Mortal Kombat 1’s Ghostface Identity Is A Mystery, Just Like In Scream [Video]

Today, NetherRealm Studios hosted the latest edition of the Kombat Kast–the semi-regular livestream highlighting new characters and features coming to Mortal Kombat 1 in the near future. Though Halloween was last month, the presentation kept the scares going with a full reveal of Ghostface from Scream, along with an interesting twist: The character is actually three Ghostfaces in one, and two of them are from the Mortal Kombat universe.

The Kombat Kast started with the gameplay trailer for the new fighter, which showed off multiple moves and combos, a fourth-wall-breaking Fatality, and a tease at his Animality where he morphs into a buzzard. After the trailer, it was explained that the original Ghostface–the one transported to the Mortal Kombat timeline–is the main fighter, but he can call other Ghostfaces into battle for him.

Those other Ghostfaces–per NetherRealm lead QA analyst Stephanie Brownback–are “not …