The Mortal Kombat movie drops next month and to celebrate, we've got a brand new poster that offers up our first look at Kabal. Kitana, Cole Young, Sonya Blade, and more are front and center, but let's be real: you're looking at Kabal. 

The official Mortal Kombat movie Twitter account shared the new poster with the telltale tagline "Get over here!" Sub-Zero and Scorpion are in the spotlight, but seeing Shang Tsung, Jax Briggs, Sony Blade, Mileena, and Cole Young is pretty nifty as well. 

Choose your fighter: Cole Young. Sonya Blade. Jax Briggs. Scorpion. Sub-Zero. Shang Tsung. Mileena. Kabal. Mortal Kombat – in theaters and streaming on @HBOMax April 16. #MortalKombatMovie pic.twitter.com/jQ4a7pXVML

— Mortal Kombat Movie (@MKMovie) March 10, 2021

While some fans are disappointed that a few favorite kharacters are missing, many shared their excitement over the latest reveal following the trailer that dropped last month. 

YOOOOOOOOO COLE'S BODY ARMOR AND KABAL!!!!

In every generation
There are those
Who are chosen
To defend the realm of earth
In a tournament known...
As MORTAL KOMBAT

IN THIS FIGHT
THERE'S NO ROUND 2

— EnlightenedPasta (@one_pasta) March 10, 2021

AYO WE GOT KABAL?! pic.twitter.com/CdF8TvKW6M

— Lil Jae ??? (@LilJae96) March 10, 2021

yow kabal is looking sickkkkkkk mate first look yow look at the mask that is fire?????? pic.twitter.com/c9HOdKqWJA

— Ground Breaker (@GroundB65136103) March 10, 2021

Even cooler

— Xmanrule10 (@xmanrule10) March 10, 2021

The latest poster reveal comes after a slew of previous movie marketing went live back in February. Each individual poster showed off a particular kharacter and overall? Longtime fans were impressed. 

New Line Cinema previously revealed the film's synopsis back in January of this year, offering a detailed look at what the newest cinematic take on the popular fighting franchise will bring to the table. According to the studio: 

In Mortal Kombat, MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary to those who bear the mark. Here, Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and rogue mercenary Kano, as he prepares to stand with Earth’s greatest champions against the enemies of Outworld in a high-stakes battle for the universe. But will Cole be pushed hard enough to unlock his arcana—the immense power from within his soul—in time to save not only his family but to stop Outworld once and for all?

The Mortal Kombat movie was originally slated for a March 2021 release but was pushed back due to COVID-19. Luckily, it looks like the cast and crew were able to get the project done and ready for the world to devour safely, because the Mortal Kombat movie reboot arrives on April 16.

Fans of Overwatch have been starving for new information regarding Overwatch 2 ever since its announcement in 2019. While we did receive some new info last month during Blizzard's virtual BlizzCon, fans are still clamoring for more updates to Overwatch 1 while they wait for the sequel to launch. We're currently in the midst of a limited-time event called the Pachimarchi Challenge, but those who play on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S received a nice surprise when they downloaded yesterday's patch: Overwatch is now optimized for the new Xbox platforms.

The new-gen consoles already drastically improved loading times and made characters play smoother, but once you download the new 1.58 patch to your Xbox Series X/S, you'll receive a new "Preferred Mode" graphics option. Here, you can switch between three different presets that dictate what the new, more powerful console hardware will prioritize. You can choose to prioritize resolution or frame rate, or go with a balanced option that boosts the overall visual quality.

Of course, since the Xbox Series X is more powerful than the Xbox Series S, owners of Microsoft's current flagship console receive more benefits from these optimizations and options. Resolution mode prioritizes higher-resolution over image quality and frame rate, giving Series X players 4K resolution at 60Hz, while Series S players get 1440p resolution at 60Hz. Balanced mode improves image quality at the cost of resolution, giving Series X owners 1440p at 60Hz and Series S owners 1080p at 60Hz. Finally, Framerate mode delivers 120 frames per second, but downgrades both image quality and resolution. Using Framerate mode, the Series X delivers 1440p resolution at 120Hz and the Series S drops to 1080p at 120Hz. To fully take advantage of Framerate mode, you must have a television or monitor that supports 120Hz or variable refresh rate.

The patch is available for all Xbox Series X/S owners to download now. There is currently no word on if PlayStation 5 will receive similar optimization options in the future. Even if you're not playing on Xbox Series X/S, a new patch is available for your platform to kick off the Pachimarchi Challenge and deliver various bug fixes to the game, its heroes, and the maps they inhabit.

[Source: Blizzard via Video Games Chronicle]