Mortal Kombat is coming soon – and it’s a lot more eSports friendly than Mortal Kombat’s ever been. It’s the perfect tournament fighting game – which is why there’s going to be a series of grand international tournaments centered around the game. And for a change, South Africa’s included.
The event, dubbed the “Who’s Next? Mortal Kombat X Worldwide Competitive Program,” is divided into three tournaments: The Fatal 8 Exhibition Tournament, the Mortal Kombat X ESL Pro League Tournament, and the Mortal Kombat Cup. The series will be open to players from North America and Europe with a prize pool that starts at $100,000. You can watch the impending Fatal 8 on NetherRealm’s Twitch channel. While we’re unable to take part in the Fatal 8 and the ESL pro league tournaments, the Mortal Kombat Cup is open to us. It’s a series of live tournaments taking place in 17 international territories, and will run from April through June, ending in a finale live from the Japan Expo in Paris on July 5th.
There will be local qualifiers in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, with the winners in each regional qualifier being flown up to JHB for the finals. The winner there will receive R15 000 in cold, hard cash, a coveted 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4 and a trip to the finals in Paris in July. The winner of those finals gets $100 000. That…well, that’s pretty amazing.
Here’s how the local qualifiers work:
- Date: 9 May 2015 & 30 May
Johannesburg
Two qualifying rounds on separate days for SA Mortal Kombat Cup for people in Gauteng province and surrounds. 32 places (with the ability to burst up to 64 players should there be demand) on each day. - Date: 16 May 2015
City: Durban
Qualifying round for SA Mortal Kombat Cup for people in KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds. 32 places (with the ability to burst up to 64 players should there be demand). - Date: 23 May 2015
City: Cape Town
Qualifying round for SA Mortal Kombat Cup for people in Western Cape Province. 32 places (with the ability to burst up to 64 players should there be demand).
They’ll be done in Swiss Tournament style, with the finals being done in single elimination. We don’t quite know where the qualifiers will be just yet, but we’ll keep you updated. The final will host the 16 qualifying competitors from each regional qualifier on 6th June 2015.
- 1st Place: R15 000 Cash Prize and PlayStation 4 20th Anniversary Console
- 2nd Place: R10 000 Cash Prize and Mortal Kombat X Branded PS4 Console
- 3rd Place: R5 000 Cash Prize
The winner will then go off to represent us all at the finals in Paris in July. For more details, you can visit one of the two official sites for the tournament: http://cup.mortalkombat.com/za/ and http://www.mortalkombatx.co.za/
Who’s Next? Well…it could be you. Mortal Kombat X is out on April 14, which gives you just about 3 weeks to practice before the cup commences. Use that time wisely.
Last Updated: March 31, 2015
Guild
March 31, 2015 at 09:44
This is such an awesome tournament and opportunity for the fighting scene in SA. Great prizes. I need to practice more
Hammersteyn
March 31, 2015 at 09:55
I’ll train you well in the art of opening cans of whoop-ass XD
RinceThis
March 31, 2015 at 11:17
Only cans he can open are beer cans *RUNS
Hammersteyn
March 31, 2015 at 11:43
Bwahahaha
Geoffrey Tim
March 31, 2015 at 09:54
MUCH PRIZE. MANY AWESOME. VERY PS4 20th anniversary edition. Wow.
Hammersteyn
March 31, 2015 at 09:55
Maybe we can enter and play online one day so that we all can compete….
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/spchlss.gif
Geoffrey Tim
March 31, 2015 at 10:16
Maybe take a train to jhb, boet.
Hammersteyn
March 31, 2015 at 10:22
XD
Geoffrey Tim
March 31, 2015 at 10:22
I will say this: For a FG tournamnet of this magnitude, I don;t think online is suitable. Latency is already an issue for FG games, and online – especially with out internet – isn’t good enough for pro-level FG playing.
Hammersteyn
March 31, 2015 at 10:35
That’s what I meant with one day. When we all have access to the cloud
Guild
March 31, 2015 at 10:44
Only thing I’m still trying to find details on which platform they playing?
Geoffrey Tim
March 31, 2015 at 10:44
PS4.
RinceThis
March 31, 2015 at 11:17
lol
Werner Morris
March 31, 2015 at 09:56
I’m registered for JHB on 30 June. I’ll see you guys there =D.
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 31, 2015 at 10:09
Who’s next? YOU’RE NEXT!
Greylingad
March 31, 2015 at 10:26
Would the one button fatality be allowed?
Ir0nseraph
March 31, 2015 at 10:36
Great to see some awesome prizes for a local competition, I hope the competition goes brilliantly.
Guild
March 31, 2015 at 10:44
Enter budd. It’ll be a good meetup as well
RinceThis
March 31, 2015 at 11:17
Holy sack balls Batman!
Hendrik
March 31, 2015 at 12:30
Will they play MK9 or MKX? It is kinda silly to have a tournament to win the game and a PS4 if you have to play the actual game you are going to win…how must you become a master if you don’t have the game?
Geoffrey Tim
March 31, 2015 at 16:48
Playing MKX. Prize isnt the game..prize is R15 000, and an anniversary PS4 – and a spot at the internationls, where there’s a $100 000 prize. Tournament kicks off 3 weeks after the game’s release; so theres time to get practicing.
GREAT GANGSTA GORBASH
April 1, 2015 at 00:45
This is very cool! Will their be more chances to participate in them or is it just like a one time deal because i want at least a second chance at the first two IF i happen to lose. ***IF I HAPPEN TO LOSE***… Just saying like if they have it once a month would be epic
Werner Morris
April 2, 2015 at 13:16
Uhm ja just to correct…the second qualifier isn’t 30 June, it’s 30 May.
Dominique
April 22, 2015 at 11:44
Hi guys i cant register for Johannesburg at all only city ‘s they bring up are Durban so how do i fix that ? i emailed them twice but no return Dont know wtf is going on ? can some 1 please help even if i register for the 30th of may that would be fine but 9th is fine aswell sooo please help me