When it first began, DLC seemed more like an experiment into how much extra companies could charge for new content than anything else, but these days it’s almost a guarantee for any major release. Though it might not have gotten the acclaim of most other titles in the series, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe performed well enough to warrant some DLC of its own.

Unfortunately this won’t ever see the light of day due to the financial stumblings of Midway and their buy-out by Warner Bros. Ed Boon posted a render for sorceror Quan Chi onto his personal twitter account with the commentary “Excited about MK9 and WB, but wish we could have released DLC for MKvsDC”. Due to the abbreviated nature of twitter there aren’t any more details but with a huge roster of Mortal Kombat characters who hadn’t made the cut we’d probably have seen a fair number of fan favorites added to the list.

It might not have been the first game to bring blood and gore to the fledgling world of video game consoles, but Mortal Kombat did so in an incredibly stylistic way whose influence can still be felt years later. The series has been less than impressive in the last few years offerings however and many fans were unimpressed by Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Many companies like DC are protective of their characters and don’t want them being brutalized quite like the characters in the MK universe do to each other with every installment.

That and a desire to appeal to a more universal crowd left the title firmly ensconced in the “T for Teen” rating category. This time around they’re bringing things back to the “M for Mature” camp. Today series creator Ed Boon twittered: “”Motion capturing special moves & fatalities today… they are kind of sick !!”. He went on to insist that ”People want an M-rated MK… dammit we will give them an M-rated MK.” He said they didn’t know where the line was between M and AO, but they didn’t want to ‘kross’ it. (He used the K, not me.)