'Mortal Kombat 1' Reveals Pro Kompetition: Season 2 With $255,000 Total Prize Pool - Trailer (2025)

Mortal Kombat 1 will introduce a reborn Mortal Kombat Universe that has been created by the Fire God Liu Kang, featuring reimagined versions of iconic characters as they’ve never been seen before.

NetherRealm’s genre-defining Story Mode returns with an immersive cinematic narrative featuring unexpected twists on classic rivalries and original backstories for a wide-ranging cast of legendary fighters, including Liu Kang, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Kung Lao, Kitana, Mileena, Shang Tsung, Johnny Cage, and many others.

Mortal Kombat 1will also introduce Kameo Fighters, a unique roster of partner characters that can assist during matches, creating expanded gameplay possibilities for players.

Warner Bros. Games, NetherRealm Studios, and RTS today announced the schedule and program details for theMortal Kombat 1Pro Kompetition: Season 2, marking the return of the global esports program featuringMortal Kombat 1.Kombatants of all ranks will have a chance to kompete for a cut of the $255,000 USD prize pool across a variety of live, in-person events in North America, Latin America, South America, and Europe, as well as multiple online tournaments.

Season 2will begin withPro Kompetition Mexico, an in-person event hosted in Mexico Cityon Feb. 22, and the program will culminate at theFinal Kombat World Championship, scheduled for September 2025. For more information orto register for an event, visit theMortal Kombat 1Pro Kompetitiononline hub.

A new trailer for theMortal Kombat 1Pro Kompetition: Season 2was released, including highlights from past events, along with a new look at upcoming guest fighters,Conan the BarbarianandT-1000 Terminator.Conan the Barbarianwill be released on Jan. 21 as part of the early access period forMortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns Expansionowners, followed by wide availability on Jan. 28. Featuring the likeness of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role of the title character, the towering warrior from theConan the Barbarian(1982) film will be available for use during tournament play whenSeason 2begins. The officialConan the Barbariangameplay trailer will be debuted on tomorrow’sKombat Kast, giving fans a deeper dive on this powerful fighter. Release timing and availability forT-1000 Terminatorwill be announced at a later date.

The road to theFinal KombatWorld Championshipwill have four different paths. There will be 10 in-person events,each with 1 vs. 1 double-elimination bracketswhere players can earn points towards their global leaderboard ranking. The top eight players with the most leaderboard points from in-person events will earn a spot inFinal Kombat.

Mortal Kombat 1Pro Kompetitionin-personevents include:

• Pro Kompetition Mexico– Mexico City, Mex. (Feb. 22-23)
• Viennality– Vienna, Austria (March 1-2)
• Texas Showdown– Houston, Texas (March 28-30)
• gamescom latam– São Paulo, Brazil (May 1-4)
• Combo Breaker– Chicago, Ill. (May 23-25)
• CEO Fighting Game Championships– Orlando, Fla. (June 13-15)
• Brussels Challenge– Brussels, Belgium (Spring/Summer 2025)
• Evo 2025– Las Vegas, Nev. (Aug. 1-3)
• Blink Respawn– Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Summer 2025)
• VSFighting– Birmingham, U.K. (Summer/Fall 2025)

The winner of thePro Kompetitionevent atEvowill also automatically qualify for a spot inFinal Kombat.

Additionally, players can kompete in onlinePro Kompetitiontournaments based on their location, with divisions and sub-divisions broken out by geographic region, including theNorth American League(North America East and North America West),InterKontinental Kombat(Europe East, Europe West, Oceanic, and Middle East), andLiga Latina(Brazil, Mexico, South America North, and South America South). Each regional division will have two online qualifier events and one online regional final, with 10 online players earning a spot inFinal Kombat– two winners from theNorth American League, four winners fromInterKontinental Kombat, and four winners fromLiga Latina. Please note, participation in online tournaments will not award points towards the global leaderboard. Players must participate in any of the 10 in-person events to add points to their leaderboard ranking.

The remaining finals spot will be awarded to the winner of the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) event, an open in-person tournament that will be held at theFinal Kombatlocation. The winner of the LCQ will round out the 20-player field kompeting inFinal Kombat.

All 20 players kompeting inFinal Kombatwill be split into four groups of five players and kompete in a round-robin format. The top two players from each group, eight total, will advance to the final bracket and kompete in a double-elimination format, with all players starting from the winner’s side. The winner of the final bracket will become theFinal Kombat World Champion. Exact timing and location forFinal Kombatwill be confirmed at a later date.

ThePro Kompetitionwill allow fans to experience all of the high level match-ups and heated battles with more than 100 hours of live kompetition over 20 days.

Pro Kompetitionparticipants will have an opportunity to kompete in tournament matches with characters fromMortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns, the recent expansion forMortal Kombat 1,the latest installment in the acclaimed videogame franchise developed by award-winning NetherRealm Studios.Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reignsis available now digitally for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, the Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), including a story expansion with playable fighters Cyrax, Sektor, Noob Saibot, Ghostface, Conan the Barbarian (available beginning Jan. 21), and T-1000 Terminator (release date to be announced).

Mortal Kombat 1 is available for Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

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