage Double Feature? Share your thoughts about the universe-hopping Hollywood actress and tell us who you hope to see next in the comments below. Go deeper into discussion in the Mortal Kombat 1 category.

Are you ready to do whatever it takes for peace? From DC Comics and the hit streaming series comes Peacemaker: helmeted superhero and the latest downloadable content character coming to Mortal Kombat 1! Check out the gameplay trailer and his team-up with Janet Cage:

The long awaited gameplay trailer for the next Kombat Pack characters not only gives us our first look at the lunatic lawman, but also confirms the arrival of long rumored gender-swapping multiversal Kameo Fighter Janet Cage. Johnny's female alter-ego will be available in March, but Peacemaker flies into MK1 early access starting February 28th!

What do you think of the latest addition to the MK1 era? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below and launch into more discussion in the Mortal Kombat 1 category!