Mortal Kombat X enjoys the biggest launch in the series’ history

The creative director of Mortal Kombat has said that Mortal Kombat X has sold faster than any previous entry in the series’ 13-year history.

Thank you everyone for making Mortal Kombat X the biggest launch in MK history,” Ed Boon said. You made the game FAR exceed our wildest expectations.”

Boon went on to say that the strong sales have hit the game’s servers and promised that developer NetherRealm is working on the problem right now.

The mobile and console games have had literally millions of players getting online in a really short period of time, hitting our servers HARD. We love that so many players want to play MKX and are working (like mad) on all the issues some of you are experiencing! We WILL fix them!

Just wanted to let you know we are ABSOLUTELY listening to you, reading all your tweets & appreciate your patience.”

Mortal Kombat X was released PS4, Xbox One and PC on Tuesday (April 14th). A release on PS3 and Xbox 360 is due in Q2 or Q3.

The Mobile & console games have had literally millions of players getting online in a really short period of time, hitting our servers HARD!

The Mobile & console games have had literally millions of players getting online in a really short period of time, hitting our servers HARD!

— Ed Boon (@noobde) April 16, 2015

We love that so many players want to play MKX and are working (like mad) on all the issues some of you are experiencing! We WILL fix them!

— Ed Boon (@noobde) April 16, 2015

Just wanted to let you know we are ABSOLUTELY listening to you, reading all your tweets & appreciate your patience! pic.twitter.com/VAUckT3idq

— Ed Boon (@noobde) April 16, 2015