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Mortal Kombat X is both the 10th fighting game and the 21st installment in the Mortal Kombat series. It was developed for current-gen consoles by NetherRealm Studios and by High Voltage Software for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The current-generation console versions were released on April 14, 2015. In March 2015, an official Warner Bros statement announced the delay of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, which are set to be released sometime in the summer of 2015. On 27 May 2015, there were some unofficial reports that a second delay is coming, however, no official statement regarding the new release date had been given. As of August 28 2015, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ports of the game have been cancelled. [1]

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Gameplay
Mortal Kombat X features some new and some returning gameplay elements. For the first time in the series, players are able to choose from multiple variations of each character (3 by default), which changes how that character plays. For example: in Scorpion's "Ninjutsu" variation, he gets swords to use in kombat, but if his "Inferno" variation is selected instead, he gets the ability to summon a demon from multiple directions to attack the opponent or grab them. Character variations are perhaps the biggest new gameplay addition in the game. The game also features the return of the X-Ray moves introduced in the previous title. The press release promised "all new gameplay" featuring "a new fully-connected experience that launches players into a persistent online game where every fight matters in a global battle for supremacy. This was of course in reference to Factions Mode, a new online mode in which the player is allowed to choose between the five available factions, consisting of the Special Forces soldiers, the Lin Kuei warriors, the White Lotus monks, the Black Dragon mercenaries and the Brotherhood of Shadow acolytes.

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The game also introduces the "Stamina Meter". The stamina meter is located below the characters' health bars. The stamina meter has two bars which are used when the player does certain things (however, not all actions use a whole bar of the stamina meter). Dashing, for an example, uses stamina. Running from some of the past Mortal Kombat games also makes a return, and drains the stamina meter. Interactables from NetherRealm Studio's previous game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, are also in MKX. One block of stamina is used if the characters use an interactable and they will gain all of their stamina back by not doing any actions that use stamina for a few seconds.

The "Super Meter" from Mortal Kombat (2011) also makes a return in MKX. Just like in MK 2011, the player can gain up to three blocks of super meter, by either taking damage, or by doing special moves. One block of the super meter can be used to "Enhance" special moves. Enhancing special moves may increase the damage of the attack, do additional hits, add special properties and so on. By using two bars of super meter, the character can preform a "Breaker". Breakers allow interruption of an opponent's combo, pushing them away. Using all three bars of super meter allows the use of the "X-Ray" attack mentioned above. X-Rays are super moves that do multiple hits and big damage if they land (for more information, read: X-Ray).

Like all past games in the main series, Mortal Kombat X uses 4 buttons for attacks; Back Punch, Front Punch, Back Kick, and Front Kick. Every character has combos that they can do by pressing a certain button sequence (a list of combos and other types of attacks can be found under the "Movelist" while paused in-game). Players can extend their combos even more by juggling their opponent while they are in the air.

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Plot
Main article: Mortal Kombat X's Story Mode
Two years after the events of Mortal Kombat, Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade and Kenshi coordinate a battalion to protect the Jinsei from the forces of Shinnok who was found manipulating the events of Mortal Kombat. While on one of the helicopters, the trio are attacked by Scorpion and a spectre of the undead Kuai Liang. During the ensuring fight Johnny manages to push Scorpion off the helicopter. Scorpion manages to teleport away leading Johnny to hit the ground, stunned but otherwise unhurt. With the pilots killed and the helicopter damaged, Sonya is able to crash land the craft. Johnny is able to defeat both undead warriors, and rejoins Kenshi and Sonya. Meanwhile, Raiden and Fujin are in the Sky Temple protecting the entrance to the Jinsei from the Netherrealm demons. Suddenly, Quan Chi arrives and brings Kabal, Sindel and Stryker under his control to fight them.

