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 – that’s with a K, of course – of this iconic fighting game franchise. This is the Mortal Kombat timeline fully explained.