The Mortal Kombat franchise features one of the most dense and elaborate timelines in video game history. The epic fighting game series unfurls its melodramatic narrative across 13 games with a timeline that reboots itself not once, but twice. With Mortal Kombat 1 further expanding - or resetting - the timeline, what better time to dive back into the Karnage of this iconic fighting game franchise. This is the Mortal Kombat timeline fully explained. 0:00 - INTRO 0:40 - THE ORIGINS 2:41 - MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES 3:34 - MORTAL KOMBAT MYTHOLOGIES: SUB-ZERO 5:16 - MORTAL KOMBAT 6:34 - MORTAL KOMBAT 2 8:07 - MORTAL KOMBAT: SHAOLIN MONKS 8:41 - MORTAL KOMBAT 3 11:16 - MORTAL KOMBAT 4 13:17 - MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE 15:12 - MORTAL KOMBAT DECEPTION 18:31 - MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON 20:45 - MORTAL KOMBAT VS. DC UNIVERSE 22:00 - MORTAL KOMBAT 9 25:58 - MORTAL KOMBAT X 29:01 - MORTAL KOMBAT 11 32:42 - AFTERMATH 35:06 - MORTAL KOMBAT 1 From the origins of the Elder Gods and the Mortal Kombat tournament through to the Fire God Liu Kang’s New Era timeline reset, via the timeline-altering antics of Kronika in Mortal Kombat 11, this video breaks down the long and confusing timeline of the Mortal Kombat franchise. #TimelineExplained #MortalKombat #GameSpot Timeline Playlist -