Mortal Kombat 1 scalpers are auctioning off their stress test codes
Mortal Kombat 1's stress test scalpers are selling their codes online.
Mortal Kombat 1's stress test – a finite testing period designed to «deliberately stress [NetherRealm's] online infrastructure and identify potential issues» ahead of its launch later this year – is currently underway.
As the test is private and open only to pre-selected players, scalpers are trying their luck and flogging their codes, even though the test is free and only running this weekend, closing at 4pm BST/8am PDT on Monday, 26th June.
Consequently, codes that permit players to participate in NetherRealm's limited-time test have popped up on eBay for hundreds of dollars (and allegedly $1000 in one case).
And yes, people are bidding on them, too, such as this Xbox/PS5 code, which has currently clocked up 19 bids to hit an eye-watering $227.
NetherRealm says the test features 1 vs. 1 online multiplayer, as well as a limited single-player Klassic Towers mode against AI opponents.
Following its online stress test, Mortal Kombat 1 — a reboot of sorts, set in a «reborn» universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang — will hold a beta test in August, and the full game launches for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Switch on 19th September.
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