The Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection has had a bit of a rocky start. Many feel like it launched with numerous missing features that should be a mainstay for modern fighting games. Of course, the developers have been making good progress with input lag reduction.
Digital Eclipse has apparently been working towards getting a lobby system implemented in a future update. Just yesterday, Digital Eclipse announced that a time-limited beta version on Steam is now available to play that includes lobbies.
“Our goal with Online Arcade mode is to replicate the experience of having a large group of players together in a personal arcade or game room. In that room, you will have total freedom and control over who is allowed in, and which games everyone can play,” said Digital Eclipse in a statement regarding this beta release.
“These rooms will support up to 16 participants who can play any mix of games found in the Kollection that support online play. Up to eight matches can happen simultaneously, and players have the option of competing or spectating.”
It’s stated that once the developers feel confident enough about the stability of the lobby system, they’ll begin working to get the Xbox and PlayStation versions of the Legacy Kollection updated with the feature as well. The developers have also promised that lobbies are coming to the Switch version, but it’s going to take a little longer for it to be ready for that particular platform.
Additionally, Digital Eclipse has released some patch notes for this time-limited beta version of the game. There are also some changes that will affect other platforms later on.
• Added Online Arcade mode – Players can now create public or private rooms, invite friends into their room, and select which games are available in their room
• Added Lore section to The Krypt – The Khronicle of the Realms tells the story of the conflicts depicted from ancient history through to the events of Mortal Kombat 4
• Emulation latency improvements for MK, MKII, MK3, UMK3 and UMK3 (WaveNet)
• Screen scaling adjustments for MK3, UMK3 and UMK3 (WaveNet)
• Versus Mode for Arcade Modes and MK Trilogy can be fought against AI opponents with configurable AI difficulty
• Training Modes can now configure the difficulty of the AI when AI is selected
• Added Training mode to Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (WaveNet)
• Recordings in training modes now adjust when character switches sides
• Volume should be at a more consistent level across all games
• Improvements to controls configuration
• Block has been remapped by default to R1 (PlayStation), RB (Xbox), R (Switch) and Run is now on L1 (PlayStation), LB (Xbox) and L (Switch). Block 2 is now on R2 (PlayStation), RT (Xbox), ZR (Switch). Run 2 is now L2 (PlayStation), LT (Xbox) and ZL (Switch)
• Moves lists across several games have been revised to be more accurate.
• MK Trilogy load times have been further reduced
• Music will now loop properly in MK Trilogy when the round timer is unlimited
• Implemented adjustable CPU difficulty settings for arcade games and MK Trilogy
• Improvements to “random” character select option in all games
• Addressed some issues in MK: Special Forces
• High Scores and audit information are now persisted for all Arcade games
• Noob Saibot secret fight can now be accessed with only one controller in Arcade, Genesis and 32X MKII
• Ermac Fatality 2 can now be performed in SNES UMK3
• Added portraits to the moves list for Deadly Alliance and Tournament Edition
• GBA Deadly Alliance and Tournament Edition will now have controller icons per platform for the default control scheme of those games
• Mythologies Sub-Zero and Special Forces will now reflect the controller icons set in the options menu (PC Only)
• A handful of small typographical or formatting errors have been fixed throughout the Documentary and Kombatants sections in The Krypt
• Additional localization improvements throughout the Kollection
• Minor trophy set naming adjustment (PS4/PS5)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes