



There's a lot going on in the story, NetherRealm said, with Shiva, Sindell, Fujin and Nightwolf all enjoying their biggest roles in a Mortal Kombat story mode to date. There's only one solution, then: send Shang Tsung, Fujin and Nightwolf back into the events of the main story and recover the crown before Kronika can even get it. But! They were watching what went on, and realised the crown was the device Kronika needed to control the hourglass and restart history. And if you're wondering where the hell Shang Tsung, Nightwolf and Fujin were during the main Mortal Kombat 11 story, they were conveniently trapped by Kronika, and were only freed when she died. It's a silly story set-up, but it's wonderfully Mortal Kombat. What follows is an unlikely alliance between Shang Tsung and the good guys as they head into the past to steal the crown from the sorcerer's island before the hourglass shatters. But without her crown he can't restart history. In killing Kronika, Lui Kang destroyed her crown. But at the last second sorcerer Shang Tsung, again played by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, turns up with Fujin and Nightwolf to claim their actions will "doom us all". It's called Aftermath, and it's due out 26th May digitally for all versions of the game, including Nintendo Switch and Stadia.Īftermatch picks up right after the end of Mortal Kombat 11, where Fire God Lui Kang has destroyed time-bending antagonist Kronika and is about to architect a new history.
