In life, Jade was a master assassin, famously known for both her loyal friendship to Princess Kitana and her iconic green attire. Now resurrected by an evil sorcerer, she serves the Netherrealm as an undead Revenant. Death hasn’t slowed Jade down, though. She still thrashes her enemies with her bo staff, razorrang, and patronising put-downs.

So who’s making the cut for Mortal Kombat 11? We’ve already got confirmation of series regulars and a few new faces, but a recent dig into the Steam achievements library may have just revealed the rest of the roster.

Love it or hate it, but Injustice 2’s gear system was just what the fighting game genre needed to shake itself out of a rut. While there were options a’plenty for how earned gear was used in online play, most fans settled for vanity over function. For Mortal Kombat 11, that taste is going to lean 100% in favour of the aesthetic.

A Mortal Kombat game without the likes of Scorpion or Sub Zero would feel downright strange, but a new entry in the series that doesn’t feature Australian bogan Kano? That just makes for a poorer Mortal Kombat.

In many ways, fatalities are the very essence of Mortal Kombat. Bloody to the extreme, so vicious that they’re actually hilarious and that little extra dig in the ribs when you’ve beaten a friend and you want to rub your victory in their face. So how does a game like Mortal Kombat 11, which already features Baraka literally ripping the face off of an opponent, come up with those pugilistic punctuation points?

Beyond the character customisation and Fatal Blows that serve as last gasp efforts to even the odds, Mortal Kombat 11 looks a lot more…strategic. That’s not design by accident either, as NetherRealm’s focus on the latest sequel was to scale back on the ruthless aggression of previous games and focus more on redefining that which makes fighting games so special: Space control.

A powerful and loyal servant of Kronika, Geras wields the power to manipulate time. See him in bloody action, in his very own gameplay trailer for Mortal Kombat 11.

Raiden has upset the balance of history with the death of Shinnok. Tired of Earthrealm’s defiance, Kronika, The Keeper of Time will bring order to the universe through any means necessary.