Mortal Kombat for the PlayStation Vita will release on May 4th.

“Mortal Kombat for PlayStation Vita allows us to bring the best possible fighting experience to our loyal fans – anytime, anywhere,” said Ed Boon, Creative Director, NetherRealm Studios. “The game runs at a seamless 60 frames per second, and provides unique gameplay modes and features that take advantage of PlayStation Vita’s exciting new hardware capabilities. Mortal Kombat for PlayStation Vita is the ultimate portable fighting gameand provides hours of fun for mobile gamers.”

The fighting game is available for the PS Vita system in the UK on May 4th.

Warner Bros. Interactive has announced the release date for Mortal Kombat Vita, and it will hit the spectacular handheld on May 4th. The developers are the same that were behind the console version of the game – Netherrealm studios.

It is the same version as its console counterpart, and features all-new Challenge Tower mode with 150 brand new missions, including Touchscreen Fatalities, X-rays and more.

We had reviewed the console version of the game and gave it a glowing score. You can check out the review over here.

Considering its the same game on Vita, the game is looking quite promising and the fact that its being developed by the main studio speaks volumes of the effort behind the game.

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