The time draws near! Prepare yourself for the next chapter in the best selling saga with the official Mortal Kombat 11 Launch Trailer! Viewer discretion warning: audience members with existing conditions may experience symptoms relating to Techno Syndrome. Watch:

More of the hotly anticipated Story Mode is on display as Raiden and the mortals of Earthrealm come to grips with the encroaching return of their past! Only the Keeper of Time Kronika has the power to cause these temporal shifts. Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and more will unite to fight her loyal hordes, with a few surprising returning faces, including our first official glimpse of the cyber warriors Sektor and Cyrax! Watch closely and you'll also see a glimpse of an armored Geras and a new Liu Kang radiating with fire and electricity!

MK11 officially arrives for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC starting Tuesday, April 23rd! What destiny will you choose? Join the discussion on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum! Get a taste of things to come with more trailers for Shao Kahn, Kitana & D'Vorah, Kollector, Geras, and Jax & the Shaolin Monks!

MK returns to Nintendo for the first time in over a decade when Mortal Kombat 11 arrives for Nintendo Switch - next week! Get a long awaited taste of kombat on the go in the official Nintendo Switch Gameplay reveal trailer!

The trailer puts Shiver Entertainment's MK11 port inside the confines of the portable Switch JoyCon screen, which IGN described positively in their hands-on preview at PAX East. Ed Boon told Gameinformer the main game will run at 60fps, setting expectations high for the unique release.

Along with the approximate gameplay preview, the trailer also shows us more of the hotly anticipated Story Mode! Kronika dons a crown in the mysterious engine room of time, Kitana courts an alliance with Baraka and the Tarkatans, and Kano comes face-to-face with his earlier self. [Look closely and you'll also spot what looks to be Sektor on a table!] Perhaps the most revealing moment: the younger, time-displaced Johnny Cage is grazed by a bullet -- only for the elder Johnny to receive a scar! This small character beat could tell us a lot about the rules of MK11's time travel!

The highly anticipated sequel will officially arrive on all platforms next Tuesday, April 23rd! Prepare yourself by watching the Raiden & Shinnok Prologue and Story Mode trailer. Then join all the discussion on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

Shao Kahn returns to the koliseum in Mortal Kombat 11! Participating pre-orders will receive early access to the legendary boss turned playable fighter. After months of teasing, we can finally see The Emperor back in action in the latest gameplay trailer! Watch:

In the transition to becoming playable, Shao Kahn has become a more mobile fighter than the days of the arcade. His trademark war hammer and spear are wielded deftly in flowing combinations of hard hits, impaling stabs, and ragdolling hammer vaults. Returning specials like his klassic shoulder charge are joined with bone breaking updates.

The trailer pits Kahn against some of his greatest and most anticipated rivals. Outworld's present day ruler, Kotal Kahn, finds himself in a back breaking torture rack. Raiden suffers a rare fatality from the former final boss, going head over ass in the most direct way possible! As glimpsed in the Story Mode trailer, we can look forward to seeing more from these arch-nemeses in the game's time-bending plot!

MK11 is nearly upon us! Sort out your pre-orders while you still can! Shao Kahn will be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC after the game officially launches next Tuesday, April 23rd! Join the discussion on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

Mortal Kombat 11 is almost upon us, and today Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, NetherRealm Studios, and Intersport are announcing the search for the greatest champion in all of Earthrealm! MK11 Pro Kompetition 2019/2020 is koming! Watch the trailer:

NetherRealm Studios has entrenched itself as a staple of the high-level competition tournament scene and they're mapping out a comprehensive tour for crowning a champion of the next game! Tournaments will take place across the globe, and online, as competitors fight their way to Final Kombat and a share of $250,000!

This year, the Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition will offer combatants of all ranks a chance to compete in nine different live tournaments across North America, Latin America and Europe, along with multiple online events, for a slice of a $155,000 USD prize pool and the opportunity to qualify for one of 12 spots in Final Kombat. Four additional spots in the finals will be reserved for winners of Canada's Northern Arena, Latin America's Liga Latina and the Interkontinental Kombat which takes place across Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Australia, with the final spot given through a last-chance qualifier tournament hosted the day prior to Final Kombat. The first stop on North America's Pro Kompetition will take place from May 24-26 at Combo Breaker 2019 in Chicago, Ill.

The top 16 players from the various events will qualify for Final Kombat, the championship finale, and have the chance to take home an additional cut of a $100,000 USD prize pool. Final Kombat is scheduled for Q1 of 2020 in Chicago, Ill. and will be livestreamed at www.twitch.tv/NetherRealm, as will all Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition regular season tournaments. For more information or to sign up for an event, visit mortalkombat.com/esports.

Will you take the challenge of the Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition? MK11 arrives for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in less than a week - April 23rd! Prepare yourself and let out your best battlecry on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

The uppercut has remained one of the most satisfying basic attacks Mortal Kombat has had to offer. Its chunky arcade logic has been a go-to for free hits, launchers, and even time efficient finishing moves -- but does it work in real life? The latest episode of The Science of Mortal Kombat is here to answer that question! Watch:

Physics boss Sir Isaac Newton seems to have taken umbrage with the simple joy of uppercutting an opponent. Working to navigate his second law is Nerdist's Because Science team, aided briefly by professional wrestler turned UFC fighter, CM Punk, who has about as much luck hitting a knock-out as you might expect. Enter a pneumatic robo-fist to produce the necessary force.

You can catch up with previous episodes examining: Sub-Zero's head shatter, Skarlet's blood spike, Sub-Zero's ice axe, and Scorpion's spear. Rest assured, these moves and more will be guaranteed 100% possible when Mortal Kombat 11 arrives for consoles and PC - next week!