After 30+ years, longtime Mortal Kombat audio director Dan Forden is no longer a part of the team working on the fighting series. The veteran game developer, famously known as the guy who pops up in the corner and yells “Toasty!” when uppercutting someone in a Mortal Kombat game, has left NetherRealm. Previously, Forden had worked at Midway Chicago, the predecessor to NetherRealm and the studio that originally developed the Mortal Kombat games. Forden has worked on every mainline entry in the franchise, starting with 1992’s Mortal Kombat all the way up to 2023’s Mortal Kombat 1. He’s most famous for being the guy who popped up in the corner of the screen during fights in Mortal Kombat II and yelled “Toasty!” in a high-pitched voice.