His work has been featured by the likes of Kotaku, and appropriated by fans across the web. Artist Sergey Svistunov is better known to MK Online users as fear-sas, but fandom at large is about to know him as a Mortal Kombat X designer!

They've revealed the downloadable characters in the Mortal Kombat X Kombat Pack - but they still have to make them! Creative Director Ed Boon has used Twitter to micro blog NetherRealm Studios' progress as the game goes gold, and production on bonus characters begins:

Just when you thought The Predator was coming into view - the full Mortal Kombat X: Kombat Pack D:C stands revealed! Check out the new trailer with all four downloadable bonus characters and more details:

On Friday the 13th we learned the first of two guest fighters coming to Mortal Kombat X downloadable content: Jason Voorhees. Now thanks to Mortal Kombat X: Premium Edition updates on Xbox Marketplace the second can be confirmed:

Mortal Kombat arrives on a new generation of hardware April 14th, built specifically for PlayStation 4 & Xbox One! Don't throw away those old fight sticks just yet, though! The klassics are still in vogue!

As revealed during the Kombat Kast and flaunted by Creative Director Ed Boon on Twitter: PlayStation 3 fight sticks will continue to function with PlayStation 4 version of Mortal Kombat X!

Performance Design Products (PDP) created official fight sticks for the Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition in 2011, released later individually, and again for Klassic Edition [learn more].

Update: It seems the credit must go to Lab Zero Games, from whom NetherRealm Studios has licensed the necessary drivers. The Lab Zero pedigree is built on original members of the Skullgirls development team. The PS4 backwards compatibility driver was reportedly worked on by John Bellomy.

Register to discuss the news on the forum. Share the good news via @MK_Online or Facebook. Mortal Kombat X officially arrives April 14th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One & PC!

Updates to the Mortal Kombat X: Premium Edition bundle on Xbox Marketplace have revealed artwork for the first wave of downloadable content skins - the Samurai Pack!

In a short few hours NetherRealm Studios will go live with the sixth episode of their Mortal Kombat X Kombat Kast via Twitch. Yesterday's late notice teaser promises "whips, sais & a little surprise" which you can watch live right here and discuss on the forum!

Mokap won't be coming back in Mortal Kombat X -- but the art of motion capture continues to fuel escalating next generation technology that brings the action to life! Following their Kombat Kast spotlight - NetherRealm Studios offer a glimpse behind the wireframes of Chapter 1.

Mortal Kombat X arrives for PlayStation 4, Xbox One & PC on April 14th - and when it does, players will be tested across various methods and modes in their pursuit of mortal mastery. For the player who has everything - achievements will stretch the game just that fraction further, with one or two maximum goals to test your might!

Xbox Achivements has cracked the latest list, revealing the challenges that await.

You met the Cage Family in their recent feature trailer - now see their family portrait on the cover of Mortal Kombat X #7! By Steve Segovia, the cover art is part of DC Comics' "Group 5" solicitations for June 2015.