Klassic Shaolin Monks Kung Lao & Liu Kang are back in action in the latest Mortal Kombat X trailer! Released to MAXIM Russia by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment - the Shaolin Trailer is our first look at some familiar faces:

Following the reboot plot of Mortal Kombat (2011): the klassic heroes have risen as revenant slaves of the necromancer Quan Chi and fallen elder god Shinnok!

The trailer features the first confirmed sighting of drunken master and Shaolin mentor Bo' Rai Cho. The Outworld convert was first introduced in 2002's Deadly Alliance and that stage only appears to be a Story Mode cameo. Webseries casting rumors suggest Kung Jin will be taken into the Wu Shi Academy and trained by Cho.

See more fresh footage in the Launch Trailer Teaser. Discuss Liu Kang's return and the Shaolin trailer on the Mortal Kombat X forum! The game officially arrives April 14th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One & PC. Spread the word by liking & sharing stories via @MK_Online & Facebook.

System of a Down multi-instrumentalist and video director Shavo Odadjian is joining the team behind Mortal Kombat X to compose a special launch trailer debuting April 6th! Enter the editing suite in the special sneak peek below:

The trailer features System of a Down's anthemic 2001 hit Chop Suey!. The TV Spot hits screens Friday, March 27th.

Watch closely and you may notice some never-before-seen sequences from the upcoming game and its much talked about Story Mode. The appearance of a winged demon creature has sparked particular speculation, revolving around confirmed playable villain Shinnok, a revenant Liu Kang, or other figures such as The Dragon King and DC Comics' mysterious "blood demon".

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His work has been featured by the likes of Kotaku, and appropriated by fans across the web. Artist Sergey Svistunov is better known to MK Online users as fear-sas, but fandom at large is about to know him as a Mortal Kombat X designer!

Advertised as a GameSpot exclusive [full story]: Kold War Scorpion [above] was the first piece of design art to elevate fear-sas from highly talented fan, to professionally featured artist.

The design will appear in Mortal Kombat X as a playable DLC skin for the series' most enduring icon. Reimagining the ninja spectre as a ghostly soldier of the Soviet Union; the concept owes at least residual inspiration to the work of Mark Millar & Dave Johnson - the team behind Superman: Red Son. Their 2004 Eisner Award winning mini-series reimagined Superman as a Soviet participant in 1950s cold war tensions. NetherRealm Studios brought the Elseworlds incarnations to life in Injustice: Gods Among Us, also introducing versions of characters not featured in the original story [read more].

Fans watching the trailer reveal for the Mortal Kombat X: Kombat Pack may have recognized another of fear-sas' designs coming to the fore. The surprise downloadable reintroduction of Tremor closely echoes his "Mortal Kombat Tremor" -- a fan-art piece originally created in 2014.

Distancing the character from his Special Forces palette swap origins; the new design conjures popular fan-fiction with a more overtly earth-powered warrior. No longer a mere bruiser pounding the ground - this Tremor literally holds the power of sediment in his rocky hands!

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They've revealed the downloadable characters in the Mortal Kombat X Kombat Pack - but they still have to make them! Creative Director Ed Boon has used Twitter to micro blog NetherRealm Studios' progress as the game goes gold, and production on bonus characters begins:

"Sketching some DLC character moves & stuff for tomorrow's motion capture shoot."


"Motion Capture at NetherEnds Studio with @CarlosPesina."

Boon's trademark stick figure story board offers a glimpse ahead into one or more DLC character's moves. The impression of a projectile that can be read several ways, in favour of Predator's arsenal of high tech weapons, or Tanya's Edenian boomerang.

Figuring out the motion capture snapshot is a whole lot harder. You can get a better frame of reference by going deeper into the "mokap" process in this week's Story Mode Motion Capture Breakdown!

Mortal Kombat X officially arrives April 14th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One & PC! Register to discuss scenes from behind, front and the sides on the Mortal Kombat X forum! Join the Facebook Kountdown to the official release date!

Just when you thought The Predator was coming into view - the full Mortal Kombat X: Kombat Pack D:C stands revealed! Check out the new trailer with all four downloadable bonus characters and more details:

Each Kombat Pack character download will signify a new playable fighter and three additional costume skins for kombatants on the main roster.

The Ultimate Horror Pack [Pack: May 5th, Sale: May 12th]
Playable character: Jason Voorhees
Horror skins: Vampiress Mileena, Kraken Reptile & Pharoah Ermac.

The Klassic Pack #1
Playable character: Tanya
Klassic skins: Kano, Sonya Blade & Liu Kang

The Predator/Prey Pack
Playable character: Predator
Predator skins: Commando Johnny, Infrared Scorpion & Carl Weathers as Jax

The Klassic Pack #2
Playable character: Tremor
Klassic skins: Quan Chi, Jax & Kung Lao

Additional skins for playable characters finally lock in klassic kombatants Jax and Liu Kang for a Mortal Kombat X return. The inclusion of a Carl Weathers Jax skin caps off unlikely rumors that the Predator and Rocky star would be included as a downloadable extra opposite the alien hunter.

All downloadable characters in the pack represent cult fan favourites who've garnered support in the build to MKX. Jason & Predator have frequently factored into guest character requests, while Tremor has made the journey from obscure spin-off boss to download fighter through the intense support of fans. So evident is the fan influence that Tremor even boasts a fan design by MKOmmunity user fear-sas.

Will you be downloading the Kombat Pack? Which character stunned you the most? Register to discuss all this and more on the Mortal Kombat X forum! Create and debate your Jason & Predator MK fantasy fights in the Fan Koliseum.