Mortal Kombat 11: Spawn (2020) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Mortal Kombat 11: Spawn

"Al Simmons, once the U.S. government's greatest soldier and most effective assassin, was mercilessly executed by his own men. Resurrected from the ashes of his own grave in a flawed agreement with the powers…

24 March 2020

What Mortal Kombat 11: Spawn is

Mortal Kombat 11: Spawn is a fighting game developed by NetherRealm Studios and released in 2020. It was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Al Simmons, once the U.S. government's greatest soldier and most effective assassin, was mercilessly executed by his own men. Resurrected from the ashes of his own grave in a flawed agreement with the powers of darkness, Simmons is reborn as a creature from the depths of Hell. A Hellspawn. Now he is thrust into the world of Mortal Kombat, where he will fight for supremacy against all Kombatants." Mortal Kombat 11: Kombat Pack owners had a week of early access to this DLC.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Mortal Kombat series

Mortal Kombat 11: Spawn is the 82nd of 118 entries we hold in the Mortal Kombat series. The next entry was Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath in 2020.

See all 118 Mortal Kombat games in release order →

What it launched against

Mortal Kombat 11: Spawn launched on 24 March 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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