Digital Eclipse's interactive documentary and video game compilation, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, aims to bring many of the oldest installments in the Mortal Kombat franchise to modern platforms. While the company has confirmed that the collection will primarily feature titles that were released between the 1990s and the early 2000s, speculation has already run rampant about the potential games that it will include. Some fans have begged Digital Eclipse to add the PS2-era spin-off, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, to the Legacy Kollection, while others have rallied for the inclusion of the home console versions of titles like Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and Mortal Kombat: Deception, among several others.
So far, Digital Eclipse has confirmed that the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection will contain eight games, at least, from the original Mortal Kombat to Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition for the Game Boy Advance. That said, there will be more games included in the collection at launch and, if it ends up being as successful as the company hopes, it will even receive some DLC in the future. Digital Eclipse plans to announce more games for the collection at both Gamescom and PAX West in the coming days. While it hasn't officially shared anything yet, two potential inclusions in the Legacy Kollection have already been leaked online.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is Reportedly Getting Two Forgotten Mortal Kombat Games
According to footage recorded by attendees who visited Atari's booth at Gamescom 2025, Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces will both be featured in the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection at launch. These two games aren't exactly the most well-known Mortal Kombat titles out there, but their supposed inclusion in this collection is a pretty big deal. Since their debuts on the PS1 in 1997 and 2000, respectively, Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces have been trapped on legacy hardware for over two decades. If they do get included in the Legacy Kollection, as this leak suggests, then this will mark the first time they will ever be playable on current-gen platforms.
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero was also released on the Nintendo 64, but due to the system's technical limitations, this version of the game was considerably worse than its PS1 counterpart.
List of Games to Be Included in the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- Mortal Kombat (1992) / Arcade, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, and Game Gear versions
- Mortal Kombat II (1993) / Arcade, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, and 32X versions
- Mortal Kombat 3 (1995) / Arcade, SNES, and Genesis versions
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995) / Arcade and SNES versions
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy (1996) / PS1 version
- Mortal Kombat 4 (1997) / Arcade version
- Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (1997) / Rumored
- Mortal Kombat: Special Forces (2000) / Rumored
- Mortal Kombat Advance (2001) / Game Boy Advance version
- Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002) / Game Boy Advance version
- Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition (2003) / Game Boy Advance version
Unlike most of the other installments in the Mortal Kombat franchise, Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces are not fighting games. Instead, they're action-adventure beat-em-ups in the vein of Final Fight and Fighting Force. While Sub-Zero is a 2D side-scroller, Special Forces is the first-ever 3D spin-off in the Mortal Kombat series. Unfortunately, though, neither of these titles is particularly good, not even for their time.
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero is a Divisive 2D Action-Adventure Game
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero puts players into the shoes of Bi-Han, the oldest of the two Sub-Zeroes, as he goes on a journey to find an amulet that was made by Shinnok, the powerful Elder God of Death. The game is meant to serve as a prequel to not only the original Mortal Kombat, but also to Mortal Kombat 4, which was released just a few weeks prior to it. Although many liked the idea of an action-adventure Mortal Kombat game, Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero received a rather mixed reception among critics, with many criticizing it for its unusually high difficulty level, poor level design, and awkward control scheme.
Mortal Kombat: Special Forces is One of the Worst Games in the Mortal Kombat Franchise
Despite the many issues that the game suffered from, Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero was still liked by some people. Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, on the other hand, was almost universally hated. The game, which follows U.S. Army Major Jax Briggs as he goes on a quest to defeat the criminal leader Kano, was not only derided by players for its repetitive gameplay loop and awful level design, but it was also a massive commercial flop. Even though both it and Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero have aged terribly over the years, they are still significant parts of Mortal Kombat's history, so it's great that Digital Eclipse is seemingly including them in the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 81%
- Released
- October 30, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence
- Developer(s)
- Digital Eclipse
- Publisher(s)
- Digital Eclipse, Atari, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
WHERE TO PLAY
Step into the arena and choose your fighter! Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection includes all the essential games from Mortal Kombat's early years. Experience the legendary origins of the franchise with the iconic arcade classics that started it all—alongside a curated selection of most-loved home versions and rare, fan-favorite releases—a celebration of the franchise’s groundbreaking legacy.
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 also lets players explore Mortal Kombat lore, with a timeline of the original series' storyline and comprehensive character histories that offer stories, secrets, and glimpses behind the scenes at their creation.
- Genre(s)
- Fighting
