Mortal Fighter

***Mortal Fighter*** is a 2027 fighting game developed by Dark Productions and published by Monsteristic. It is the first main installment in the *Mortal Fighter* series. The game was announced at The Game Awards 2026 and was released on December 2, 2027 for Windows, Playstation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

*Mortal Fighter* is set in the 1980s, in the midst of the Cold War. It features twelve characters and four of them are playable. Those four characters are the main focus of the story. The campaign mode features huge innovations to the fighting genre, where players explore the world, find parts, build machines, use abilities, and battle bosses. The game also features a multiplayer mode, that has twelve three-lane style maps, with 6v6 combat, like a first-person arcade shooter video game, players run around find players and battle. Multiplayer offers multiple gametypes, though unlike the Campaign mode, all twelve characters are playable. The third gamemode, is titled "Missions", offers players twenty mission like campaign-levels that expand on the universe, exploring the history of the four characters before the Cold War even began.

The game recieved positive reviews from critics with praise to the gameplay, fighting animations, graphics, original and innovative gameplay. The game had dozens of nominations and won multiple rewards too.

## Campaign

*Mortal Fighter'*s Campaign mode features 12 missions that take around an hour each to complete, each Mission has two cutscenes, intel to collect, and additional rewards that can be used in the in-game store. The mode focuses on four of the twelve characters, with the four focused characters being the only playable characters.

### Plot

The plot features all these characters (the **names** **bolded** are the focus of this game):

* **Abdul Pearce**
* **Saul Jacobs**
* **Kieron Woodward**
* **Muhammed Mack**
* Keaton Zamora
* Grover Riggs
* Harley Blackwell
* Zack Stark
* Vicky Talos
* Henry Imperial
* Sandy Mccabre
* Christy Talbot

### Campaign

Saul Jacobs, who is only 22 years old, with the power of visions, explores the great city of New York. After a full work day, he starts to walk home, but is confronted by a bunch of criminals. He's tied up and questioned by masked unknown individuals, but is saved by Abdul Pearce, who reveals he is connected to Saul due to their powers.

## Multiplayer

Multiplayer features twelve maps with all twelve characters being playable. Each character has an ability that players can use to turn the tide of battles, if used in the right combo. Players also have challenges to complete to earn cosmetic rewards plus a in-game currency known as "Scraps", which can

## Development

Monsteristic confirmed Dark Productions was in the middle of developing a new game that would create an entirely new franchise series in 2020. By June 2022, Dark Productions confirmed that the game would be a fighting game and would be released in October 2027. The official reveal trailer was released on March 10, 2027 and officially confirmed to have been pushed back to a December 2, 2027 release date.

Before the release of Season 1, Dark Productions released several updates for the game. Update 8.1 removed the third mode "Missions", due to the lack of inspiration.

## Post-launch content

Dark Productions plans to support the game extensively with downloadable content after launch; *Mortal Fighter* utilizes the battle Pass model. Gameplay content would be free for all players, whereas players who purchased the battle pass would receive additional cosmetic items through Supply Drops.

### Season 01: Moonlight

Season 1, titled "Moonlight", launched on March 10, 2028 and introduced the battle pass system to the players. The season introduced two maps into Multiplayer and a new menu for Character skins, giving more customization. Season 1 began on March 10 and lasted two months ending on May 20, 2028. Dark Productions confirmed each "Season" will feature lots of content, and won't be released directly after the season timer ends.

## Notes

1. ↑ *Character Skins* were originally going to launch with the launch of the game in December 2027.
2. ↑ Season 1 began on March 10 2028