Mortal Kombat 1 will do a fatality on your hard drive

The Mortal Kombat games love meaty destruction, with an ultra-violent style full of characters who become familiar with what their opponent is really like, inside. Mortal Kombat 1the upcoming sequel/reboot of the series, will also have a enormous piece of your hard drive: 100 GB worth.

Spotted by PC gamer, Mortal Kombat 1‘s Steam page has been updated with the game’s system requirements, confirming that the game will be a save monster right after the gate. While the PC and console install size is not always 1:1, Mortal Kombat 1 is definitely on track with how the series was trending – Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Edition sits nicely with an install size of 84 GB on PS5.

This is a sign of the times. Fighting games were once one of the few remaining game genres with reliably compact install sizes, but constant updates, high-res visuals, and other modern additions have led to explosive brawls – after many updates, Street Fighter V weighed nearly 100 GB by the end of its life.

Besides, do you think a measly two-digit file size would be enough to keep Jean-Claude Van Damme in check? I do not think so.