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UMK3 surfaces on XBL

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Oct 20, 2006 8:25 pm PT

[UPDATE] Midway fighter goes up on Microsoft download service, gets pulled, goes back up again...

On Friday evening, many gamers with little--or, more often, no--Friday-night plans logged onto Xbox Live Arcade. More than a few who cruised through the end of the alphabet on the service's catalog noticed a new game was available for download--a game whose release had not been publicized at all.

The game in question was Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, which was announced back in March. The classic Midway brawler was downloadable in both a free trial form and a full-fledged version for 800 Microsoft points ($10). According to the description, the game supported two- and four-person multiplayer on Xbox Live.

However, according to various forum messages, once downloaded, UMK3 was riddled with bugs. GameSpot editors who played the trial version of the game also noticed that it was clearly an unfinished build.

Indeed, within hours of its surfacing, UMK3 was unceremoniously pulled from Xbox Live Arcade, indicating its posting was a mistake. As for when it might return, Midway recently pegged a mid-November release date for the game.

[UPDATE 10/21] Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is back up on the Marketplace now...sort of. Some users are still reporting trouble finding and downloading the game, but Xbox Live director of programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb said on his blog Saturday morning that both UMK3 and the promised Tony Hawk's Project 8 demo are going up.

"If you don't see it yet, give it time as the team is actively working on this... meaning it may appear/dissapear/re-appear," Hryb wrote. "Both titles will be available as soon as they can address the issue."

189 Comments

  • _Sam_

    Posted Oct 26, 2006 6:06 pm PT

    too bad I don't have a 360

  • CKYBam06

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 8:10 pm PT

    stop making labels.

  • SnuffDaddyNZ

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 7:26 pm PT

    I'd like to address Tor Thorsen's first paragraph.

    Anyone who has a life outside of games is a casual Gamer. People who browse Marketplace on Friday nights ARE HARDCORE.

    I have no life, therefore I am classed as a hardcore gamer.

    If you go to the movies, you are not hardcore. When you are at the movies, I am gaming. When you are at a party, I am gaming. When the rest of the world is sleeping, I am gaming.

    However, I was not browsing Marketplace on Friday night. Nope, I was grinding out Argent Dawn rep in World Of Warcraft till 6am - I am hardcore.

    I dont like games, I love games.

  • final_cut_hugo

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 4:55 pm PT

    Of course 3rd strike is better than MK, that is without question. but this iteration is still a lot of fun for arcade nostalgia purposes. Third strike is by far my favorite fighting game. Having said that, I don't think it is anywhere near as technical as GG Slash. Its too bad they never made a Tourney worthy MK, once someone learns an infinite, the game is over, even in the new one.

  • WESLY_SNYPES

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 4:50 pm PT

    They don't need to put Third Strike on XBL it was already on the Anniversary Edition. It's a matter of Microsoft making the program to put it on the BC list.

  • Fusekazuki

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 4:12 pm PT

    Good to see a MK game on the XBL marketplace. Not sure if I would have chosen MK3 but beggers can't be choosers. I'm gonna throw down the gauntlet and state that Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike is the absolute best Tournament fighter in existance. I'm sure people are gonna toss out MvC2 and GG:XX #Reload. While both are very good they just didn't have the technical level that SF3:3rd had. Where Parrying and frame counting made you a beast in the local arcade. I would mess my pants if capcom ever released that game on XBL.

  • PiMacleod_basic

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 2:19 pm PT

    Suprsoldier is pretty correct. although I like Deception over D.A. (didn't like the 'stick the weapon in your foe' attack -- seemed broken)

    As soon as Capcom realized that there's more money to make off of SF, and makes a NEW one (GASP!!!) like Street Fighter FOUR (OMG!!!), all these other wannabe 'tournament' fighters can sit down.

    I'm NOT downloading UMK3, because SF requires more skill, and because I don't wanna just go online to watch the same 4 characters do running combos all day long. Kinda repetitive. You could argue it about Street Fighter, but you'd be wrong. (sounds egotistical, but ask the people who make money off of fighting games -- Capcom has it pretty well locked down, with SNK and Sammy and even SSBM running closer than any MK game will)

  • WESLY_SNYPES

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 1:48 pm PT

    Suprsoldier

    MK2 being the best MK - OPINION (it didn't even have a way of using combos only juggles) if we took opinion as fact then my fact is DEADLY ALLIANCE is the best MK.

    Mortal Kombat was created in response to the success of Street Fighter which was a deeper fighting game than Mortal Kombat untill Deadly Alliance. Also, when was the last time a Mortal Kombat was played in any major tournament? Capcom spent more time refining their fighting system while Midway spent more time making a better storyline.

  • SolidSnake1810

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 12:35 pm PT

    Suprsoldier- I agree with you on MK2 that game was awesome for it's time.

  • suprsolider

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 12:32 pm PT

    Big deal,

    MK3 was the worst of the series (the game that put me off playing Mortal Kombat)

    MK2 is and will always be the best Mortal Kombat - FACT

    Now as for the person that said Mortal Kombat is inferior to Street Fighter.
    All I say is HA, that's a good one. Mortal Kombat was always better than Street Fighter. Also, at least Midway can count past 3 unlike Capcom who likes to milk it dry, then release Street Fighter 4.

  • Toadstool1969

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 11:54 am PT

    icemancell asked, "before i buy the FULL version, can i stretch the screen to fit full screen?"

    Yes. I bought the full version and you are able to stretch the screen to fit a widescreen HDTV.

  • icemancell

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 11:29 am PT

    before i buy the FULL version, can i stretch the screen to fit full screen?

  • blazinpuertoroc

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 11:23 am PT

    i got it download =] Motaro is hard as ever

  • Kuruption84

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 11:00 am PT

    It looks very clean compared to the other versions, I'm just on the fence about paying for a title that I already have the cart for Snes, the Rom, and I have it on the Midway collection. Even if this version look better that all of them.

  • Ivoryblaze

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 10:22 am PT

    I'll at least check out he trial version, but definitely interested......

  • terrabreak13

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 10:05 am PT

    aikao -
    You are full of crap. The game looks better than it ever did. I'm playing on a HDTV and I expected it to be pixelated but obviously they resampled the sprites and backgrounds so that they look good in high resolution. The color quality is also a big improvement over the SNES version. It actually looks better than Trilogy. Stop trolling.

  • keinuveye

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 10:01 am PT

    4 achievements already, heavenly

  • kaziechameleon

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 9:15 am PT

    ha alas ether net brought the most major downfall of pc games to consoles, glitchy games and patches.

  • final_cut_hugo

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 8:53 am PT

    Button config????? Playing this game on a pad is terrible. I hope they add button config!!!

  • exbrklyngangsta

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 8:48 am PT

    this game is pretty sweet!

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