Johnny, Sonya, Kenshi and the rest of battalion arrive at the Dead Woods where it is guarded by the spectres of Jax and Smoke. Unfortunately, a portal of revenant warriors led by Nightwolf reveals their presence and they are forced to fight. Johnny battles and defeats Smoke and Jax in order to protect Sonya, while Kenshi manages to defeat Nightwolf. Back in the Jinsei Chamber, Raiden and Fujin manage to fight the three specters, when Shinnok appears and restores them. After defeating the three specters again, Raiden and Fujin are quickly defeated by Shinnok using his amulet. When about to imprison both gods, Shinnok is stopped by Johnny Cage, who manages to separate Shinnok from his amulet. Shinnok then defeats Kenshi, Fujin, Raiden and Sonya. When Shinnok is about to use a spell over Sonya, Johnny conjures a green aura to protect her, then fights Shinnok. Johnny, under Raiden's request, gives him the amulet with which he imprisons Shinnok inside it.

20 years later, Johnny and Sonya create a Special Forces team, which consists of Cassie Cage (their daughter), Takeda Takahashi (the son of Kenshi), Jacqui Briggs (the daughter of Jackson Briggs), and Kung Jin (the younger cousin of Kung Lao). Their current mission is to infiltrate the Lin Kuei's Temple and determine the Grandmaster's allegiance.

Meanwhile in Outworld, Kano is dealing with Kotal Kahn and D'Vorah a price in exchange for Mileena's location. Mileena alongside Tanya and Rain, unleash an ambush on Kotal's presession. Kano tries to kill Kotal (revealing that he was paid by Mileena to assassinate him), but is defeated. Kotal is about to kill Kano, but is stopped by Tanya, who he defeats. Teleporting to the top of the building where the conspirators are, Kotal Kahn takes Mileena down, but is dropped down by Rain. After defeating Rain, Kotal defeats Mileena...but before he gives the finishing blow, Mileena wields a golden amulet that wipes out scores of Kotal's forces, yet wounds her in the process. Rain then teleports Mileena away, and the rebels retreat.

Back in Earthrealm, the Special Forces team ambush the new Lin Kuei Grandmaster, who is none other than Kuai Liang himself. After he and the Lin Kuei defeat Cassie's team, it is revealed that the whole exercise is a test...Kuai Liang warns that unless Cassie's unit fights as a team, it is doomed to defeat. Johnny Cage reveals that the team is groomed to be the next defenders of Earthrealm, particularly in light of the potential outcome of Outworld's civil war.

Returning to the Refugee Kamp, Sonya receives a group of Outworlders, and she and Johnny interrogates Li Mei, one of the refugees. Li Mei describes that Mileena used a talisman to destroy civilian and kombatant alike in her rebellion against Kotal Kahn. Raiden suspects that the talisman in question is non other than Shinnok's amulet and goes to where it was placed under guard. Sonya orders Cassie's group to travel to Outworld in order to obtain an alliance with Kotal Kahn to stop Mileena. Observing Johnny's humor, Li Mei compares him to another Earthrealm warrior who aided Mileena and crossed over with the refugees. Revealing that one of this warrior's eyes "glowed red", Sonya and Johnny realize that Kano may have sneaked in with the Outworld refugees, and begin to hunt for him there.

In Outworld, Erron Black greets Cassie's team with death threats. Kung Jin is able to convince him to let them speak to Kotal. During a public execution, Kung prevents the death of a thief but is attacked by Erron and Ferra/Torr, whom he defeats. D'Vorah surrounds Cassie's team and for interfering in the realm's rules, they would be sentenced to death but gives them a chance to speak to Kotal. The team confronts Jin's actions for putting in risk a peace pact between both realms, and he says that not all the thieves are irredeemable. In a flashback scene 5 years ago, Jin manages to steal a jade statue from The Sky Temple that was given to Raiden by his family but is confronted by Raiden. Jin blames Raiden for letting Kung Lao's death and fights him. After their altercation, Raiden reveals that he wanted to be attacked so Jin would be more reasonable. Raiden convinces him to join the Shaolin, despite Jin's belief that he would not be accepted "for what he is". Raiden gives him back the statue and says that "it is never too late". Jin then is able to defeat Kotal in a "trial by Kombat".

