Mortal Kombat 4 Reawakens on GOG

It was announced yesterday that the PC port of Mortal Kombat 4, the first 3D entry into the venerable and violent franchise of fighting games, is now officially for sale via GOG. At full price on that particular digital storefront, the game will cost you a mere $5.99. I readily admit that I’m quite biased considering I’m a lifelong fan of the Mortal Kombat franchise; having said that, though, I think GOG’s price is quite agreeable in exchange for the ability to relive the memories many fighting game fans have of Midway Games’ first attempt to take the MK series into a three-dimensional setting.

Granted, admittedly, I’m sure that many among our readers don’t exactly look back on MK4 quite as fondly as I do. I’d like to think I can at least partially see why that is; however, I’m compelled to point out that when Mortal Kombat 4 was initially released in 1997, the game seemed to have been received fairly positively by fans and critics alike. The glaring exception to that generally-positive word of mouth about the game takes the form of its Game Boy Color port, the only version of the game whose mere existence still baffles me.

Since Mortal Kombat 4 is now available via GOG, I would imagine it’s likely safe to assume that the GOG team has managed to successfully update the original PC port of the game in order to allow it to run as well as possible on modern computers. After all, that sort of thing has always been GOG’s area of expertise. For what it’s worth, I personally believe Mortal Kombat 4 will make a superb addition to the GOG library of anyone who considers themselves a fan of classic fighting games and/or MK in general.

If you find yourself wondering why 1997’s entry into the Mortal Kombat series has been thrust back into some degree of the limelight, one theory that’s currently circulating fairly rapidly online is that at least part of the reason for MK4’s resurgence on GOG’s storefront has to do with the upcoming animated Mortal Kombat film, which is entitled Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge. This film will be digitally released on April 12th, 2020, with a release on Blu-ray and DVD coming just over two weeks later on April 28th.

Should you find yourself interested to learn more about the aforementioned animated movie, just as I was, you can watch its official “Red Band” trailer on the Mortal Kombat YouTube channel right here. Just bear in mind that, as this is undoubtedly a Mortal Kombat animated film, it most assuredly contains more than enough violence and strong language to have earned its “R” rating from the MPAA. In the meantime, if you’d like to play any of the earlier MK games to tide yourself over until the film is available, you can grab the first three titles in the franchise on GOG in addition to the recently re-released Mortal Kombat 4.