Arcade Kollection was released as a downloadable title for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in August 2011, and for Microsoft Windows on February 1, 2012.

[5] This project was never even officially announced before it was canceled,[6] and a simple compilation of original games was released instead, also created by Other Ocean.

Graphical assets, such as Zbrush models for the Animalities and Mileena's unmasked face were leaked by the artist Jeremy Kohar in 2013.

[3] In 2014, make-up artist Tanea Brooks released pictures of herself helping the new actors for Liu Kang, Kitana, Kung Lao, Shao Kahn, and Sonya Blade prepare for a shooting session for HD Kollection.

[7][8] Another attempt at re-editing the original trilogy in HD was made by Blind Squirrel Games, but was also cancelled before it came to be.