Itching to give that upstart Xbox-owning cousin a virtual pummeling or perhaps a digital pounding to that PlayStation fanatic down the street, or maybe that PC Master Race older sibling needs to be shown their place then you’ve only a couple more months to wait before you can bring the pain in the realm created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Developers from NetherRealm Studios have said that Mortal Kombat 1 is getting crossplay between PS5, Xbox, and PC owners come February. Although Mortal Kombat 1 is available on the Nintendo Switch it was not included in this update during the video stream titled “Raising the Dead: The Return of Quan Chi” which was primarily focused on gameplay, and the upcoming season of Invasions.
The team added that a WiFi filter option will also be returning so that players can decline matches based on connection speeds. Previous Mortal Kombat games are is said to have had a similar feature that allowed players to reject matches based on the ping time for another player and since WiFi typically adds increased latency this is why it’s referred to as a WiFi filter.
WiFi Filter option (as transcribed by YouTube):
“Wi-Fi filter which means like previous games you will now be able to decline matches based on connection yes based on their connection type, uh we also have patch notes coming which you’ll be able to see very soon and we’ve done you some changes in certain places, uh added a lot of quality of life stuff”
From quality-of-life items which include changes to various character’s special attacks and the addition of seasonal content, plus more features, it sounds like the team has a lot coming out in the next couple of months. The team repeatedly emphasized that patch notes are forthcoming for the new updates so players should keep a lookout for them.