Mortal Kombat is celebrating 30 years, releasing some klassic kontent for the first time

WB Games and developer NetherRealm Studios are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mortal Kombat, with some in-game items for the mobile game, the reappearance of a formerly lost animated series and more.

The series first came to be when the original game was launched on October 8th, 1992 and since then has gone on to sell over 80 million games, across generations of devices. It was also one of the earliest game to film adaptations and one of the most recent, plus there were animated shows and movies, countless merch releases and more.

To honour 30 years of Mortal Kombat history, a new video has been released showcasing the franchise’s cultural prominence across three decades of entertainment, from videogames, to movies, to animation. Bringing together moments from the original Mortal Kombat game (1992) to Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate (2020) and the first live action Mortal Kombat film (1995) to the reimagined Mortal Kombat movie (2021), the commemorative video spans 30 years of bone-crushing content, along with a visual spotlight of legendary Mortal Kombat fighters and their different iterations from past to present, such as Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Kitana, Mileena, Jackson “Jax” Briggs, Baraka, and Shang Tsung. Check it out below.

In addition to some mobile game updates, a release date was given for Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind, the third entry in animated movie series. This will release on October 9th digitally and then on DVD and Blu-ray on October 11th.

The more interesting news though is that Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, the 1996 animated tv series is now available to buy, something that has never happened before.

Finally, a new line up of merch was added to the WB Shop, but as always that doesn’t ship direct to Australia, so a third party re-shipper would be required to get them here. You can see the full line up here, but we have some to see below.