WB Announces $100,000 ESL Pro Leauge MKX tournament...FOR...

For the Xbox One?

WB Press Release (Skip down to bolded section for Xbox Related news):

"Calling All Mortal Kombat Fans!

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces

Who’s Next? Mortal Kombat X Worldwide Competitive Program

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios have teamed up with The Electronic Sports League (ESL) for the Who’s Next? Mortal Kombat X Worldwide Competitive Program, which includes the Fatal 8 Exhibition Tournament and Mortal Kombat X ESL Pro League Tournament. The series of tournaments invites Mortal Kombat X players from North America and Europe to compete for bragging rights and the chance to secure winnings from a prize pool that starts at $100,000.

The program kicks off April 11 with the Fatal 8 Exhibition Tournament showcasing top pro-fighting players from around the globe as they go head-to-head in the inaugural Mortal Kombat X competition. Fans can watch the tournament live from the ESL studios in Burbank by getting tickets atmkxfatal8.eventbrite.com or online at NetherRealm Studios’ Twitch channel atwww.twitch.tv/netherrealm.

Beginning April 19, the worldwide Mortal Kombat X ESL Pro League Tournament opens to Xbox One players from across North America and Europe. Through weekly competitions that offer cash prizes, players can earn their spot as one of the 16 players sent to the grand finals to be held July 11 in Los Angeles.

“NetherRealm Studios is a huge supporter of the pro fighting game scene and to be able to work with ESL on the Pro League Tournament allows us to take the Mortal Kombat X competition beyond what we’ve ever done before,” said Ed Boon, Creative Director, NetherRealm Studios and co-creator of Mortal Kombat. “We’ve seen some incredible match-ups in the past and we can’t wait to see what this next level of competition brings.”

Mortal Kombat fans can support their favoriteMortal Kombat X tournament combatants by purchasing the exclusive Blue Steel Sub-Zero skin. A portion of the proceeds will go directly to support Mortal Kombat X tournament prize pools.

To sign up, view or support the Who’s Next? Mortal Kombat X Worldwide Competitive Program please visitwww.mortalkombat.com/whosnext. For more information about Mortal Kombat X, please visit www.mortalkombat.com andwww.facebook.com/MortalKombat."

thanks to @Tim Static

While the details of this video are basically non-existent at this time, a very interesting Mortal Kombat X related trailer just surfaced and many official twitter accounts just followed ESL gaming on twitter. Without further ado, here's your teaser trailer featuring just ONE of the #FATAL8, @Perfect Legend

Update:

"We present you the “Who’s Next? Mortal Kombat X Worldwide Competitive Program”

Compete for your chance to secure winnings from a prize pool that starts at $100,000!

Click to find out more: www.mortalkombat.com/whosnext"

via @Clutch8

What do you think? I'm sure there is just some sort of oversight here in the Press release...but what if there isn't?

@OniLordAsmodeus: Well, buy an XB1 then.

that's nothing compared to the 500k that Capcom is offering for the Pro Tour Finals in December of this year. These 100k from MK don't even seem like it's gonna be a real tournament, more like just marketing, so meh.

Los Angeles is a long way off though. Can't be bothered with that.

That's Street Fighter though bro. That just isn't a fair comparison.

@Gue1@bobrossperm The $500,000 Capcom Cup encompasses many tournaments over the course of the year. This MKX Cup series only takes place over the course of 3 or so months.

http://en.pro.eslgaming.com/mkx/proleague/

You are right that they aren't comparable though, but only in the fact that one is bigger than the other, and takes place over the course of more time. Still though, the Capcom Cup encompasses both Xboxes, both PlayStations, and the PC. this MKX tournament seemingly only deals with the Xbox One for the time being.

Xbox has always been the system for competitive gaming, so not really a shocker...

lol, no

Sorry, of course PC comes first, I meant between the consoles. FIFA, CoD, those kind of games, mostly Xbox first.

I'm buying PS4 version :D

mhmm. Me too :)

If you're a competitive MK player this is kind of a big deal. It's completely backed by NRS and may very well have more than 1 season. The MK community is excited. Also, MS backs ESL, so of course it's on XB1.