Warner Bros. Games, NetherRealm Studios, and RTS today announced the Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition, a new global esports program operated by RTS featuring the latest installment of the iconic Mortal Kombat videogame franchise. Featuring a $255,000 total prize pool, the new league aims to build an international ecosystem of players and will kick off on 20 Oct. at the East Coast Throwdown fighting game tournament. The Pro Kompetiton will conclude with 20 players competing at the Final Kombat World Championship event in June 2024. For more information on the Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition, please visit @NRSEsports.
Qualification for the Final Kombat World Championship will run through either the global Pro Kompetition leaderboard or the Regional League Finals. Each event will be 1 vs. 1 double-elimination brackets. There will be four in-person Pro Kompetition partnered events for all players to compete, including East Coast Throwdown in Stamford, Conn., USA (20-22 Oct. 2023), Ultimate Fighting Arena in Paris, France (24-26 Nov. 2023), CCXP/Comic Con Experience in São Paulo, Brazil (30 Nov. – 3 Dec. 2023), and Combo Breaker in Illinois, USA (Spring 2024). Players can compete in all partnered events for a chance to earn a spot in the Final Kombat World Championship.
The Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition will also feature three regional programs comprised of segmented sub-regions, including three online qualifier events and a Regional Final. The three regions include the North American League (North America East and North America West), Interkontinental Kombat (Europe East, Europe West, Oceanic, and Middle East), and Liga Latina (Brazil, Mexico, South America North, and South America South). The top 8 players within each region will punch their ticket to the online Regional Final for a chance to qualify for the Final Kombat World Championship.
The Final Kombat World Championship will introduce a new competitive format, starting with the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) tournament for the 20th player spot. The LCQ will be operated on an open registration, first come first serve basis for 256 fighters to compete in a double-elimination bracket. The winner will advance to the Group Stage, with the 20 players split into four groups of five players each. Groups will be decided by regional qualification and leaderboard ranking and will play matches in round-robin format to advance two players from each. The top 8 players will compete in a double-elimination bracket, with all players starting from the winner’s side. Seeding will be determined based on group placement.
In all, the Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition will provide fans with more than 200 hours of live competition over 50 days to check out all of the action, drama, and emerging heroes, which can be viewed at Twitch.tv/NetherRealm, YouTube.com/MortalKombat, and Facebook.com/MortalKombat.
The Pro Kompetition celebrates the recent launch of Mortal Kombat 1, which is available now for PlayStation®5 (PS5™), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch™, and PC. Developed by award-winning NetherRealm Studios, Mortal Kombat 1 introduces a reborn Mortal Kombat Universe with iconic heroes and villains reimagined as they’ve never been seen before, along with a new fighting system, exciting game modes, bone krushing kombat, and more. The Mortal Kombat 1 roster includes Liu Kang, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Kung Lao, Kitana, Mileena, Shang Tsung, Johnny Cage, Kenshi, Smoke, Rain, Li Mei, Tanya, Baraka, Geras, Reptile, Ashrah, Havik, General Shao, Sindel, Nitara, and Reiko.
To learn more about the Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Kompetition, visit @NRSEsports. For more information on Mortal Kombat 1, visit MortalKombat.com or join the community conversation on Instagram (@MortalKombat), TikTok (@MortalKombat), Twitter (@MortalKombat), YouTube (Mortal Kombat), Facebook (MortalKombat), Discord (MortalKombat), and Reddit (MortalKombat).
