It was only last month when the announcement was made Mortal Kombat would officially join the lineup for the World Game Cup 2012. A successful applicant in the internets choice ballot; the award winning fighter joins a sprawl of the worlds most popular fighting games, offering high calibre competition to any fighters able to attend when the tournament emanates from Palais des Festivals de Cannes [full story].
A final bracket of thirty-two answered the World Game Cup challenge, applying from across Europe to compete in a field announced via live stream live on Gameblog TV. Geography has seen a high contingent of players coming from France and the United Kingdom, with Greece also well represented across the roster.
WGC will send complete bracket and pool details to applicants via e-mail, with an official post to be made over the weekend on the website. MK pools are scheduled to take place February 18, occuring as part of Festival International des Jeux, in Cannes, France. The final four are expected to fight it out during live streamed finals, February 19.
The announced field of players [via Test Your Might] have now been dispersed into four pools [via WGC, Updated Feb. 13]. Double elimination means losers enter a second bracket.
Pool 1: Ketchup versus GDA Cimmerian
Dr Jackal versus Mkdalil
St9rm versus Dark Light
Pool 2:
Pool 3:UsedForGlueversus theRobCrathen versus GDA Hidan
Pool 4:
World Game Cup 2012 takes place across three threatening days of competitive kombat, February 17-19. Mortal Kombat Online will be following developments in the MK field, reported to be fought using Xbox 360 versions of the game. Discuss the tournament build and live stream on the forums. More information is available on WorldGameCup.fr.
