'Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection' Release Date Leaked On Xbox App
As spotted by IGN, the Xbox app's store page for the upcoming game showed the leaked date for a brief time on 27 July, before promptly being edited to show its current placeholder date of 31 December 2025.
The leak was subsequently shared on various Reddit threads, where some posters suggested that the game's official release date reveal would arrive during the next Evo weekend on 1 August in Las Vegas, as the event will mark a major celebration of fighting games.
Announced during PlayStation's June 2025 State of Play showcase, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection will mark the definitive historical archive of the franchise's origins, featuring 20 different versions of the games across arcade, console, and handheld platforms, all faithfully restored for the modern generation by acclaimed retro restoration developer Digital Eclipse.
Apart from featuring a curated selection of iconic arcade franchise classics from retro consoles like the Super NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy and Game Gear, the collection will also offer a look at Mortal Kombat's history with behind-the-scenes materials and interviews, with a description by the studio on the title's website reading as follows:
Digital Eclipse's interactive documentary format explores how Mortal Kombat changed the way society perceived video games. By using digitized humans as player sprites in an over-the-top, martial-arts fighter, the game thrilled players, shocked critics, and laid the foundation for a franchise that has thrived for more than 30 years. Hear firsthand from the original dev team of Ed Boon, John Tobias, John Vogel, and Dan Forden, along with other exclusive interviews, rare concept art, vintage marketing materials, and archival video footage.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is currently slated for a general release window of 2025, but whether or not the game will confirm its leaked 29 September release still remains to be seen.
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