Meanwhile, Sonya hunts down Kano at the refugee camp. During a flashback scene, it is revealed 20 years previously that during a skirmish with Quan Chi, the revenant warriors Jax, Kuai Liang and Scorpion are restored to mortal form. However, the kinship she felt with Johnny since that time has suffered to the point that they are barely on speaking terms. After finding a murdered refugee, Sonya and Kenshi capture Kano and learn where Mileena's forces are hiding.

After Kotal and the Earthrealmers reach a temporary alliance to stop Mileena, we see through D'Vorah's flashback the coup that five years earlier deposed Mileena and placed Kotal on the throne (as well as Baraka's demise in the process). After Mileena and her forces are defeated, Kotal has her executed by D'Vorah's hand in a rather gruesome manner. However, Kotal, who is distrusting of Earthrealm, decides to keep the amulet for himself and imprisons the Earthrealm warriors.

D'Vorah, however, is an agent for Shinnok. She kills the amulet's guards and steals the amulet. Using his powers, Takeda is able to free himself and his team, but as they attempt to return home, they learn that the amulet was stolen by D'Vorah. The Outworld warriors, who (after fighting the freed Earthrealmers) believe that D'Vorah is in league with Raiden and freed the Earthrealmers herself as well, inform Kotal Khan about what happened, leading Kotal to plot an invasion of Earthrealm and retrieve the amulet back.

General Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage visit Jax at his farm and convince him to rejoin the Special Forces and help them fight against Quan Chi and the Netherrealm warriors. With Jax's help, Quan Chi is subdued and arrested.

At the refugee camp, the Shirai Ryu (led by Scorpion who once again goes by the name Hanzo Hasashi) ambush the Special Forces and captures Quan Chi. In his flashback, Hasashi was informed by Kuai Liang that Quan Chi was responsible for the deaths of his family and clan, as well as his own. Before the Netherrealm sorcerer can be beheaded by the vengeful Hasashi, however, D'Vorah arrives and tosses Shinnok's amulet to Quan Chi, which he uses to free the fallen Elder God from his prison. Shinnok incapacitates the Special Forces and kidnaps Johnny, just as Cassie's team returns from Outworld.

Cassie immediately goes after Shinnok, but she and her team are ambushed Kotal Kahn and his army, who attempt to kill the Earthrealmers in the hopes of appeasing Shinnok and gaining time to bolster Outworld's defense, but the Outworlders are driven back to Outworld by the Earthrealmers with the help of the Lin Kuei. Upon reaching the Jinsei Chamber, Cassie defeats D'Vorah and prepares to have a last showdown with the now corrupted Shinnok. While Shinnok has the upper hand at the start of the fight, Cassie channels her father's power and uses it to defeat Shinnok. Raiden appears and tells Cassie to take him to the Jinsei. Once there, Raiden absorbs Shinnok's corrupted power to purify the Jinsei (while corrupting himself in the process) thus rendering Shinnok powerless. Special Forces arrive shortly after and Shinnok and D'Vorah are arrested. With Quan Chi dead and Shinnok captured, the other Revenants retreat.

In a post-credits scene, Raiden, now corrupted by the Jinsei, approaches Liu Kang and Kitana, the de facto rulers of Netherrealm. He warns them that he will no longer simply protect, but instead, he will seek out and destroy all those who would threaten Earthrealm. He then proceeds to show them the severed head of Shinnok, still alive due to his nature as an Elder God. Raiden then leaves the room, leaving Kitana and Liu Kang speechless as they stare at Shinnok's head.

Kombatants
Mortal Kombat X contains a roster of 24 playable characters and 9 DLC characters. Each character has 3 different variations, which impacts strategy, movesets, and appearance.

