The fireworks literally flew in Mortal Kombat X this week, celebrating America's Independence Day with a sparkling Light Up The Sky Premier Tower! If you completed the event, the US Special Forces will have saluted your efforts in a special unlockable kombat kard pack of background, border and icons!

Two generations of Special Forces are featured in the special background [pictured above]: Jax, Jacqui Briggs, Sonya Blade & Cassie Cage saluting the fallen.

July will be a big month for Jax as Kombat Pack downloadable content re-skins the metal armed kombatant with Hollywood star Carl Weathers! It's all a nod to incoming guest fighter Predator!

Did you overcome the deadly torrent of 4th of July fireworks? Register to wave the flag of your success on the Mortal Kombat X forum. Soak up the red, white & blue a little longer with MK Online's fan-art tribute to Jax!

July in Mortal Kombat X will be all about the arrival of Predator [read more], but in Compatibility Pack v1.07 the foundations are already being laid for next Kombat Pack addition: Tremor! The full patch notes:

Character & Skin Online Compatibility:
• Tremor
• MK3 Kung Lao, MK3 Jax, MK4 Quan Chi

Free Bonus Content:
• Klassic Ermac skin

General Fixes:
• General Gameplay tweaks
• Online King of the Hill AFK fixes
• Online Desync fixes
• Online 5v5 Team battle fixes
• Online King of the Hill respect point tally fix
• Bug fixes

Character Specific Fixes:
• D'Vorah (Swarm Queen) - Added 2 buffer frames on Bug Bomb dash cancel combos if the opponent is in hit stun
• Ferra/Torr -Grab-N Stab now does full damage when thrown backwards
• Ferra/Torr (Lackey) - Back Breaker now does full damage when thrown backwards
• Jacqui - Added 7 damage to Bionic Blast in all variations
• Kitana (Royal Storm) - Bounce Back has 14 frame startup (down from 23 frames)
• Kitana (Assassin) - Punishing Poke now correctly gets a damage buff from Sharpen / Razor Blade
• Kitana (Mournful) - Reduced the block stun on the first Glaive of the Enhanced Glaive Throw by 8 (no longer jails from up close at min range)
• Kung Lao (Tempest) - Orbiting Hat is +12 on block (down from +27)
• Liu Kang (Flame Fist) - Fixed a bug where the recovery on Shaolin Flame (24) and Shaolin-ferno (15) using the other’s value
• Shinnok - Hell Sparks / Hell Blast when enhanced is +14 on block (down from +24)
• Tanya - Slight damage scaling adjustments
• Tanya - Removed the invulnerability frames on her Teleports
• Tanya - Added 10 recovery frames after landing from a Teleport naturally
• Tanya - Added 10 recovery frames after landing from a Teleport after a missed or blocked normal attack
• Tanya - You can no longer chain into ground attacks or 2in1 special cancel after landing from a Teleport after a blocked jump attack
• Tanya (Pyromancer) - Added 5 recovery frames to Air Fire Blasts after a Teleport

The compatibility patch is available to PS4 America, with Xbox and Europe to follow soon. Players will gain access to a free Klassic Ermac skin inspired by Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 [pictured top]. You'll also be able to preview the second Klassic Skins pack, featuring MK3 versions of Kung Lao & Jax, and the recently retro MK4 Quan Chi.

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"If it bleeds, we can kill it". The immortal mantra from 1987's Predator is the tagline for next week's Kombat Kast developer stream!

NetherRealm Studios will showcase the first official gameplay demo live to Twitch starting 3:00PMCDT, next Monday, July 6th!

The titular alien will be the third downloadable character to join Mortal Kombat X, following fellow film guest Jason Voorhees and cult Kombat curio Tanya. Fans who have The Kombat Pack will also receive a Predator/Prey skins three-pack featuring film star Carl Weathers as Jax [full story]!

[Related Article: MKX DLC: Developer Teases Predator Spaceship Interior]

Creative Director Ed Boon is calling it "Predator eve". That means Kombat Pack owners should be on the look out for playable Predator starting July 7th! Made visual on the target? Register to share your cords on the Mortal Kombat X forum. Radio HQ on Twitter and Facebook frequencies,

Film fans will have two reasons to get excited when booting up Mortal Kombat X in July! While The Predator hogs headlines as the game's second downloadable guest fighter - The Kombat Pack will also introduce Hollywood royalty in "The Count of Monte Fisto" himself: Carl Weathers!

Weathers may be best remembered for his iconic turn as boxing champion Apollo Creed in the Rocky series, but will be featured in MKX as a mashed-up reference to his Predator role: former Special Forces Major turned CIA operative - Agent George Dillon.

Weathers will again don the Dillon cap digitally, whilst wearing the cybernetically enhanced arms of another Major of the Special Forces - Jax! Filling in for Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Dutch" will be Johnny Cage - pictured above locking up with Weathers in a callback to the flexing machismo of the original film.

Predator was first released in 1987. Director by John McTiernan, the cult classic spawned a citybound sequel and a franchise of crossover duels with Aliens, DC Superheroes and more. The original looms large over the franchise - an eighties action movie classic with a thinking man's edge.

Related Articles on Mortal Kombat Online:
• 06/26/2015 MKX DLC: Developer Teases Predator Spaceship Interior
• 06/25/2015 MKX DLC: The Predator & Carl Weathers Koming July
• 06/01/2015 MKX DLC: Tanya Returns in Official Gameplay Trailer
• 05/13/2015 MKX DLC: Is Jean-Claude Van Damme Next?
• 05/10/2015 Supreme Mortal Kombat Champion Tournament 2015!
• 05/04/2015 MKX DLC: Jason Voorhees Kills in Official Trailer
• 04/22/2015 MKX DLC: Ed Boon Teases Predator Vision Fight Intro
• 04/10/2015 MKX Mobile Exclusive Farmer Jax & Ninja Mime Skins
• 04/01/2015 Mortal Kombat X: Official Briggs Family Trailer
• 03/21/2015 Mortal Kombat X: The Kombat Pack Trailer
• 03/20/2015 Xbox Marketplace Confirms The Predator Guest DLC
• 07/04/2015 Art of Kombat #6: My Way/America The Beautiful
• 10/29/2010 Jax and The Subway Confirmed on GameTrailers TV!

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The battles are coming thick and fast in Mortal Kombat X: the tie-in series published by DC Comics! Contending Outworld Empress Mileena finds herself face-to-face with Mortal Kombat (2011) addition Skarlet in a digital chapter 26 preview on Blastr!

Superstar comics artist Jae Lee provides an evocative cover in his usual shadowed style. Series regular Shawn Kittelsen writes, with Dexter Soy and Veronica Gandini on interior art.

Fans enjoying the presence of characters who didn't make the cut of the 2015 video game will find plenty to enjoy as newcomer Kotal Kahn battles Reiko! Plus: a new character emerges to cause mayhem!

Purchase the digital chapter via DC Entertainment and Comixology! Follow and discuss each chapter on the Media & Merchandise forum! Support your favourite characters as their rivalries play out in the 2015 Supreme Mortal Kombat Champion fan tournament!