On September 19, Mortal Kombat 1, a soft reboot of the cult fighting game series from series creator Ed Boon, will be released. Unfortunately, the game will not be officially released in Russia.
We tell you how to buy a fighting game in the Russian Federation on all available platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch.
Mortal Kombat 1 Variants
Mortal Kombat 1 will be released in two editions:
Standard Edition – includes the game Mortal Kombat 1;premium edition – Includes Mortal Kombat 1, early access on September 13, the first set of new heroes and access to them a week early, and 1250 Dragon Crystals in the game.
premium edition
Photo from: Steam
How to buy Mortal Kombat 1 for PC in Russia
Gift on Steam
The easiest way to buy Mortal Kombat 1 in Russia is through Steam. To do this, you can use the services of sellers on trading platforms: for a certain fee they will send you the game as a gift without complicated manipulations such as changing the region.
Today Mortal Kombat 1 will cost around 5400 rubles – this is if you bring it to your Russian account. premium edition – from 8500 rubles. Vendor prices are roughly the same for all regions.
The most popular offer to buy Mortal Kombat 1 on the site.
Photo by: Plati
Steam key for another region
Another way to buy Mortal Kombat 1 on PC is to buy an activation key for the game. Unfortunately, Warner Bros. won’t release keys for Russia, so you can’t do without changing the region. This can be done on various sites like Plati, Funpay and others; for a small amount, sellers will log into their account and change the region to the desired one.
Before you buy a region change, be sure to read the description, check the reviews and the reputation of the seller. Please note that virtual migration is only allowed by Steam rules in the case of a physical move. In other cases, Valve may block the profile, but nothing is known about mass bans.
Thus, “Buka” already sells keys for the CIS, except for the Russian Federation and Belarus. In the publisher’s store, the game will cost. 4999 rubles. Closer to the launch, other offers from Russian companies will probably appear.
Mortal Kombat 1 page on Buk
Photo by: Buka
Buy it yourself on Steam
If you changed the region of the store a long time ago, you can buy the game directly. In Turkey, for example, buying through Ininal (Yeti instruction), a normal edition will cost 4200 rubles. In Kazakhstan – 4800 rubles.
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How to buy Mortal Kombat 1 on PS5
It is more profitable to buy a game in the Turkish PS Store through the Binance exchange and a virtual card Ininal (more profitable) or OlduBil (take a commission of 9.3% when recharging an account).
If you want to save as much time as possible, you can turn to the markets. In the same Plati.Market, we ran a search query “Turkish PSN account”. After that, many sellers will appear who are ready to create a Turkish profile for you for a symbolic amount of 100-200 rubles.
On the Turkish PS Store, the standard edition of the action will cost 1400 lire (about 5000 rubles buying through Ininal). Third-party sellers in groups on VKontakte and on sites like Funpay have a few hundred different prices, so if you don’t want to mess with virtual accounts, you can buy the game from them.
Photo by: PlayStation Store
Another option is discs. For example, Videoigr.net sells physical copies for 7000 rubles. At the same time, you won’t have to wait long for them: they’re expected on September 21, a couple of days after the fighting game’s release.
Mortal Kombat 1 disc for PS5
Photo: videoigr.net
How to buy Mortal Kombat 1 on Xbox Series
Buying Mortal Kombat 1 for Xbox Series consoles is easier than ever. In the same Plati they sell the key with the game for about 4500 rubles – after that, the buyer will receive a VPN with activation instructions.
Photo by: Plati
The second way is to use virtual Turkish cards. Now Ininal (a Yeti guide) is popular because it can be replenished almost directly with Russian cards at the exchange rate. Approximately 5,000 rubles will be released for a regular edition. It is true that it is better to make the purchase through a browser and only with a Turkish VPN.
The third option is disks. On the same Videoigr.net, an edition for Xbox Series will cost around 7000 rubles. The discs, as in the case of the PlayStation consoles, will appear in the country around September 21.
Mortal Kombat 1 Disc for Xbox Series
Photo: videoigr.net
How to buy Mortal Kombat 1 on Nintendo Switch
You can buy a fighting game on Nintendo Switch using a US account (most cost-effective and easiest way). To do this, you need to go to the Nintendo website and change the account region to United States of America. For this you need:
Sign in to your account on the Nintendo website; In the “Profile” click “Change” and change the country to United States; After that, confirm your account on the Switch by entering the password again. In the United States, Mortal Kombat 1 for Switch will cost between 6,600 and 7,000 rubles.
After changing the region, we go to the Binance crypto exchange, find Binance Pay and select a store, for example, Coinsbee. There we select the desired region (USA) and buy $70 for Nintendo eShop, having previously recharged the Binance wallet with the required amount (it is indicated in the Coinsbee cart). After we pay, the codes arrive in the mail.
We activate the received codes in the Nintendo store: going to the eShop, we select the “Use Download Code” button. We enter the codes, then we search the Mortal Kombat 1 store and make a purchase.
Mortal Kombat 1 Page
Photo by: Nintendo
Also, you can wait for the cartridges to arrive; they may appear on Avito and other sites the day they are released. Its price will probably be at least 7,000 rubles.