Returning characters
Ermac
Jax
Johnny Cage
Kano
Kenshi
Kitana
Kung Lao
Liu Kang
Mileena
Quan Chi
Raiden
Reptile
Scorpion
Shinnok (Playable Boss)
Sonya Blade
Sub-Zero
New characters
Cassie Cage
D'Vorah
Erron Black
Ferra/Torr
Jacqui Briggs
Kotal Kahn
Kung Jin
Takeda Takahashi
DLC characters
Pre-Order
Goro (Also Sub-Boss in Arcade, later released with Kombat Pack 2)
Kombat Pack
Jason Voorhees
Tanya
Predator
Tremor
Kombat Pack 2
Alien
Bo' Rai Cho (Originally Story Mode non-fightable NPC)
Leatherface
Triborg
Non-playable characters
Baraka (Story Mode fightable NPC)
Corrupted Shinnok (Final boss, unplayable)
Cyrax (Modifier)
Daegon (Arcade Endings)
Frost (Story Mode non-fightable NPC)
Fujin (Story Mode non-fightable NPC)
Jade (Arcade Endings)
Kabal (Story Mode non-fightable NPC and modifier)
Li Mei (Story Mode non-fightable NPC)
Moloch (Quan Chi Intro)
Nightwolf (Story Mode non-fightable NPC)
Rain (Story Mode fightable NPC and modifier)
Sareena (Story Mode non-fightable NPC)
Sektor (Story Mode - severed head and voice only)
Shang Tsung (Arcade Endings)
Shao Kahn (Statue in Story Mode, Arcade Endings, player card backgrounds)
Shujinko (Arcade Endings)
Sindel (Story Mode fightable NPC)
Smoke (Story Mode non-fightable NPC, Lin Kuei Faction Kill and modifier)
Stryker (Story Mode non-fightable NPC and modifier)
Taven (Arcade Endings)
Costumes
Cassie Cage:

Sub-Zero Kosplay Cassie Cage (Cosplay Pack)
D'Vorah:

Wretch D'Vorah (Apocalypse Pack)
Ermac:

Klassic Ermac
Pharaoh Ermac (Horror Pack)
Krimson Ermac
Erron Black:

Bounty Hunter Erron Black (Apocalypse Pack)
Ferra/Torr:

Executioner Ferra/Torr (Medieval Pack)
Jacqui Briggs:

Scorpion Kosplay Jacqui Briggs (Cosplay Pack)
Jax:

Carl Weathers (Predator/Prey Pack)
MK3 Jax (Klassic Pack 2)
Johnny Cage:

Commando Johnny Cage (Predator/Prey Pack)
Soccer Johnny Cage (Brazil Pack)
Kano:

MK1 Kano (Klassic Pack 1)
Revolution Kano (Kold War Pack)
Kenshi:

Ronin Kenshi (Samurai Pack)
Kitana:

Jingu Kitana (Samurai Pack)
Kotal Kahn:

Dark Lord Kotal Kahn (Medieval Pack)
Kung Jin:

Marksman Kung Jin (Medieval Pack)
Kung Lao:

Gaucho Kung Lao (Brazil Pack)
MK3 Kung Lao (Klassic Pack 2)
Liu Kang:

Capoeira Liu Kang (Brazil Pack)
MK1 Liu Kang (Klassic Pack 1)
Mileena:

Vampiress Mileena (Horror Pack)
Quan Chi:

MK4 Quan Chi (Klassic Pack 2)
Reptile:

Klassic Reptile
Kraken Reptile (Horror Pack)
Scorpion:

Gold Scorpion (Coarse Kollector's Edition Exclusive)
Infrared Scorpion (Predator/Prey Pack)
Klassic Scorpion
Kold War Scorpion
Shinnok:

Samurai Shinnok (Samurai Pack)
Sonya Blade:

MK1 Sonya Blade (Klassic Pack 1)
Motherland Sonya Blade (Kold War Pack)
Sub-Zero:

Blue Steel Sub-Zero
Klassic Sub-Zero
Tundra Sub-Zero (Kold War Pack)
Takeda:

