After placing a spotlight on Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 last year with a huge exhibition between co-organizers Joe “LI Joe” Ciaramelli and Matt “Shock” Luongo, East Coast Throwdown 2015 will continue showing love to the NetherRealm community by making Mortal Kombat X the tournament’s finale.

Yes, you read that right. While nearly every other tournament across the world is scheduling Street Fighter to close out the event, Scorpion and company will be bringing this year’s East Coast Throwdown to a close.

But that’s not all. The organizers will also be providing a $1500 pot bonus to Mortal Kombat X’s prize pool, along with smaller boosts for Ultra Street Fighter IV, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

With the ridiculous number of fighting game tournaments starting to pack into every calendar year, it only makes sense that organizers are trying their hardest to craft a unique experience and identity for their events. Community Effort Orlando saw great success with their wrestling motif and ran with it, NorCal Regionals features an incredibly heavy focus on Capcom titles, Final Round can always be expected to give Tekken the shine it deserves, and now East Coast Throwdown is looking to set themselves up as the premier location for Mortal Kombat competition.

After seeing the insane amount of attention streamers received from folks both inside and outside the community upon Mortal Kombat X’s launch, it should be interesting to see how well those numbers transition to a much different setting.

East Coast Throwdown 2015 is scheduled for June 13-14 in Morristown, New Jersey. Further information can be found through the event’s official website.

Source: East Coast Throwdown, special thanks to Arturo Sanchez for bringing this to our attention.