Rumored Mortal Kombat II warrior Skarlet has been making waves for the duration of the month. Following up her appearance at this year's E3 and her addition to the official site, the bloodthirsty warrior debuts a pre-release style story trailer narrating some of her backstory. A creation of Shao Kahn's through sorcery and blood itself, Skarlet has been released as a last ditch effort to discover if Quan Chi has any intentions of betraying his alliance with Shao Kahn.

The release date of this first downloadable character has now been confirmed as June 21st; just one short week away! In addition, Warner Bros. has announced that to accompany her will be a "compatibility pack", which will allow those who do not wish to purchase Skarlet to play against her online with those that have. This pack is free and will contain two alternate costume skins at no charge to the player; Skarlet's accompanying pack will contain UMK3 inspired costumes for Cyrax and Sektor.

As previously mentioned, four planned DLC characters will be released in total this summer. MK Online broke the story of one of these characters being Kenshi back in April. It is now known that the much sought Rain will be another of the four! Kenshi and Rain's silhouette's appear for a moment near the end of the Skarlet trailer, along with a third, yet unknown character. The oft-requested purple ninja's confirmation should thrill his many fans, as well as the continuously prodded Ed Boon on Twitter.

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