Joining the ever-growing roster of fighters for Mortal Kombat 11 today is Johnny Cage, and IGN has shared a first look at him in action in the trailer above.
Johnny Cage becomes the 14th character to be officially revealed for the game, set to be playable from launch when it releases on 23rd April in the US (or the month after for Europe). This official announcement comes just days after series co-creator Ed Boon teased the character on Twitter - keeping an eye on his account might not be a bad idea going forward.
You can check out how he'll play in the new trailer reveal; fans will be pleased to see his signature green fireballs firmly intact alongside the game's usual ultra-violent fighting antics.
Earlier this month, plenty more characters were also rumoured to be joining the roster after an apparent Steam achievements list leak. Perhaps we'll see more of these be unveiled over the coming weeks?
Will you be grabbing this one on launch day? Any characters you're desperate to see in the game? Let us know in the comments.
[source uk.ign.com]
Comments 32
He's got an Action Figure now! Evil stands no chance!
Love that Finishing Move
Chris Redfield with sunglasses anyone?
Looking forward to this have xl on the PS4 and it’s great hope they do a proper job for the switch
I love the new move and enhanced moveset. Is that a stunt double attack? I might have to play Johnny Cage.
Wow! A mainstay character that's appeared in most if not all games is revealed?
Looks great and I love the fatality but I’m more of a street fighter
Hoping to see Guile make an appearance.
At first I thought the supporting character would be Kenny Omega. It wouldn't have been such a surprise considering his love for fighting games.
No Daniel Pesina, no party.
I wonder whether they'll tone down any of the moves for the Switch version. I know we have 18-rated games already but it's still seen as the more family-friendly platform and some of those finishers are just brutal.
@dystome lol they didn't tone down doom
Ill have it on switch and ps4
@Lordplops nope. Just you. Johnny Cage came first. But you knew that already.
Game looks great! That finisher is fantastic!
Deadly Uppercut, take 2!
@dystome Not a chance. The toned-down version of Mortal Kombat for SNES in the 90’s was a PR disaster, no one is looking for a repeat of that.
Managed to hold it together until the end, that win pose is the funniest thing I’ve seen in the whole series and I’ve been playing since MK2.
Game of the year incoming.
That fatality... huhuhu
I can't wait to discover all the other fatalitys...
I hate what they've done to his face. He looks he belongs in a parking lot, waiting to pick his kids up from school.
The sound effects have improved over the last game. Really impressed with the sound. Johnny's face should look tougher and gritty. Still want to see what its reviews are on Switch before deciding whether to get. Don't understand why Europe release delayed. In the meantime I got a bargain copy of DragonBall FighterZ delivered from Germany so I'm getting to to grips with that.
Nice to see Johnny Cage again but I was never really a fan of seeing him fight with his glasses on. They should had brought him back like in the first two games where he would wore those glasses after battle. Either way it's nice to see him but do also introduced more new characters too. For every one or two veteran character that returns, we also need another new character that is unique to the series.
@dystome Nintendo hasn't tone down Mature-rated games since the Super NES days so I don't think it matters. The reason why it won't get tone down is because of the rating. If you bought an M-rated game, it's cause you want to see gruesome stuff like this so if you're the kind that has kids and can't handle restricted contents like these then go play Injustice or something cause this may not be for you. Don't be like a screw up parent or politic and ruin the game for everyone else.
Extreme violence & gore and they censored out the f word.. Yeah that makes total sense.
I hardly think it matters since so many people use the f word you'd think it's going out of fashion these days. Kind of sad when you think about it, people have small vocabularies.
@RetroGamerAndrew I'm a huge MK2 fan an IMO there hasn't been a good Johnny Cage since the Daniel Pesina days, but I think they may have finally created a great JC. The move set is very well done, and that fatality is such a great callback to his 3-head uppercut in MK 2.
And it might be just me, but I think the face in the thumbnail looks a little like Daniel Pesina.
Hahahaha that's the best fatality I've ever seen! This game looks more impressive as time passes by!
@nab1 I just remembered that Fatality! You're so right!
Never understood the appeal of Johnny Cage.
guess no john cena cage then
Very curious to see how paired back this gonna be on Switch. Also, I'd love if they ported the Kombat Collection.
@GameOverEric You probably had never seen Bloodsports as Johnny Cage was a character inspired from that film.
I realize the original actors are older now and they are trying to redevelop the characters but this does not look like Johnny Cage. It looks more like a Baldwin brother.
Lol. Loved this reveal! Can’t wait to play this on my Switch!
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