Mortal Kombat 11 is now officially available, but that doesn't mean its given up all of its secrets! So far Shang Tsung is the only one of six characters announced for the upcoming Kombat Pack. The downloadable content is sold separately and as part of premium editions, but data mined from the game's code may have illuminated what else is coming down the pike. Warning! This report may contain spoilers:

A post to Reddit highlights code extracted from the Nintendo Switch port of Mortal Kombat 11, which was released to some regions slightly early. It shows code strings directing to DLC content paths named for some very familiar characters from Mortal Kombat, as well as broad pop culture.

Image posted by PikachuIzGod shows extracted file paths.

The code's existence has been verified by several sources and is available to anyone with the inclination to find it. It appears to suggest pending appearances by: Shang Tsung, Nightwolf, Sindel, Fujin, Sheeva, comic book anti-hero Spawn, DC Comics's The Joker, cinema's time travelling Terminator, and Ash, probably from the Evil Dead franchise, given MK's proclivity for prominent film brands.

Creator Todd McFarlane let slip last December that he expects Spawn to make an appearance, having discussed open deals in the past. Todd McFarlane Productions will also be releasing MK11 action figures some time next year.

In 2015, it was Ed Boon who revealed that The Terminator (presumably T-800) had been considered for Mortal Kombat X. The movie franchise welcomes Linda Hamilton back to the screen as celebrated iconic lead Sarah Connor when Terminator: Dark Fate is released to cinemas in October. Warner Brothers will also release The Joker that same month, spotlight Joaquin Phoenix as a new take on DC's clown prince of crime. The film's hard-edge may lend itself to the lethality shied away from when Joker has appeared in the Injustice and Mortal Kombat versus DC Universe games.

Sheeva leads the Shokan and Tarkatan in the Mortal Kombat 11 Launch Trailer.

If the implications of the data play out, Sheeva will graduate from her MK11 Story Mode appearance to a fully playable model. Likewise, Mortal Kombat X revenants Sindel and Nightwolf will return, with long requested wind god Fujin making his first playable appearance since 2006's Mortal Kombat: Armageddon! No word on other non-playable fighters like Sektor and Cyrax. Hope springs eternal that Mortal Kombat 11 will include these characters as hidden unlockables.

We only officially know of six characters coming to Kombat Pack downloads, but with DLC increasing with each NetherRealm Studios release, future downloads aren't hard to imagine. Will we see these characters and more in the coming year? Join the speculation on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

Four more mini-bios have been released to the official Mortal Kombat 11 website, bringing the basic backstory of playable characters to completion. The remaining quartet have been added to a menu begun with sixteen offerings and five previous additions. Read on for more:

Cetrion, Frost, Kollector, and Kitana round out the list, which includes pre-order download incentive Shao Kahn. The four slots still unaccounted for may suggest the upcoming Kombat Pack will reserve two spots for guest fighters, with Shang Tsung and three more to be revealed.

There aren't many great revelations to be gleaned from this final crop of main roster mini-bios. Cetrion's status as an Elder God is given some greater context, revealing her as the one who banished Shinnok to the Netherrealm when he waged war on the gods. Frost's personal tale of ruthless ambition continues, expanding upon her rebellion from the Mortal Kombat X story mode.

Cetrion (Balanced)
Elder Goddess of Virtue, Guardian of Life. When Shinnok threatened to conquer the Elder Gods, Cetrion cast him into the Netherrealm. Her blessings answer the prayers of warriors battling against darkness. But at times, the heroic virtues she upholds are at odds with her quest for universal balance.

Frost (Defiance)
Grandmaster Sub-Zero’s most dangerous apprentice. When Sub-Zero made historic peace with his clan’s enemy, Scorpion, defiant Frost challenged her Grandmaster as unfit to lead. Sub-Zero defeated and banished Frost. For years, she sought the power to destroy him. Now she has it.

Kollector (Rank)
Tribute collector for the Outworld Empire. Born into poverty, the Kollector seized his imperial collections duty with a zeal that impressed Shao Kahn. He stole riches from Outworld’s people, rewarding himself with wealth and status in turn. He’ll kill anyone to keep it.

Kitana (Identity)
10,000-year-old assassin and Princess of Outworld. Shao Kahn married Kitana’s mother and raised Kitana as his loyal heir, concealing the truth that he murdered her father to conquer Edenia. Now that this truth is out, Kitana is on a quest to avenge her father’s name.

MK11 is officially available now! Catch up with reveal trailers for Cetrion, Frost, Kollector and Kitana and join the discussion & speculation on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

The final character revealed for Mortal Kombat 11 awaits you as an unlockable fighter in story mode. Frost has turned on Grandmaster Sub-Zero, enhancing herself with extreme cybernetic upgrades as she fights to claim the Lin Kuei! Watch the trailer:

The reactivated Lin Kuei cyber factory provides a fitting backdrop for battle, with Frost entering as assembled parts. Her radical robotic transformation is highlighted by an intro that connects a wired head with its waiting body. Master-turned-rival Sub-Zero then faces the chilling effects of Frost's enhanced kori methods! She boxes him in with freeze boundaries, and unleashes a twirling polar vortex with arms and ice blades extended! She has her own take on blast chilling and ice weapons, but reveals the true extent of her power with a cinematic Krushing Blow that encrusts the arena with jagged ice! In one of the best character-driven fatalities we've seen, she isolates her opponents brain stem with ice, sending it on a drone to be encased in the latest Lin Kuei cyber-body!

