Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition has been knocked off Steam

Mortal Kombat has suffered a Fatality. At the behest of publishers Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition has been quietly faraway from Steam. With no public assertion to on, hearsay has it that the 2011 beat ’em up’s elimination may need one thing to do with rights relating to a sure sharp-fingered 70s dream demon.

Almost a decade after launch, the Steam listing for Mortal Kombat’s 2011 reboot now notes that, “at the request of the publisher, Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition is no longer available for sale on Steam” (cheers, VG247).

At time of writing, the web page doesn’t clarify the whats, hows and whys of Komplete Edition’s sudden fatality. However, speculators over on Resetera reckon a copyright kerfuffle surrounding a sure film tie-in character is likely to be accountable.

See, when Komplete Edition made its way to Steam, it arrived with all of the DLC from its console launch – together with supernatural slasher Freddy Kruger (of Nightmare On Elm Street fame). That’s type of only a factor developer NetherRealm Studios does, placing movie characters just like the Joker, Predator and The Terminator of their high-fantasy gorefest.

In 2019, although, worldwide rights for Elm Street – as soon as owned by WB subsidiary New Line Cinema – returned to the property of Wes Craven (by way of Bloody Disgusting). WB retained their use within the states, however with out worldwide rights, their potential to use the IP or the character of Kruger are severely restricted.

That’s the idea, at the least. VG247 notes that Kruger continues to be accessible for obtain on the Xbox 360 of the game, whereas Komplete Edition continues to be on sale on PS3. Is there one thing else accountable? Did WB overlook two historical console storefronts when wiping Komplete Edition from sale? Without official phrase from the publishers, who can say?

The remainder of the sequence’ Steam entries, together with 2019’s fairly good Mortal Kombat 11, stay unaffected.