Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection hits XBLA, PSN on August 31 [update: PSN August 30]

by Richard Mitchell on Aug 23rd 2011 2:15PM

Dude, my friend told me that Ermac is totally real.

Fight! Wait, hang on. Do that next week, when the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection lands on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. The game, which bundles the arcade versions of Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, will be released on August 31 for $10.

In honor of the collection's release, we have dubbed August 31 "Mortal Wednesday."

Update: Warner Bros has issued an update, noting that Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will be "available on exclusively on PlayStation Network in the North America only starting August 30, 2011." The global PSN launch, as well as the XBLA release, will happen the following day, August 31.

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Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection Available for Download on August 31, 2011!

Welcome back to where it all began!

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announces the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will officially be available for download worldwide on August 31, 2011. Launching on PlayStation®Network, Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC, this will mark the first time the original Mortal Kombat arcade trilogy - Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - have been brought together in a single collection. The Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will be available for $9.99 on PlayStation Network and PC or for 800 Microsoft Points.

Developed by Other Ocean in conjunction with NetherRealm studios, the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will feature online play, leader boards, achievements and trophies, as well as offering fans the chance to play through the games in their original arcade state.

For more information about Mortal Kombat, please visit http://www.themortalkombat.com and find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/mortalkombat or on Twitter @MK_Mortalkombat

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Mortal Wednesday will go down in history.

I wonder if they'll be slightly flubbed emulations as last time I checked all home versions of the MK arcade games had something wrong with them. But then again, the last time I checked was about 5 years ago.

@Dick Socrates Wednesday Night Rehabilitation!

Kombat Wednesday?

@Link408
Mortal Wednesday.

@Link408

Wednesday Night Kombat?

@gordogg24p
Wednesday?

I have all three on the Sega Genesis, which I still own, yet I want this for some reason. Am I Krazy?

@berzirk

Dude, the arcade versions are 20X better. The gameplay is anyway. Wish I could say the same about the music. MKII Genesis soundtrack is my favorite soundtrack ever!

@berzirk

Not crazy at all. The Genesis ports weren't very close to the arcade originals, even compared to the SNES versions (except in the case of MK1, which was censored to death on the SNES).

@berzirk Damn. I was hoping you guys would talk me out of it, but you just firmly talked me into it. Bye bye $10 in MS points!

ill buy this immediately for 10 bucks

$10 is very reasonable for that package. I'm shocked they didn't charge $15 or $20, honestly.

Can we make August 30th "Mortal Tuesday." You know, because that's when PSN releases its games?

@ilduce620 - I know, although I am kind of thinking that they still just might "re-release" these or some of these titles again down the road as HD Remastered... Kind of like what was first said was going to be done... Maybe WB jumped the gun to get these out since MK9 is doing really really good, so they could just be trying to milk whatever they can, kind of like Capcom...

I really hope they don't do that, because if that's their intentions then I would rather wait for those and pay $20-$30 then buy this then those again... Especially because I already have MK2 on PSN/PS3 and UMK3 on 360... Not to forget I also have MK1 that came with MK Deception I think it was on and extra disc on 1st Xbox, and I have MK1, MK2, & MK3 on PSP and PS2 from the Midway Arcade Collection...

For another $10 for 3 games that are hopefully ARCADE PERFECT is hard to pass on, I just still wish they kept with the rumored HD Remastered of them... There's always room for some more MK lol

Warner Bros, what about the Steam version that was suppose to come out as well?

Any word whether this will be on Steam?

These games have aged about as well as Brigitte Bardot.

@Pure Black World Tendency - *Googles her*

Oh, that's a shame...

@kevinski i did that as well,so...

will this be released on disc?

@dblue

For 10 bucks?! Lol.

@ItsameMatt03 i was thinking more of MK "9" with this on this disc

Any word if this will be in HD?

@Dance Mofo

Yup

@Punisher M1911
Affirmative

Now that's a deal lol

@Punisher M1911

you may be too young, but when Mortal Kombat came out on Genesis it came out on Mortal Monday

and Sonic the hedge hog 2 came out on sonic tuesday

Good Herod, this is a complete waste of time and money. Hear me out:

I'll repeat what I said when this rumour was first announced: the nu-Mortal Kombat does everything so damn well, it makes paying for these games pretty much moot in every way. I have very fond memories of playing MK1 in the arcades, and playing MK2 on SNES, but even $10 is too much when you could pay $60 and have one of the best games to be released in 2011.

