{"id":245045,"date":"2019-03-25T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/mortal-kombat-11-welcomes-some-more-series-veterans-to-the-roster\/"},"modified":"2019-03-25T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T20:27:00","slug":"mortal-kombat-11-welcomes-some-more-series-veterans-to-the-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/mortal-kombat-11-welcomes-some-more-series-veterans-to-the-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortal Kombat 11 welcomes some more series veterans to the roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"liu-kang-and-kung-lao-need-to-check-themselves\">Liu Kang and Kung Lao need to check themselves<\/h2> <p>In case you had any doubt, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and Jax will be playable in the upcoming <em>Mortal Kombat 11<\/em>. 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