JULY 2020 PCWorld 73

Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath:

One of 2020’s best action films

(and a pretty good fighting game)

It’s like a three-hour after-credits stinger for Mortal Kombat 11. BY HAYDEN DINGMAN

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ease your magic, before the

hourglass shatters!”

When last we left Mortal

Kombat 11, Liu Kang had saved

the world. Having been granted the powers

of a god by Raiden himself, Liu Kang defeated

the time-bending deity Kronika and

prevented her from remaking the Mortal

Kombat universe in her own image. It would

be Liu Kang who reshaped the timeline

instead, ushering in a kinder and (perhaps)

less kombat-filled world. Roll credits.

Or don’t. It’s in this moment, as Liu Kang

prepares to reset the timeline, that a warning

reverberates through Kronika’s chamber. A

portal appears, and out walks Nightwolf,

Fujin, and perennial Mortal Kombat

antagonist Shang Tsung. Mortal Kombat 11

(go.pcworld.com/mk11) needed an after-

credits stinger, and it gets one with the

Aftermath expansion (go.pcworld.com/afmt).

A three-hour after-credits stinger.

IMAGE: HAYDEN DINGMAN