Mortal Kombat 11 (MK11) is a fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and

published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Running on the Unreal Engine 3,[7][8] it is the
eleventh main installment in the Mortal Kombat series and a sequel to 2015's Mortal Kombat X.
Announced at The Game Awards 2018, the game was released in North America and Europe on
April 23, 2019 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. In late
January 2019 it was reported that the Switch version was delayed in Europe, and was released on
May 10, 2019.[9] The game received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised the
gameplay, story, and improved netcode, although there was some criticism for the presence of
microtransactions and over-reliance on grinding.

Contents

 1Gameplay
 2Plot
o 2.1Characters
 3Development
 4Related media
o 4.1Toys
o 4.2Mobile game
 5Release
o 5.1Downloadable content
o 5.2Promotion
 6Reception
o 6.1Sales
 7Notes
 8References
 9External links

Gameplay[edit]
Like the previous two games in the series, Mortal Kombat 11 is a 2.5D fighting game. Alongside the
returning Fatalities and Brutalities, new gameplay features are introduced, such as Fatal Blows and
Krushing Blows. Fatal Blows are special moves similar to the X-ray moves in Mortal Kombat X. Like
X-ray moves, Fatal Blows deal a large amount of damage, but unlike them, they only become
available when a player's health drops below 30%, and can only be performed once per match.
Krushing Blows are a special cinematic variation of a given special move, triggered when certain
requirements are met, most like Brutalities in the previous game.[10] Also new to the series is a
Flawless Block mechanic, which allows for a comeback window after blocking an attack with precise
timing.[11] Another returning finisher is Mercy, last seen in Mortal Kombat 3, where the winning player
can opt to revive their opponent, giving them a small amount of life.
Mortal Kombat 11 also introduces a Custom Variation feature which offers character customization
features system similar to the Gear system in Netherrealm Studios' previous DC Comics fighting
game, Injustice 2, improving over the Variation system featured in Mortal Kombat X. Each character
has an initial set of outfits, weapons and moves, which can be further customized by the player.
However, unlike Injustice 2, in Mortal Kombat 11 the characters' appearance does not determine
their abilities, allowing the players to create custom move lists independently of their character's
appearance.[12][13]
Plot[edit]
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Following Shinnok's defeat at the hands of Cassie Cage, a now corrupted Raiden plans to protect
Earthrealm by destroying all its enemies and making an example of Shinnok. This latter act
inspires Kronika, Shinnok's mother and keeper of time, to rewrite history in order to erase Raiden's
interference. Two years later, a Special Forces strike team led by Sonya Blade, Cassie, and Jacqui
Briggs attacks the Netherrealm, with Raiden providing a diversion to aid them. The team succeeds in
destroying the castle, though at the cost of Sonya's life. Kronika creates an alliance with
revenants Liu Kang and Kitana immediately afterwards.
Meanwhile, Kotal Kahn, the current emperor of Outworld, attempts to execute Shao Khan
loyalist Kollector, but is interrupted by a time storm that brings Shao Kahn, Skarlet, Baraka, and
younger versions of Kano, Erron Black, Jade, Raiden, Kitana, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage,
Sonya, Jax, Scorpion, Kabal, and Kung Lao from the previous timeline and erases Dark Raiden from
existence. A battle erupts in Kotal's arena until D'Vorah transports Baraka, Skarlet, Shao Kahn,
young Black, and young Kano to her hive; recruiting them into Kronika's fold.
Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and Raiden appear at the Earthrealm’s Special Forces HQ after forging an
alliance with Kotal Kahn, whereas Jade and Kitana decide to stay with Kotal to protect Outworld from
Kronika’s Outworld forces. Liu Kang and Kung Lao head to the Wu Shi Academy to investigate a
possible attack, leading to a battle with Kronika's subordinate Geras and their own future revenant
counterparts. The battle ends with Geras getting away with powerful energy capsules containing
Earthrealm's life force.
The Special Forces learn that Sektor, backed by Noob Saibot and a cyberized Frost, is building
a cyborg army for Kronika. Sub-Zero and the Hanzo Hasashi are sent to the factory to stop them.
With the aid of Cyrax, they shut down the cyber Lin Kuei, forcing Geras and both versions of Kano to
revive Sektor and rebuild the cyber army. Raiden tries to consult with the Elder Gods. They refuse to
help, but Cetrion gives him a clue to defeat her. During a later attempt, Raiden discovers the Elder
Gods were killed and that Cetrion betrayed them to serve her mother, Kronika. Kronika recruits the
present day Jax by tricking him into believing it was to protect his daughter. Kotal Kahn and Jade go
to a Tarkatan camp in order to turn them away from Shao Kahn, but Kotal's brutality and hatred
towards the Tarkatans cause Jade to battle him before Shao Khan appears and captures them all.
The Special Forces base is destroyed by the Black Dragon and the cyber Lin Kuei, with the young
Johnny and Sonya captured in the process, the elder Johnny Cage wounded, and Sektor killed. Due
to the destruction of Sub-Zero’s Lin Kuei Temple, Wu Shi Academy’s Sky Temple, and Special
Forces base, the Shirai-Ryu’s Fire Garden is the only safe haven left to Earthrealm's heroes. Cassie
leads a strike team to save her parents, where Sonya kills the younger version of Kano to erase his
present self from existence. Meanwhile, Kitana, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao battle Baraka in order to
secure an alliance between him and Sheeva. With their aid, Kitana successfully defeats Shao
Kahn,[14] uniting the Outworld factions and inheriting the throne and title of Khan from Kotal.
Raiden sends Jax and Jacqui to get the crown of souls from Shang Tsung's island, but the pair are
thwarted by Cetrion and a reluctant older Jax. Hasashi is tasked with getting Kharon, the ferryman of
Netherrealm's souls, to join their side so they can defeat Kronika. Hasashi fights his younger self,
and persuades him to join his side, only to be poisoned by D'Vorah. Scorpion drives the Kytinn off,
but fails to save his older self. Scorpion returns to the Fire Garden and is attacked by an enraged
Raiden, who resorts to using Shinnok's amulet. Liu Kang attempts to stop him, causing Raiden to
see that they've fought in multiple timelines and that Kronika orchestrated them all. Anticipating this,
Kronika kidnaps Liu Kang to weaken the heroes. With Kharon recruited, a joint Earthrealm/Outworld
army assaults Kronika's keep. Geras is dropped in the bottomless Sea of Blood, Frost is shut down,
disabling the Cyber Lin-Kuei, and the older Jax defects to the heroes' side after learning Kronika’s
connection to Cetrion and Shinnok.
Kronika sends revenant Liu Kang to attack Raiden after absorbing power from his past self. After
defeating the revenant Liu Kang, Raiden merges with him, and becomes Fire God Liu Kang;
acquiring the memories and knowledge of Kronika's plan through his revenant self in the process.
The heroes breach the Keep, only for Kronika to restore history to its beginning, except for Fire God
Liu Kang due to his godlike status, and subsequently defeats the revenants Jade, Kitana, Kung Lao,
and Cetrion before engaging in battle against Kronika.
Depending on the outcome of the battle, the story ends in three different ways:

