Imagine how much goodwill Microsoft might have reaped, had it kept Rare and Double Helix's Killer Instinct reboot under wraps till E3. The project came to light back in September 2012, when some bright spark over at PlayXBLA pointed out that the manufacturer had renewed the trademark, but it was still a pleasant surprise to see the beast in action.
Exciting news, Combo Breakers: Killer Instinct Anniversary Edition will be available TOMORROW, November 28, at 12PM Pacific!
Exciting news, Combo Breakers: Killer Instinct Anniversary Edition will be available TOMORROW, November 28, at 12PM Pacific!
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YES!!!!
Iron Galaxy wanted to come back
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Matt Booty made it happen
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This is how you support your first party games! Continued support after 10 years!
The Killer Instinct fans appreciated and the whole FG community celebrates!
Congrats goes to Matt, Mick, Adam and everyone at Iron Galaxy!
Tomorrow we fight together! I can´t wait!
I love KI (still play the old arcade version) but feel like the Xbox version is like a big intimidating chessboard with no easy way to instruct you to play chess.
The game is so deep in terms of little things to do that it makes Smash Bros melee look like a casual experience.
Honestly, doing a combo Breaker is punish/reward by itself but hey you can add a counterbreaker.
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Iron Galaxy is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Killer Instinct by launching a new Anniversary Edition for Xbox and PC and an extensive patch several years after the latest update.
There isn't going to be any chance of this being played at tournaments unless it appears on all platforms like all fighting games.
A free-to-play fighting game? This was unheard of at the time, but Killer Instinct has proven it's not only doable, but enjoyable!
no, Double Helix hardly made any good games. Don't ever touch Silent Hill and Front Mission ok?
I just can't get excited by this...I love Killer Instinct but Double Helix, they are just awful
Metacritic
Silent Hill Homecoming: 71
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: 42
Front Mission Evolved: 58
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters: 59
Battleship: 49
I think Silent Hill only got the best score since it was Silent Hill and it got a little bit of a boost because of the brand name. So just let history speak for it's self, don't get your hopes up
It's the same feeling I got when Slant Six were doing Operation Raccoon City
Look at all the jealous fanboys trying to downplay KI. MS has a good fighting game launching with xb1. Every preview of this game has been great and the videos of gameplay prove it. At least it is better than PS all stars. That is the one you should of been worried about.
Everything I have read and seen doesn't make me worry one bit.
I get it, Double Helix's track record shows nothing too good, but I would bet money that they were limited by time and budgets on all of their titles. Especially the movie based ones.
Microsoft not only gave them time and money, but boosted their dev staff for this project specifically.
Also most people who have played it, have had a positive reaction. Very few have had anything negative to say.
I'm pumped. This game will be great.
Maybe the fighting genre is their niche...I'm a huge fighting game fan and from what I'm seeing KI is looking good. Keep it up.