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Rain and his water-based repertoire of special attacks will be coming to Mortal Kombat on July 19. Available to download for 400 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 and $5 on the PS3, the purple one is still rocking the “around the world” roundhouse kick, which instantly makes him the awesomest character available in the game. Which you can check out in the trailer above.

With Rain’s release that only leaves the “unannounced new entrant” as the final piece of Mortal Kombat’s Summer DLC slate. Anybody want to take any guesses as to who it’ll be? Or could it be a truly new character? Hopefully, we’ll find out soon.

No matter how depraved and disgusting a comedy gets, it only becomes “offensive” or “inappropriate” when the creators attack something you love. Even a comedy show as respected as The Daily Show can fall into this trap. There are few men in America that are as beloved among young adults as Jon Stewart, but he just questioned the wisdom of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Brown vs EMA…

Jon Stewart is dead to me now.

The Daily Show host made his point by splicing clips of the latest Mortal Kombat game in with his own reactions to the gratuitous violence. But before showing the clip, he prefaced it with the following warning: “It’s like an interactive, animated snuff film.”

That’s just going too far Mr. Stewart! Why, I’ll have you know, the Mortal Kombat series is a historic and… (more…)

Kenshi, the blind swordsman, was the best character introduced to the Mortal Kombat mythos in the Deadly Alliance trilogy. So it’s only fitting that he’s the first returning character to be offered as DLC for the Mortal Kombat reboot on the PS3 and Xbox 360. NetherRealm Studios has released a new trailer that tells the tale of Kenshi and you can watch it above.

Kenshi will be available to download from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace on July 5 for $5 (or 400 Microsoft Points).

We knew Kenshi would be joining the Kombatants in the latest, and potentially greatest, iteration of Mortal Kombat, we just didn’t know how beast he would be. Despite not being in the original trilogy, Kenshi can still hang with the rest of them, as he does some pretty unpleasant things to Johnny Cage in the video above.

You can pick him up July 5 on Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store for $4.99.

NetherRealm Studios has released a new trailer for Mortal Kombat showcasing the “Klassic” skins for Sektor and Cyrax. The pair will be available on Tuesday, June 21 as part of the free Compatibility Pack #1. Kombatants who download Skarlet (for 400 Microsoft Points/$4.99) will also receive the cyborg skins for free.

The good news: NetherRealm Studios plans to support Mortal Kombat with at least four downloadable characters.

The bad news: Each character will cost $4.99 (or 400 Microsoft Points).

Yup, publisher WB Games plans to perform a Fatality on your wallet with the DLC pricing for Mortal Kombat. But the company is offering a slight break to Xbox 360 owners in the form of the Kombat Pass. The pass offers players a $5 discount to download all four characters (Skarlet, Rain, Kenshi and “an unannounced new entrant”) for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15).

If you choose not to download the new characters (and I don’t blame you), NetherRealm will be releasing free compatibility packs to ensure the new characters play nice with the current characters in online play. These compatibility packs will also include two free Klassic skins, such as the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3-inspired Cyrax and Sektor skins found in the first pack.

Skarlet will be available to download on June 21 with Rain, Kenshi and the “unannounced new entrant” (which totally sounds like a new character to us) will be available later this Summer.

Warner Bros. and NetherRealm Studios confirm that the new Mortal Kombat DLC featuring Skarlet, the character who once was a glitch, will be available for download on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on June 21. The trailer above gives her character a little background and teases what’s in store for her (or anyone getting in her way). Also, the ending confirms Rain, Kenshi, and an unnamed third kombatant will be joining the roster in further DLC updates this summer.

We loved Mortal Kombat in our review, and can’t wait to jump back into the action with these new characters.