 If Liu Kang successfully defeats Kronika in two straight rounds without losing once, Liu Kang
manages to reunite with Kitana, and both make vows to create a new and better timeline and
undo Kronika's mistakes.
 If Liu Kang successfully defeats Kronika, but loses one round to her, Liu Kang is unable to bring
Kitana back due to Kronika reverting history far too much, and instead, a now-mortal Raiden
offers to become Liu Kang's advisor for as long as his lifetime lasts.
 If Liu Kang is defeated by Kronika, Kronika decapitates Liu Kang and announces the beginning
of the New Era.
Characters[edit]
Main article: List of Mortal Kombat characters
The game's roster consists of 25 playable characters, two of which are unlockable.[15][16][17] The
characters in bold are new to the series, while the ones in italics are guest characters.

Initial roster Kombat Pack 1

 Kotal
 Baraka  Frost[note 1]  Scorpion
 Johnny Kahn
 Cassie  Geras  Shao  Nightwolf[19]
Cage  Kung
Cage  Jacqui Kahn[note 2]  Sindel[19]
 Kabal Lao
 Cetrion Briggs  Skarlet  Shang
 Kano  Liu Kang
 D'Vorah  Jade  Sonya Tsung[20]
 Kitana  Noob
 Erron  Jax Blade  Spawn[19]
 Kollector Saibot
Black Briggs  Sub-Zero
 Raiden

1. ^ Initially locked, unlockable by playing Story Mode or via online purchase.

