Ghostface from Scream may be coming to Mortal Kombat 1

Ghostface from Scream may be coming to Mortal Kombat 1 as a downloadable fighter.

Series co-creator and Mortal Kombat 1 creative director Ed Boon tweeted artwork of a series of horror movie slasher villains, with ticks and question marks drawn over them.

The villains with ticks on them – Freddy Krueger, Leatherface and Jason Voorhees – have all appeared in previous Mortal Kombat games as DLC characters.

The villains with question marks on them – Ghostface, Pinhead, Michael Myers, Chucky and Billy the Puppet from Saw – have yet to appear in the fighting game series.

While Boon could theoretically be teasing any of these characters, earlier this month modder @thethiny tweeted that they had datamined Mortal Kombat 1 and found “evidence for” eight as-yet unannounced characters.

Most of these are Mortal Kombat characters like Noob Saibot, Cyrax, Jade and Cassie Cage, but also on the list was Ghostface. As such, this may be who Boon is referring to.

Ghostface is the masked killer who appears in the Scream movies and TV show, and is played by a different killer (or killers) every time.

The character always has the same appearance and uses the same voice changing tool in every movie, however, meaning their appearance in Mortal Kombat would represent every film in the series.

Mortal Kombat 1 was released on September 19 to general critical praise, with the game’s Metacritic score currently sitting at 84 on consoles and 83 on PC.

VGC’s Mortal Kombat 1 review calls it “the best Mortal Kombat game to date”, awarding it a score of 5/5.

“It looks stunning, has a brilliant Story mode, its new Invasions mode will keep solo players busy and, above all else, it’s an absolute joy to play. Thoroughly essential for die-hards, lapsed fans and newkomers.”