Just my take on things.

@The Pork

Agreed. I spent many quarters on these back in the day, but the new one is taking all my time now (and is $40 on Amazon US).

@The Pork

Lol, wow. I have MK I, II, and 3 on Sega. An MKII arcade machine. MK on 360. MK4 on PS1 and N64. MK Trilogy on PS1. MK Deadly Alliance, Deception, and Armageddon on both PS2 and Xbox. And I still got plenty of money. WTF are you doing with your life that you can't spare $10 for 3 great klassics? Bam, you got served.

@Punisher M1911

When did I say I can't afford this collection?

But if I had to answer your question, I'd say I'm too busy paying rent, buying food, buying gas, and having a social life, to make buying multiple copies of the same game a high priority. Unlike you, I can't rely on my mom and dad for that stuff.

Please, please, please have customizable buttons. The UMK3 that was on XBLA had emulation problems and I had to use the default Xbox 360 controller. :(

Also, there were some minor glitches in their programming such as when playing multiplayer (network play on Xbox Live), there would only be one level all the time (unless a code was entered when starting a battle). There was also glitches regarding not being able to save the Kombat Kode players unlocked such as, masked Sub-Zero, Ermac and Mileena.

So, hopefully this gets the treatment it deserves and everyone will enjoy!

@BobbyRobby Yeah agree. I didn't mind playing on the same stage (Scorpion's Lair) all the time. I hope with this it'll remedy that. And I also hope the leaderbaords and True Skill are up to snuff

@BobbyRobby Yes, you can customize buttons.

Wow, this really takes me back. I vaguely remember playing UMK3 in the arcade, but I remember putting tons of time in MK2 and UMK3 on the Sega Saturn.

These are ports of the arcade version right? Anybody know if you can set the difficulty level like you could in the Saturn versions? I don’t remember that being an option in the arcade and always getting beat early on. Hell, on the easiest difficulty I couldn’t even beat Motoro half of the time.

And does it have a save feature or do you have to unlock the UMK3 characters every time?

@(Unverified)
*Easiest setting on the Saturn. god this site needs edit buttons.

Are these true Arcade ports or emulations? The UMK3 on XBLA emulation was badly filled with glitches and bugs (having to renter characters codes for Ermac, Mileena and Classic Sub Zero every time, only being allowed to fight on one stage online, and non-customization on buttons forcing you to use default Xbox 360 controller).

Hopefully, NRS handled this and gave it the love it deserves.

@Punisher M1911

Any excuse for not knowing your gaming history was removed by the hyperlink. Go get edumacated.

Finally I've been playing these on my Midway collection but have really been wanting to get them on my 360.

I also think Fatality Friday would have had a better ring to it.

@Stevetrop Man of Mystery

Hhmmm That would make sense if it was released on a Friday too.

EXCELLENT!

Whatever happened to Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection? Did they just can that project and just went with the standard emulated arcade versions? sad face..... but this is still a pretty sweet deal either way, I just hope it doesnt look like complete ass on an HDTV.

@Evil Hayato

kan*
komplete*

Will this have network play and will it be good? MK2's network play on the PS3 was noticably laggy and I have heard bad things about the net play even in the new MK.

very cool sooner then I expected I hope it is out on the 30th for psn since it updates on tuesdays

Man, I'll never forget being like 12 or 13 and getting dropped off at the mall every morning with my friend Matt and hanging out in the arcade literally all day playing and watching UMK 3. Then we would come home at night and draw our own MK comics and fatalities. Them the days

Sudden memory flash: I'm standing in line at the arcade for Mortal Kombat Ii with my quarters in hand. I get up to the machine and get kompletely wasted by the other player. I go back to the end of the line and repeat. Good times.

I already picked up MK2 for $2.99 as a Plus member. IMO the greatest MK out there so I'm fine with that.

I rather get it on disc but it worth picking up if your interested in MK franchise.

Good deal but going back and playing these is very much a rose-tinted glasses affair for me. I go through and do a few matches and 20 minutes later walk away disillusioned and 10 bucks poorer.

Still....these were a blast back in the day and are part of my fondest memories of playing quarter munchers.

this or sf 3rd strike?

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