Mortal Kombat 1 has 5 server regions worldwide.
US East
Eastern United States High population Primary North American region. Largest English-speaking competitive community. US West
Western United States Medium population Europe West
Western Europe High population Strong European competitive scene, especially UK, Germany, France. Middle East
Middle East Low population Servers were added/fixed post-launch after community complaints. Previously players routed through EU servers at 300ms+. Source: https://dashfight.com/news/mortal-kombat-1-servers-for-middle-east-are-fixed-3674 Asia
Asia-Pacific Low population Low Steam population. Console (PS5/Xbox) may have better regional coverage. Connection: Peer-to-peer (P2P)
Game sessions are hosted by one of the players (the "host"). Your ping depends on your connection to that player, not to a fixed data center.
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