Take a closer look at Frost's cyber-enhanced design in official character art and catch the New Era Launch Trailer for a glimpse of Sektor & Cyrax! MK11 is now available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC! Share your verdict by joining the discussion on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

Players diving into Mortal Kombat 11 and its Story Mode chapters will quickly discover the game contains an unlockable fighter. Frost was revealed during the final pre-release developer stream and you can take a closer look at her cold new design in official art:

Frost has undergone some significant changes since her cameo appearance in Mortal Kombat X! The tempestuous young cryomancer has given herself to the cold metal of Lin Kuei automation, but her humanity is more outwardly evident than the iconic cyber-assassins encased in steel. A new blue, white, and gold design balances her allegiance to Kronika with ambitions to control the Lin Kuei. A metallic, light-up mask goes beyond what we've seen of other Lin Kuei warriors, suggesting her robotic transformation. Yet once frozen blue hair now appears more natural in spite of an unlikely hue.

We've seen Kitana display her new style in the promotional TV spot and gameplay trailer, but in all the excitement we overlooked her official character render!

Royal blue keeps the Edenian princess distinct from Frost, even as her status as a fighter pulled from of the past takes her design back to basics. The refinement of early era costuming continues here, maintaining loose reference to MK3, while striving to create a more complete look than a basic bathing suit. Light armor on the shoulders and wrists give the design some character, even as the black & blue paneled bodysuit flirts with being slightly generic. Leather texturing and a bodice has been common for female fighters in MK11, explained in part by their affiliations with Shao Kahn. We'd miss the ornate decoration and fabrics of her MKX design, even if it never made sense to her revenant status. Fortunately, the game includes customization options that should offer plenty of alternatives for fans who like their Kitana a little more flowing, and unique.

You can official start exploring MK11 gear and unlock optons right now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC! Revisit official character renders released for Sub-Zero, Skarlet, and Sonya Blade, Liu Kang, Revenant Jade, Kotal Kahn, D'Vorah and Shang Tsung. Join the discussion about it all on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

It's been roughly five months since Mortal Kombat 11 was announced with a trailer during The Game Awards 2018. The wait is finally over as today marks the official release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC! It has begun!

Announce Trailer | Gameplay Trailer | Story Trailer | TV Spot | Launch Trailer

The journey to Mortal Kombat 11 was notably shorter than previous promotional cycles and packed plenty of info into a short space of time. With the inaugural trailer announcement came our first look at exciting new designs for Raiden and Scorpion, as well as our first glimpse of Kronika, and a second retro-inspired Scorpion. Those brief glimpses were enough to immediately tell us the past wouldn't be far behind in MK11 -- and customization was on the agenda!

There still hasn't been an official announcement for Kombat Pack downloadable content, but with a time bending plotline came the early reveal of a returning Shao Kahn, who was featured in promotional artwork for the pre-order incentive, and a continual presence in trailer stingers. Kahn stands alone from the six characters who'll be part of the first Kombat Pack, including Shang Tsung, whose rumored likeness of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was confirmed with a character art reveal in March! We now know he'll also host and narrate The Krypt, which takes players into the sprawling labyrinth of Shang Tsung's island!

Scorpion was alone on slightly non-descript box art while Sub-Zero was taking a well earned break from being eviscerated in announce trailers. He and Liu Kang were retracted from an apparently unauthorized Best Buy online listing, but it didn't take long for Sub-Zero to get into the act, featured with five other characters in the gameplay reveal trailer! That's to say nothing of the polar vortex that battered Chicago at the end of January, and post-poned the first Kombat Kast!

Fortunately, Warner Bros and NetherRealm Studios had gone big with The Reveal live event! MK Online was invited to both Los Angeles and London to interview the developers and go hands-on with the world-first first demo. The Reveal further introduced newcomer Geras, and celebrity voice actress Ronda Rousey, who took her role to the ring the following month at WWE: Elimination Chamber! Even with all of that, the biggest surprise managed to be Skarlet, whose radical new design led an overwhelming 49.5% of MK Online users to deem her the breakout MVP! She beat out a fondly returning Baraka with only 23.4%!

It proved to be a difficult task containing MK11's hotly anticipated information in the months after The Reveal. Scorpion and Raiden led a second-front to the portable domain as the first MK11 fighters confirmed for a newly rebranded Mortal Kombat Mobile. Around that same time, PC developers allowed achievement data to leak to the public, spoiling several characters. More than any installment before it, this game was plagued with deliberate leaks from testers and those tangentially involved with development. Even so, details of the first Nintendo port in 13 years proved notoriously scarce.

Official sources kept fans well informed and appeased, supplying MK Online with a plethora of authorized gameplay trailer reveals for: Sonya Blade, Geras, Kabal, Jade, Johnny Cage, Cassie Cage & Kano, Kotal Kahn & Jacqui Briggs, Noob Saibot, Shaolin Monks & Jax, Kitana & D'Vorah, Shao Kahn, and new characters Cetrion and Kollector! The midnight release of Johnny Cage's reveal trailer even provided a global trending topic!

Developer Kombat Kasts went deeper into detailing specific updated mechanics, while Mortal Kombat 11 was announced for the lineup for this year's Evo World Championship. NetherRealm and Warner Bros will continue to support their dedicated eSports fanbase, including Evo in the circuit for their Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition.

Play time with the game was an increased focus for MK11 pre-release. Players responded positively to early opportunities offered by the Online Stress Test and Closed Beta pre-order incentive. At last, everyone will be able to play now that the wait is finally over! MK Online looks forward to playing with the kommunity when Fatal Friday live streams begin April 26th!

Mortal Kombat Online thanks everyone for sharing the experience with us so far! Stay tuned as we anticipate new details for downloadable content extras and more! Tell us all about your experiences with the game by joining the discussion on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum! Let Mortal Kombat begin!