Mortal Kombat 1 has been out for nearly a month and gamers seeking to take a look at their would possibly on the highest degree now have a brand new aim, as NetherRealm Studios and its companions at Warner Bros. Video games and RTS confirmed the return of the Professional Kompetirion event collection.
Nevertheless, the announcement might have been too last-minute and a bit missing for a lot of potential challengers.
The MK1 Professional Kompetition will characteristic a $255,000 whole prize pool and produce 20 of the world’s finest gamers collectively subsequent June to compete within the Remaining Kombat World Championship—the primary NRS title occasion since Remaining Kombat 2020.
Every thing kicks off at East Coast Throwdown on Oct. 20, giving gamers who weren’t planning to attend the occasion simply three days to enter earlier than registration closes and guide journey to Connecticut. Fortunately, the ECT TOs have extended the registration date for MK1 by Oct. 13 at 11:59pm ET.
ECT can also be simply one among 4 in-person Professional Kompetition occasions that might be held earlier than Remaining Kombat in June 2024, pairing it with Final Preventing Area in Paris on Nov. 24, Comedian Con Expertise in São Paulo on Nov. 30, and Combo Breaker 2024 in Chicago subsequent spring.
What spots aren’t determined by these LAN occasions might be determined by MK1’s regional applications, which is able to pit gamers from the three essential MK areas into on-line qualifier occasions and a Regional Remaining for every. Meaning the North American League, Interkontinental Kombat, and Liga Latina could have a number of on-line qualifier spots up for grabs as NRS continues to make the most of its hybrid occasion format.
Remaining Kombat will characteristic a final likelihood qualifier for the ultimate spot, with an open bracket for as much as 256 gamers and a brand new format for the principle occasion that includes a bunch stage.
The truth that there may be a web based aspect, which has been a standard inclusion for FGC event collection for higher a part of a decade now, has various gamers anxious since MK1 has been coping with varied efficiency points. This contains no present crossplay performance and a game-breaking participant one benefit bug—the latter of which NRS has patched.
There may be additionally concern about how these on-line occasions will go about checking participant connection to make sure matches gained’t be impacted by anybody signing up and probably degrading the standard of play by using poor Wi-Fi. NRS has famous it would present full regional league particulars, rulesets, and level breakdowns quickly.
Some gamers have additionally voiced that the $255,000 prize pool for your entire event collection is not a great look for Mortal Kombat. It’s only a $5,000 improve in comparison with the 2019 iteration of the Professional Kompetition and is dwarfed by Road Fighter 6’s $2 million Capcom Professional Tour regardless of MK traditionally promoting higher than the traditional Japanese title.
Whatever the complaints, most gamers are simply excited to see NRS and its companions totally again inside the MK aggressive scene, which ought to see help for no less than just a few years as MK1 continues to be supported.
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