Mortal Kombat II vanishes from PSN

by Griffin McElroy on Oct 19th 2008 8:30PM

There's mystery afoot, dear gumshoes! One of the best-selling titles on the PSN (not to mention one of the best arcade fighters ever), Mortal Kombat II, has reportedly disappeared from the American PlayStation Store -- and from the download list of those who have already purchased the toasty title.

No official word has come from Sony or Midway about the disappearance, though some potential kombatants who contacted customer service were informed that the disappearance is probably due to a glitch caused by firmware update 2.50. With a little under a month before the release of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, this "Case of the Missing Brawler" really couldn't have come at a more inconvenient time.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

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Tags: midway, mortal-kombat-ii, PS3, psn, sony

Reader Comments (30)

Game is impossible to beat...

It's because Midway decided to port the uber-hard version that is in Arcade cabinets instead of the more consumer friendly console (PS1) version. But yeah, the furthest I got in story mode was passed the first fight, and that was pretty much cheating. I played the game maybe 6 times online at most, and never played it again...

I thought I was the only one that thought that! It's so damn hard it pisses me off >:(

My friend also kicks my ass when we play online. It's a good game, just hard as hell. It's a shame this glitch happened. Hopefully, they get it fixed.

Perhaps they removed it to prepare us for the disappointment of MK vs DC. Then again, is there any expectations for it?

Yes, there "is" expectations.

Glad i didn't delete it. I fire it up every once and a while for a quick play through, up until i get frustrated at the difficulty and quit.

I really wish there was a way to back up select items rather than having to do an entire back up of the hard-drive. Or at least be able to backup certain sections at a time.

I booted it up today and I thought the sound was just acting up on my TV. Then I turned my TV off and still heard the game music which was strangely being played through the PS3 itself. I guess that speaker in the PS3 does more than beeps. That was the only thing I noticed that was acting up. I'm guessing MK 2 didn't have online updating support built in so Sony is just pulling the file and replacing it with a patched version

Dude thats insane!

I applaud you for fooling me as I voted you down halfway through reading that thinking it was really him. Well done!

Maybe they pulled it to put MK 1, 2, 3 and Ultimate in a package to coincide with MK vs. DC???

Yeah right, I wish.

That already exists. It's called Mortal Kombat Trilogy.

It's basically the first three (and a half) games all in one...and it was awesome. And near impossible, just like most Midway arcade titles.

MK Trilogy was garbage. It was UMK3 with all characters. Definitely not a replacement for MK or MK2

It's because one of the levels had a song containing a verse from the Bible (1 Samuel 18:27).

holy shit

NOT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, HANG HIM BEFORE HE WANTS A VOTE

Probably the best comment of the week, +1 good sir.

"Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife."

I Samuel 18:27

FORESKIN FATALITY!