Mortal Kombat 1 PC Crashes Are Devouring Space on Your Hard Drive, Too

If you are playing the PC version of Mortal Kombat 1 and have experienced crashes, you might be surprised to learn that NetherRealm’s latest fighting game leaves an extra digital footprint on your PC as it takes up more space on your hard-drive.

Spotted by PCGamesN, X user @X-Azeez posted screenshots from another user that show every time Mortal Kombat 1 on PC crashes, it creates a report file that includes information on the in-game crash, but the caveat is that each of these folders also takes 1GB of free space away from your rig. Another user replied to the post with their own screenshot of crash report files, showing it took up an additional 41.6GB of storage space on their computer.

Everytime MK1 crashes on PC, it creates a report automatically, and stores 1GB of space for each report LOL.

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— X-Azeez (@X_AZEEZ3) October 17, 2023

Cory Taylor, the community manager for NetherRealm Studios’ parent company, Warner Bros. Games, replied to the post stating he had notified the team about the issue and that “[WB Games] are looking at it ASAP”. WB Games did not immediately respond to IGN’s request for comment.

Mortal Kombat on PC is already a hefty file size, with the system requirements noting you need to free up 100GB of space on your rig to install the file. If you encounter multiple crashes on your PC, that will undoubtedly exceed that number exponentially.

This is one of a handful of issues Mortal Kombat 1 has encountered since its release last month. The most infamous example is that Mortal Kombat fans and critics heavily criticized the Nintendo Switch version due to its visuals and technical issues, though a patch went out last week that claims to address a number of the problems that plagued that port at release. Mortal Kombat 1 players also discovered a disadvantage to some players as certain combos cannot be performed if you are not Player 1.

Nevertheless, Mortal Kiombat 1 has many interesting things that should excite players, including the fact that the first DLC playable character, Omni-Man, will be available starting next month. Not only that but additional DLC characters, such as Homelander, Peacemaker, and returning Mortal Kombat characters such as Quan-Chi will be joining the roster as part of the first Kombat Pack.

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.