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Warner Bros. and NetherRealm increase prize contributions to Mortal Kombat X pro tournaments

The prize pools for fighting games continue to grow, with Warner Bros. and NetherRealm adding some additional money for professional Mortal Kombat X tournament pots.

Ozzie Mejia

June 4, 2015 3:30 PM

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Prize pools for professional fighting game tournaments continue to grow by the day, with games like Ultra Street Fighter 4, Killer Instinct, and others getting generous boosts to their pots from various donors. It's now time to add Mortal Kombat X to this list, with Warner Bros. and NetherRealm increasing their contributions to the professional scene.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has outright doubled its contribution to July 11's ESL Mortal Kombat X Worldwide Competitive Program finals. Their donation has increased from $50,000 to $100,000. This is to add a little fuel to a rapidly-growing competitive scene, one that is already starting to increase its presence. This weekend's So Cal Regionals: Prelude, held by Level|Up, will conclude its day of competition with Mortal Kombat X, not Ultra Street Fighter 4, as has so often been the case previously.

Meanwhile, the fans can also help fund prize pools with their own wallet. The Blue Steel Sub-Zero skin is available for $1.99 on all platforms. Those proceeds will fund pots for the upcoming CEO tournament at the end of this month, as well as next month's Evo World Championships.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?