Mortal Kombat X Has Series' First Gay Character (Maybe)

Highlighting a characters sexual preference in a game like mortal kombat, where the purpose of the game is to kill, and protect the future of earth realm, is beyond unnecessary and completely ridiculous. As subtle as it may be, are they honestly trying to send a message of tolerance and acceptance in a game where you can rip someone's guts out through their ass?

Normal people don't want g@y crap forced on them, ESPECIALLY when they're forking over plenty of cash to have fun. I'm glad I didn't spend money on this game and I will not be spending any money on future Mortal Kombat games.

can't wait to see his Fatality xD

Wow. This comment section is disappointing.

Everyone was all excited about Mortal Kombat's character building in MK9 but when they add a homosexual character in MKX now everyone's all like "why does it matter, this isn't news, it doesn't matter in a fighting game." Yeah, god forbid someone makes a great fighting game and also concerns itself with characters, and actually tries some additional human representation.

This move is newsworthy precisely BECAUSE of the reaction you see in the comments section. Clearly, there is still enough intolerance in this industry's audience to make the developmental decision controversial.

We obviously have a long way to go (as evidenced by this comments sections), so at this point in our society's evolution, inclusion is to be encouraged, if not applauded.

TBH, when I saw the title of the article in my facebook feed I though it would be about Erron Black. Because I'm sure this character is also gay....

It's probably more homophobic to use a gay character as an excuse for a story and to generate traffic. It just doesn't f***ing matter!

Like seriously I'm not for bashing but man wtf with this title.

Wooptydoo someone is gay. This gay thing is really a propaganda.

Enough with this social justice crap. I'm not homophobic but what is the point of making a gay character in a game where sexual orientation is completely irrelevant?

from the sounds of it the development team, or more specifically the scrip writers handled the characters sexuality perfectly in the game. by barely making it a thing.

he is a fighter, he happens to maybe be homosexual, thats the end of it.

It doesn't matter he is gay, but it does matter that no one in the story made a big thing of it. Or better still, it wasn't made a/the motivation for the character.

This is a perfect example of how to handle any characters sexuality. It's sad that its so rare that it is still worthy of note, but this is why its a story worth making note of.

By making it a news story the site does undo a tiny amount of that good work, making his homosexuality a bigger story then it is to the characters in the game oddly, but i note that, again, the intent was to highlight why this was a good thing. depth of writing and more naturalistic and open minded storytelling.

I did not even know sexual orientation mattered in a game such as this. Unless someone brings it up, like the click-bait article as this, I'd never know kicking someone to death or ripping their heart out was a significance of what theyd do sexual to the organs later. Pointless chatter.

Unless we're going to have to spend time in a hot tub together, I really don't care.

This comment section is disgusting.

This would be funny, if Gamespot didn't know exactly what would happen when they published it.

Quite literally feeding the trolls Gamespot, cut it out.

Is he a top or a bottom?

As a society we aren't supposed to see race, gender, or sexual preference, yet the first sign of a "gay" character and were all over it. Who cares.

<< LINK REMOVED >> we have to remember he is a monk afterall so it doesn't mean its a gay romance it can simply mean forbidden love proving my point i originally stated

Why, because he's fashion forward and loves dance music?

I absolutely love this article. It's so sad. I just love seeing legit news like "Ultimate Street Fighter IV Release Date Announced" and then right under it I see "Mortal Kombat X newcomer might be gay".

Never stop trying GameSpot. Slow news days result in hilarious and pointless articles. I also like that my comment is pending for profanity for using "gay" and yet that word is in the article's headline.

Hahahahhaha, gamespot sure loves to talk about where cocks go in! :D

TBH I wasn't aware of that when playing story mode. All I cared was the next fight. But it's good to know that, even in the absurd world of MK, the character roster can be slightly reflective of a real life's population (even if it's 1 in 25). And then you have insect-likes, giant-girl thing, green gas in bandages... nobody says anything about their rightful existence.

Is this a Fighting Game or a Soup Opera?

wow, there are less comments in here then there were yesterday, and yesterday there were less than the day before.

this is clearly Gamespots soft spot so to speak. free speech be damned if it comes to something like this.

believe what we want you to believe, or we'll just delete what you say.

hmmmm

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