With Evo 2025 kicking off later immediately, a heaping serving to of preventing recreation information is about to be unleashed all through the weekend. Atari, Digital Eclipse, and NetherRealm Studios have kicked issues off in bloody model, as they’ve introduced that Mortal Kombat Trilogy–the “everyone seems to be right here” 2D MK recreation from the mid-’90s–will formally be a part of Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection, which is able to launch later this 12 months.
A brand new 30-second trailer confirms Trilogy’s inclusion within the Legacy Collection, together with transient gameplay footage from the 1996 fighter. Atari has additionally confirmed that these attending Evo 2025 can go to the Atari sales space to get hands-on with Mortal Kombat Trilogy as it would seem within the Legacy Collection.
Together with Mortal Kombat Trilogy’s addition to the gathering, Atari has additionally introduced that MKLC shall be obtainable in three completely different editions: Normal, Deluxe, and Kollector’s. The Deluxe version will embrace a steelbook case, magnet, poster, and extra, whereas the Kollector’s Version will embrace a controller holder formed just like the four-armed Goro, an arcade token commemorating the gathering, and extra.
Atari and Digital Eclipse first introduced the Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection through the PlayStation State Of Play in June, with a number of mainline MK video games confirmed for the gathering within the debut trailer. Legacy Collection may also embrace intensive interviews with key builders of the MK franchise, together with co-creators Ed Boon and John Tobias.
Evo 2025, in the meantime, will happen August 1-3 within the Las Vegas Conference Middle in Las Vegas, Nevada. Official Evo social media has teased bulletins and appearances from Invincible Vs., Marvel Tokon: Preventing Souls, 2XKO, and extra.