2. ^ Only available as preorder bonus or online purchase.[18]
Along with series veterans including Baraka, Raiden, Scorpion, Sonya Blade and Sub-Zero, and
others such as Skarlet, who returns from the 2011 reboot, four new fighters were introduced, three of
whom are playable. Firstly, Kronika serves as the series's first-ever female boss character, who has
powers over the flow of time, and had been supervising the events of the timelines since the very
beginning. She is not among the game's playable characters.[21][22] Playable fighters include Geras, a
construct of Kronika, who, like her, has powers that allow him to control the flow of time, and
produce sand-based attacks;[23] Cetrion, an Elder Goddess with control over elemental forces, who is
Shinnok's sister and Kronika's daughter;[24] and Kollector, a six-armed tribute collector who serves
the Outworld empire.[25]
Development[edit]
Mortal Kombat 11 was developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment, the two parties also involved with the game's predecessor, Mortal Kombat
X.[26] The game was announced by series co-creator Ed Boon in December 2018, at The Game
Awards 2018, with a trailer showcasing Dark Raiden and Scorpion fighting against each other.[27][28] At
the end of the announcement trailer it was announced that pre-order buyers would have Shao
Kahn available as a playable character.[18] The trailer featured "Immortal", an original song by
artist 21 Savage, which was met with negative reception from fans of the series.[29] While some critics
thought that 21 Savage's distinct musical style well underlined the trailer's violence,[30] most felt that
the song's tone did not fit the trailer's theme, spawning a series of videos replacing it.[31][32] After the
trailer was revealed, voice actor Patrick Seitz announced that in seeing it he realized he had not
been cast to return to voice Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 11, a role that he had played since Mortal
Kombat vs. DC Universe from 2008.[33] Later the following month, Vic Chao, who had
voiced Kenshi, Triborg and Goro in Mortal Kombat X revealed that a majority of the cast from the
previous Mortal Kombat installments would not return in Mortal Kombat 11, himself
included.[34] Earlier, in December, Karen Strassman, who voiced both Kitana and Mileena in the
previous two installments, had also revealed that she would not reprise her role as Kitana and
Mileena, citing politics in gaming that affect casting.[35] On March 22, 2019, about a month before the
game's release, it was announced at C2E2 that actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa would reprise his role
as Shang Tsung from the 1995 film and the second season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy, while
coinciding the announcement of the character as downloadable content.[20] A public stress test of the
game's online mode took place between March 15 and 17.[36] Also, a closed beta was available
between March 27 and April 1, 2019, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One pre-order buyers.[37]

Related media[edit]
Toys[edit]
At Toy Fair 2019, it was announced that McFarlane Toys would be producing a line of action figures
to promote the game.[38]

Mobile game[edit]
In February 2019, the mobile game that had originally been launched as Mortal Kombat X for iOS
and Android, was renamed to Mortal Kombat Mobile as it received its 2.0 update,
incorporating Mortal Kombat 11 content in the process. Among these changes, the graphics engine
was transitioned from Unreal Engine 3 to Unreal Engine 4.[39]

Release[edit]
The game was released on April 23, 2019, across Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation
4 and Xbox One.[40]

Downloadable content[edit]
At C2E2 on March 22, 2019, Shang Tsung was announced as the first downloadable character, who
is returning from the 2011 reboot, featuring the voice and likeness of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.[20] On
May 31, 2019, five additional fighters were announced to be released under the first Kombat Pack
with Shang Tsung. Three of which have been confirmed for their inclusion are Nightwolf and Sindel,
both of which are returning from Mortal Kombat X with the latter being a non playable character and
making his promised debut in the series as a guest character, Spawn from Image Comics by Todd
McFarlane, featuring Keith David reprising his role as the character from the Todd McFarlane's
Spawn animated series.[41] In February 2015, Todd McFarlane granted Netherrealm a limited window
of permission to use Spawn as a guest character for their titles.[42] However on April 2015, Ed Boon
revealed that Spawn had been discussed as a potential guest character early in development, but
that he did not know McFarlane had made the offer until after the release of Mortal Kombat
X.[43] Leading up to a Reddit AMA in December 2018 where McFarlane hinted that Spawn will indeed
be in Mortal Kombat 11.[44]

Promotion[edit]
A community reveal event was held on January 17, 2019, in Los Angeles and London.[45] The reve