There's just over a week to go until Chicago plays host to the ultimate gathering of warriors at Final Kombat 2020. A new poster hypes the Mortal Kombat 11 event, which will feature celebrity guests and major game reveals. Take a closer look:

Digital artist BossLogic worked his magic for a moody poster that spotlights Mortal Kombat 11 DLC fighters Shang Tsung and soon to be released comic book guest Spawn. Both characters are part of the Kombat Pack, with early access to Spawn coming early next month.

Fan-favourite Mortal Kombat film star Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa will be in attendance at the event, appearing opposite his in-game likeness as Shang Tsung, which is expected to feature in an as yet unannounced DLC addition. Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and superstar voice actor Keith David will also be there for the official unveiling of the popular comic book hero.

BossLogic was advertised to be in attendance, but recently revealed his difficulties entering the United States from Australia. "I got turned back from entering the states, so flying back the same day I got here." He previously created the Mortal Kombat 11 PlayStation Theme and other popular works.

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Final Kombat takes place Sunday, March 8th in Chicago, Illinois and will crown the inaugural Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition champion. The event will also see the unveiling of the red band trailer for Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. Follow article links for details and share your hype in the comments below, or by joining the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

Spawn is the next Kombat Pack download fighter coming to Mortal Kombat 11, but that won't be the only way the comic book character will do kombat. Todd McFarlane has previewed the MK11 Spawn action figure in conjunction with New York Toy Fair! Check it out:

McFarlane Toys unveiled plans for official Mortal Kombat 11 action figures at last year's NY Toy Fair, displaying sculpts for Scorpion and Sub-Zero at at San Diego Comic-Con.

Long time Spawn fans will recognize iconic design details in his MK11 incarnation, from the flowing red cape, to asymmetrical boot guards and spiked armor. The 7" scale action figure boasts 22 points of "ultra-articulation" and will be released in March to coincide with Spawn's playable release in Mortal Kombat 11!

You can examine the Spawn game design closer in official render art, or by watching the MK11 Kombat Pack trailer and Spawn Sketch Teaser. DLC early release begins March 17th. Share your thoughts in the comments below and on the Mortal Kombat 11 forum.

Tremor is coming to shake things up in Mortal Kombat Mobile! The upcoming challenge fighter makes an ominous entrance in a new teaser trailer for the free-to-play platform. Watch:

Tremor infamously started life as a sub-boss in Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, dwelling in obscurity for over a decade before making an unexpected cameo in the PlayStation Vita release of Mortal Kombat. The elusive masked warrior finally made his full fledged fighting game debut in Mortal Kombat X as a Kombat Pack fighter with an all-new design and moves.

Black Dragon Tremor is coming soon to Mortal Kombat Mobile! You can prepare yourself by downloading the iOS and Android app for free via Apple Store and Google Play! If Tremor's impending return has moved you, crystallize your thoughts in the comments below and join the discussion in the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

Today's annual announcement for the Summer Evo World Championship has stunned fans with the shock omission of Mortal Kombat 11! The nine game lineup features an eclectic mix of tournament fighting games, but the most recent NetherRealm Studios title wasn't among them. Read on:

Not even a year old; Mortal Kombat 11 was expected to join other current iterations of the major fighting game franchises for a second year of competition. Instead, the lineup will feature a string of returning contemporary titles, and 2000's Marvel vs Capcom 2, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary at the event.

There was much fanfare when the Mortal Kombat reboot first brought the series into Evo contention in 2011. The admission began a nine year streak for NetherRealm Studios, who replenished their presence with regular installments of the Injustice and Mortal Kombat franchises.

Award winning eSports competitor Sonic Fox took last year's crown, defeating recurring arch-rival Dragon as part of the MK11 Pro Kompetition. The title was his third Mortal Kombat Evo World Championship, having dominated Mortal Kombat X in previous years.

Fully understanding the omission of Mortal Kombat 11 will take time. Announced seventh in last year's schedule, MK11 attracted a respectable turnout of 1,567 registered players, ranking fifth ahead of Dragon Ball FighterZ (1,191), Soul Calibur VI (742), and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (640). A meagre 362 players separated the game from rival Street Fighter V, but all games were wildly outpaced by Nintendo's uniquely accessible genre-buster Super Smash Bros Ultimate, which hosted a staggering 3,492 competitors.

Mortal Kombat die hards won't be starved for a place to compete. A total prize purse of $100,000 will be on offer this March at the recently announced Final Kombat. The event will be a culmination of the MK11 Pro Kompetition, with a Saturday tournament offering registrants a chance to compete in the final 16 event on Sunday.

What do you think of Mortal Kombat's shock exit from the Evo World Championship? Take us for a ride in the comments with your reactions and speculation and find more discussion in the Mortal Kombat 11 forum!

The original arcade release of Mortal Kombat is fondly remembered by many fans, but a noteable section of its global success can also be attributed to home ports. Digital Foundry has gone in-depth with sixteen versions of the 1992 klassic to examine their quirks and differences. Watch:

The almost hour long documentary is a nostalgic look back at the original entry in the series, and its sometimes bumpy transition to the market's many home platforms. Much of the story will be familiar to fans, but Digital Foundry's exhaustive dedication to demonstrating and comparing the technical specifications of each version sets this apart from most retrospectives. Everything from sprites, gameplay, and music are vividly dissected across Sega, Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and even pirated platforms!

Digital Foundry also shared a nice photograph (via Twitter) of the Mortal Monday wine released to commemorate the 1993 home release. The wine makes a brief appearance during the video and is one of the rare PR curiosities from the period.

Interest in the original Mortal Kombat was recently piqued with news of Warner Bros UK submitting Mortal Kombat Kollection Online fpr rating by PEGI. Rather than a straight re-release of the original game as in Mortal Kombat: Arcade Kollection, the unconfirmed title is speculated to be the once-cancelled high definition remake that would've created sprites from newly photographed actors.

Surprised by soemthing you saw in the video? Which klassic version of Mortal Kombat do you consider the best? Share your favourite tidbits in the comments below and steep yourself in nostalgia in the 2D Kombat Klassics forum!

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!