Warrior Takeda (Apocalypse Pack)
Fatalities
Jax:

Arm Rip (Klassic Fatalities 2)
Johnny Cage:

Decap (Klassic Fatalities 1)
Kitana:

Decapitation (Klassic Fatalities 2)
Kung Lao:

Hat Split (Klassic Fatalities 2)
Mileena:

Man-Eater (Klassic Fatalities 2)
Scorpion:

Toasty! (Klassic Fatalities 1)
Sonya Blade:

Kiss of Death (Klassic Fatalities 1)
Sub-Zero:

Head Rip (Klassic Fatalities 1)
Kombat Pack
The Kombat Pack is a season pass that unlocks the DLC shown below upon purchase. The pack includes 4 characters and 5 skin packs:

Characters
Jason Voorhees
Tanya
Predator
Tremor
Skin Packs
Samurai Pack (Jingu Kitana, Ronin Kenshi, Samurai Shinnok)
Horror Pack (Kraken Reptile, Pharaoh Ermac, Vampiress Mileena)
Klassic Pack 1 (MK1 Kano, MK1 Liu Kang, MK1 Sonya Blade)
Predator/Prey Pack (Carl Weathers as Dillon for Jax, Commando Johnny Cage, Infrared Scorpion)
Klassic Pack 2 (MK3 Jax, MK3 Kung Lao, MK4 Quan Chi)
Kombat Pack 2/Mortal Kombat XL
On March 1st, 2016 (October 4th on PC), Kombat Pack 2 was released and included five characters (four if you already own Goro) and a skin pack.

Mortal Kombat XL, a version of the game that bundles the game and all existing downloadable content together, was released alongside KP2 on the same dates.

Characters
Alien
Bo' Rai Cho
Goro
Leatherface
Triborg
Skin Packs
Apocalypse Pack (Wretch D'Vorah, Warrior Takeda, Bounty Hunter Erron Black) - Included with KP2
Cosplay Pack (Sub-Zero Kosplay Cassie Cage and Scorpion Kosplay Jacqui Briggs) - Included with MKXL, separate purchase otherwise
Medieval Pack (Dark Lord Kotal Kahn, Marksman Kung Jin, Executioner Ferra/Torr) - Included with MKXL, separate purchase otherwise
Stages
Dead Woods
Destroyed City
Emperor's Courtyard
Jinsei Chamber
Kove
Krossroads
Kuatan Jungle
Lin Kuei Temple
Outworld Marketplace
Pit
Quan Chi's Fortress
Refugee Kamp
Sky Temple
Training Room
Characters' live backgrounds
Kotal Kahn in Emperor's Courtyard
Raiden and Fujin in Jinsei Chamber and Sky Temple
Quan Chi in Krossroads and Quan Chi's Fortress
Reptile in Kuatan Jungle
Sub-Zero in Lin Kuei Temple
Baraka in Outworld Marketplace
Sonya Blade, Cassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs and Jax in Refugee Kamp and Training Room
Modes
A list of the modes that are available to play in Mortal Kombat X.

Singleplayer
Arcade
Versus
Training
Story
Living Towers (requires online connection)
Test Your Might
Test Your Luck
Endless
Survivor
Multiplayer
Versus (player vs. player; can be played online and offline)
Team Battle (online only)
King of the Hill (online only)
Factions
Read More: Factions Mode

Factions is a continuous, affiliation-based Multiplayer mode (introduced in Mortal Kombat X) in which players can compete with other players for points that go to the faction they've chosen. At the end of each week, a faction and player within that faction will be announced as the winners. Players can also earn various rewards by competing in this mode, some of which are faction-specific Faction Kills, a new form of Fatality.

Achievements and Trophies
See Mortal Kombat X Achievements and Trophies.

Mortal Kombat X Comic
Read More: Mortal Kombat X (Comic Series)

The Mortal Kombat X Comic is a comic series launched and published by DC Comics in association with NetherRealm Studios, serving as a prequel to the game of the same name.

Editions