Takahashi Takeda was one of the exciting new generation of fighters introduced in Mortal Kombat X, and although he's sadly missing from the latest installment of the game, kommunity interest has propped up a commisioned piece by Japanese artist Eiji Shiroi that is sure to please!

Eiji Shiroi is the pseudonym of artist Jin Mera, whose artwork and character designs are best remembered from SNK fighting game series Samurai Shodown.

The Mortal Kombat commissioned piece was originally posted to her English Facebook in August 2017, but recently came to attention through re-circulation by Twitter user Mel Oliveira. Drawn at a live event in Nagoya, the artist herself described the request as "very unique".

Although not quite the phenomenon it is in the United States and Europe; Mortal Kombat has maintained a dedicated cult following in the fighting game stronghold of Japan. MK Online looked back upon the series' history in Japan in 2012, when location tests took the 2011 reboot to the region. The series continues to flirt with its Japanese rivals, proposing a Street Fighter guest character as recently as Mortal Kombat 11!

2012 also unearthed an unknown artist's work featuring Quan Chi in noted Akihabra store, Super Potato. You can find more western character comissions by Eiji Shiroi by checking her work out on Facebook.

What do you think of these Japanese renderings? Got Mortal Kombat fan art of your own? Submit your work to be featured in MK Online's Fan Kreations archive & forum! We'd love to see more from the most recent games!

The Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition is finally set to culminate with Final Kombat 2020! The Top 16 final challenge will take place in Chicago this March. Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios have announced a massive lineup for the festivities, including special celebrity guests and a final chance qualifier tournament. Watch the trailer and read on for details:

Final Kombat will emanate from the historic Park West Theater in Chicago on Sunday, March 8th, but not before the Last Chance Qualifier is decided with a tournament on Saturday, held at the Ignite Gaming Lounge of Skokie, Illinois. Tickets are on sale now via Eventbrite: $21.62 for General Attendance, or $39.66 for the Last Chance Qualifier.

Final 16 competitors will do battle for their share of a $100, 000 prize pool, featuring players from around the world: America's SonicFox, Dragon, NinjaKilla_212, Deoxys, Rewind, Scar, Tweedy, and Semij, the United Kingdom's A F0xy Grampa and DizzyTT, Canada's Hayatei and D2-Stabs, the enigmatic Tekken Master of Bahrain, Nivek of Greece, and Konqueror249 from Brazil!

Also in attendance will be celebrity guests: Todd McFarlane, voice of Spawn Keith David, and the personficiation of Shang Tsung Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, digital artist BossLogic, cosplay designer Alicia Marie, and more! Mortal Kombat Online staffers Scott-Howell and FatalKade will also be in attendance!

The Sunady event will also reveal the first look at a Mortal Kombat 11 gameplay trailer for Spawn and the R rated red band trailer for upcoming animated feature Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge! Will you be there in attendance? Tell us all about it in the comments below and join the kommunity in the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

Warner Bros Home Entertainment has officially released full details for the upcoming digital and home media release of Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. The multi-format rollout begins mid-April with bonus content from the games and animation. Read on for box art and details:

Digital release for Scorpion's Revenge begins April 12th in high and standard definitions on various platforms, including Amazon, Apple TV, FandangoNOW, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox, and Movies Anywhere. The animated feature will then be made available to select video on demand streaming services from cable & satellite providers starting April 28th.

April 28th is also the official street date for home media release. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge will be available in combo packs for 4K Ultra HD Combo ($39.99 SRP; Ultra HD Blu-Ray + Blu-Ray + digital), Blu-Ray ($24.98 SRP; Blu-Ray + digital), and DVD ($19.98 SRP). Disc copies will include a robust offering of extra content that should interest gamers and animation fans alike:

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge Special Features:
• From Epic Game to Extreme Animation – Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon and the filmmakers reveal the creative process behind adapting the best-selling game to an all-new animated film.
• The Weapons, Wardrobe and World of “Mortal Kombat Legends” – The artists reveal the design challenges of animating the world of Mortal Kombat, from authentic armor to wildly imaginative weapons and fantasy settings.
• The Savage Sound Design of “Mortal Kombat Legends” – This hard-hitting audio exploration reveals the art of designing the sonic language of the fight scenes.
• Mortal Kombatants – Dive deep inside the cast of characters to reveal their unique abilities, signature moves and backstories.
• Filmmaker Commentary – Producer Rick Morales and screenwriter Jeremy Adams sit down for an insightful audio commentary that reveals the process of creating a compelling animated film based on one of today’s most popular fighting games.
• Language Options – English, Spanish, French, German (Blu-Ray), Portuguese (DVD)

Early impressions indicate a highly faithful adaptation of the plot and characters from the games, with character designs literally taken from Mortal Kombat X! Watch the Mortal Kombat Legends Trailer to get the first glimpse of the action-packed R rated feature that spotlights Shang Tsung's Mortal Kombat tournament and jump into the Media & Merchandise forum for more!

After leaving a legacy behind in Mortal Kombat and after his work at Studio Gigante, John Tobias worked as a consultant in the games industry until 2012, when he joined social games studio Zynga. Earlier today, in response to someone who had asked him what he was up to, John dropped a tweet that said: "Keeping busy! Building the WBGames San Diego Studio w some super awesome people to create some super awesome games".

WB Games San Diego is a mobile game studio, creating free to play mobile games. It's unclear what exact role John Tobias may have in the company at this time, but this is exciting news none the less!

What does this mean for the world of Mortal Kombat? No one is really certain, but either way, it's quite a treat to see this industry legend working with Warner Bros. in the gaming industry.

The first trailer for the Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge animated feature has been released, revealing the first look at MK's new animation style and plot! Watch it here and read on for more details:

The 96 second trailer features the classic tournament plot from the original game, which was most recently retold and revised for the 2011 reboot, which Legends appears to take cues from. Shang Tsung hosts fighters from Earthrealm in the clip, which features classic heroes Raiden, Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, and Johnny Cage, as well as hostile representatives of Outworld: Goro, Reptile, Kitana, and the Tarkatan horde!

Patrick Seitz stars as Scorpion, whose titular revenge appears to take him from his rebirth after death in the Netherrealm, to his time pursuing Sub-Zero and serving the machinations of Quan Chi during the Mortal Kombat tournament. Character designs pay homage to Mortal Kombat X, with a clear focus on Scorpion's origins, but how much of his classic revenge plot and its revelations will play out in the feature remains to be seen.

IGN hosts the exclusive first-look trailer, with confirmation of an R rated release coming to blu-ray, DVD, and digital in Spring 2020. What do you think of the first Warner Bros Animation outing? Share your first impressions in the comments below and revisit the complete cast list in the Media & Merchandise forum!