Edit: Released in Japan

[Oki_Dingo]

Edit: As of 4/16/15 MKX has been unlocked for the Japanese region. Thanks for all the WB trouble tickets guys.

Original: So this is annoying, I live in Japan and there is no longer a release date for this game just a pre-load

[Warlord]

ok?

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[Oki_Dingo]

I'm letting people who are living abroad that can not load the game? I've been living in Japan 8 years and never had this issue.

[Mugiwara Stevmaster]

lol, I started vpn and connect 2 a server. Then I try 2 download the parts and it work. After 10 min vpn disconnectet but mkx is still downloading the parts but I can't start the game now. With VPN I could start it

[intronaut]

Please contact Steam Support
(click "Contact Steam Support" on the right)
and WB GAMES[support.wbgames.com]
(click on the three lines in the upper left corner and "Ask for Help")

I did both because we need to be vocal about this!

[Mugiwara Stevmaster]

hmm..not for me. I'm downloading

[Mugiwara Stevmaster]

I think I fixed it and I will download till its done now. The only problem is, I can't start it anymore.

[Mugiwara Stevmaster]

yep, but this is okey, because it's not released yet for us.^^ I'm happy that i can download it after many hours of trying 2 do it^^. And the good thing is I must go 2 work soon and I hope it's done when I'm back. The problem was that I could not go 2 the setting without vpn, but after I could run the settings I could go 2 dlc and activate every part 2 download

[Naskoni]

When is it supposed to release in Japan?

[Mugiwara Stevmaster]

I don't know. Today, or tomorrow.

[Mugiwara Stevmaster]

Originally posted by Dingo:

Originally posted by Naskoni:

When is it supposed to release in Japan?

There is no release date. I started the game but it crashed on story mode and the character selection screen for single fight.

Thats because you are downloading the parts. You need all parts 2 play the game^^

[Naskoni]

Originally posted by Mugiwara Stevmaster:

I don't know. Today, or tomorrow.

Is the game not officially released like in Germany or something similar? Can you purchase it directly on Steam?

[Mugiwara Stevmaster]

Nope, I can't. in ger it illegal bacaus usk said it 2 bloody and 2 much gore. But the game was at the start in steam 4 sell in ger but some days later it was gone. I think they will releas it in germany today or tomorrow.

[Naskoni]

Originally posted by Mugiwara Stevmaster:

Nope, I can't. in ger it illegal bacaus usk said it 2 bloody and 2 much gore. But the game was at the start in steam 4 sell in ger but some days later it was gone. I think they will releas it in germany today or tomorrow.

So what's the problem with the game in Japan then - I cannot imagine its too gory for Japanese tastes as well...

[DasHurz]

Originally posted by Naskoni:

Originally posted by Mugiwara Stevmaster:

I don't know. Today, or tomorrow.

Is the game not officially released like in Germany or something similar? Can you purchase it directly on Steam?

Germany and Japan have the same entry in the database: https://steamdb.info/app/307780
ReleaseStateOverrideCountries DE,JP
which means in these countries it will ALWAYS look like it's not released, unless this entry is purged. So far it is unknown if this is a regionlock or not, no official statement to this point...

German players have been calling the hotline, but there it is claimed that the game is not allowed to be activated in germany, which is utter nonsense. I guess they don't know anything either.

[Chika Ogiue]

Given that this was pulled from sale on Steam in Japan a few months after it first went up on pre-order, and that the previous game was never made available here either... it could be a few months (if ever) before the game is removed from the permanent pre-load state. Not the fist time this has happened in Japan.

I should also point out that the only reason we can't get these in Japan is because the publisher won't release them. There are no legal requirements preventing them from releasing the game uncensored on the PC here. They just don't appear to want to do so.