Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection patch "around" 6th Dec

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 23 November, 2011

Still absent from European PlayStation Store.

The promised Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection patch is due out around Tuesday 6th December, Ed Boon has said.

The game was blighted by performance issues that made it unplayable for some online. A patch was promised in early September. It looks like it will arrive three months later.

What's taken so long? "Testing, submitting & approvals is a LONG process," Boon Tweeted.

"We have been made aware of the issues with the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection and are currently working on a patch to address them for all systems," Warner told Eurogamer in October.

"Our goal is to ensure the best gaming experience possible for anyone playing a Mortal Kombat game and aim to get things fixed asap. Please stay tuned for updates on when a patch will be released."

The downloadable fighter launched on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade on 31st August in the US.

In Europe it launched on Xbox only - and remains absent from the European PlayStation Store.

In October Sony's Andy Stewart blamed the game's failure to launch in Europe on PS3 on a "technical issue".

That might have meant Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which acts independently from other SCE regions, decided the game wasn't up to scratch during the certification process.

MKAK is the first time the original Mortal Kombat arcade trilogy has been re-released in one package. Fighting fans get 2D classics Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 in one bundle.

It was developed by Other Ocean in conjunction with main Mortal Kombat maker NetherRealm Studios.

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About Wesley Yin-Poole

Wesley is Eurogamer's news editor. He likes news, interviews, and more news. He also likes Street Fighter more than anyone can get him to shut up about it.

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Comments (15) Latest comment 1d ago

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  • kalinichenko #1 1d ago

    Whatever happened to the PC Version?Forgotten i guess:mad:

  • AceGrace #2 1d ago

    Technical Problem?

    Sounds more like xbox exclusivity at least for a while to me :-)

  • GiarcYekrub #3 1d ago

    I got this for the 360 but my underused d pad is making my thumb sore

  • gotyourmoney #4 1d ago

    "Testing, submitting & approvals is a LONG process"
    I know how you feel man. It's because of this that it's totally worth cutting corners to push a game through to release. OHWAITAMINUTE!

  • fongy #5 1d ago

    I don't know what the fuss is all about...
    It didn't get great reviews...
    And purists will have bought MK2 that was released donkeys ago...
    AND
    Just get the new one and add the old skins!
    PERFECT!

  • FuzzyDuck #6 1d ago

    @fongy

    This the thing, the old MK games sold because of the violence, they weren't actually that good.

    With the glut of fighters out at the minute, why would ya bother?

  • ejstyles #7 1d ago

    Tried online, only connected to one game and lagged my way to victory. Completed MK1, got no achievement...that game is broken as heck.

  • hybridial #8 1d ago

    @FuzzyDuck

    Mortal Kombat 2 was genuinely good and still holds up. But it is the one that's already been on sale on PSN, and in a better state by the sounds of it.

  • a8a #9 1d ago

    "Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection"

    The missed two 'c's there.