At the start of this year, Warner Bros and NetherRealm abandoned the PC version of Mortal Kombat X, a port that wasn’t super hot to begin with. While the console versions would continue to receive updates and DLC, PC players were left with the one thing worse than pulverised ribs or a spine used as a jump rope: A broken heart.
Despite outcry, WB and NetherRealm remained largely silent. Over time, Mortal Kombat X’s Steam reviews tanked. WB’s spotless reputation — having only one of the worst PC port fiascoes in recent video game history on their record — was indelibly tarnished. Anger boiled over into rage, and then rage sizzled for a while until, finally, it cooled into… nothing. Inert hopelessness. People gave up and moved on. When online multiplayer is a major component of your game, that’s no good.
In late-August, however, WB and NetherRealm suddenly started talking to PC players again. They began beta testing the PC version of Mortal Kombat XL and a handful of other updates that would once again bring PC to parity with consoles. Today they’re finally live.
About damn time.
The patch weighs in at a whopping 23 GB, and it includes a ton of balance changes, performance improvements, fixes and sparkly new netcode for multiplayer. All PC players also get the Medieval Skin Pack and The Pit environment for free.
There’s also now a PC version of the Kombat Pack 2 DLC, which offers four new characters, but you’ve gotta pay for it. Some people aren’t super happy about that, given how long they waited. But hey, at least most of the new stuff is free.
Some players are reporting performance issues, but still: If you uppercutted your PC version of Mortal Kombat X into a pit of spikes and tattoos and despondent guitar music, now’s the time to fish it out. Here’s hoping WB and NetherRealm actually stick around this time.
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18 responses to “Mortal Kombat X’s PC Version Is Finally Good”
They had to give High Voltage Software the boot and get a different group to fix the port.
I was surprised to see this coming down this morning! They were refusing to even provide support for people having problems with the original release, let alone ignoring all the questions about XL. Should be good to see how the updates have affected it… if it ever finishes downloading!
I’m not going to kick a gift horse in the mouth, but Warner really should be more proactive with its PC releases, rather than drop and running.
I don’t have anything of value to add, not sure why I’m commenting.
Hi Jimu.
How goes it?
Yeah not too bad you?
Just watched Star Trek Beyond, underwhelming.
23gb patch. Holy crap. How broken was that motherfucker??? Anyone out there care to weigh in?
22 gig of that is just Millena and Kitana pornogrophy.
“Masturbality!”
I wasn’t interested before…
Haha, Forza Horizon 3 on PC today got a 60GB patch :P.
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Buh?
Snuh!?
Keh?