EB: Earlier today Microsoft announced Killer Instinct 3, which is due to hit the Xbox One during March of 2016, and it’ll contain eight new fighters. One of the new fighters is Rash from the iconic Battletoads series, and you can now see him in action thanks to a batch of new Killer Instinct 3 screens, which you can check out below.
Killer Instinct: Season Three will launch for both Xbox One and PC in March 2016, Microsoft announced at Gamescom.
Need a new Battletoads game... STAT!
I hope Rare is quietly toiling away at a new one right now.
As a huge KI fan, my jaw dropped. New character, Rash, available today free. Great to hear Season 3 is a thing.
The final boss of Killer Instinct Season 2, Aria, has finally received a gameplay video, and she is without a question one of the most interesting and best-animated characters in the Xbox One-exclusive fighting game. We finally get to see her fight.
This game, this game
Such a good product and the variety of fighters is awesome
@poor
Yeah she's just one of the many Transforming/Rushdown/Keepaway /MixUp/Robotic fighters that every game has like 20 of....
Amazon has acquired he studio behind Killer Instinct, Double Helix. The deal is for both talent and IP.
So from everything I've heard Killer Instinct is amazing. Will Microsoft put new talent to fill the void or are principal employees staying and fill in those gaps?
Such a weird thing to hear about a studio being purchased in the middle of game development and apparently being pulled from it.
EDIT- Well Micro did state Rare had nothing planned after Kinect Sports.
KI isn't quite amazing yet, it's really fun but it needs more variety in characters/stages. I know they're coming out, so in time I'm sure it will shape up to be a really memorable fighter.
Well if the amount of content is the only thing holding it back then it doesn't change the overall positive praise KI has received.
Am I missing something?
"KI isn't quite amazing yet, it's really fun but it needs more variety in characters/stages. I know they're coming out, so in time I'm sure it will shape up to be a really memorable fighter."
That comment directly refutes the amazing part based off of content because you followed it up by saying when more content comes it can become a memorable fighter.
"I didn't say it did, and I already said it's really fun"
So...you did say that.
EDIT- Idc if you look like a bad guy or not....If more content means it'll be better for you then good. Majority opinions I've heard is it's great as is...can't wait for more.
Not sure why you're trying to make me look like a bad guy here. I like the game a lot, I'm just saying I wouldn't call it amazing until it has all of its features in place.
@Snookies12
"Not sure why you're trying to make me look like a bad guy here"
Thats what he does...
That's good news for DH but bad news for me as I really love what they did with KI reboot. I was hoping for a whole new "KI 2" from them in a few years, it still may be possible but of course there's more Red tape with Amazon owning them. Well for now gives us more charachters in KI.
Snookies is right.
KI in its current for is severely lacking so it's hardly amazing. Who ever is telling you that is exaggerating.
The graphics are great and effects are excellent but it's not exactly a graphical juggernaut. By that I mean it isn't what I expected from a next gen title visually. There is no true single player mode. No boss character, 6 actual characters, no backgrounds on the characters at all, no story line of any kind. Even with season 2 it will still be lacking the roster even the original had.
Now what I want to know is what is MS going to do about this? Us KI fans went thru the ceiling when this was announced for the XBOX ONE and I was really looking forward to what DH was going to do with this game over the years. They expanded the fighting mechanics and everything flows so sweet, that's by far what matters most, but where do we go from here if DH is acquired by Amazon? MS better not sweep this under the rug and move on. They got all of us KI fans back on the bandwagon. Dont abandon this franchise again.
Amazon bought DH as their first party studio for their upcoming android based gaming console that is intended to compete against MS, Nintendo and Sony?? LMAO! Good luck with that.
I played KI last night at a buddies. And I like KI...only thing missing is a story mode! But the combat is amazing, relentless and fun!
Geez, theWB27 (AKA JokesonYou multi-account), what's with the freakout? You make it sound like he's attacking KI.
@Silent
I'm not Jokes..it wasn't a freak out. I don't spend enough time here to post for two accounts.
That's the first time I've been accused of that. Ugh..
At the end of your article it says the current titles being developed are not effected by the acquisition. Perhaps KI-Next/2 on XB1 will have different devs, if this Amazon console rumor is true vs Amazon simply being publishers.
EDIT
We'll see. Folks were nervous over the DH pick to begin with(getting feedback was what DH did the best)
The only way that helps is if they leave the current team alone completely and add talent to develop other titles.
If they remove key people to do other things...it's a detriment.
"Well if the amount of content is the only thing holding it back then it doesn't change the overall positive praise KI has received."
Does that really matter given that MS has no control over the IP?
If anything KI2 will likely be showing up on Amazon's game console.
Edit:
No wait, they don't own the IP. Hell, everything listed in the article was owned by someone else.
What IPs do they have?
Microsoft owns Killer Instinct by way of owning Rare. So no...it won't be there.
@AceBlazer
What did I miss that makes you ask if I read?
What are yammering about? Micro owns ki not double helix, dh was assigned to making the game. Please know your info dude
Did you not read the article ?
Anyway, are they really planning to enter the console fray or are they just trying to get software into the horrid Amazon appstore to make it more appealing? Maybe they'll become 3rd party devs/publishers
this is a question, nothing more.
But does this mean that the possibility of a KI on other platforms exists now?
Wait! Is Amazon now buying up company's to make games? I wonder if this is to get developers on the rumored Amazon console that's been being talked about.
I REALLY don't want Amazon to use their position to strong arm their way into the games industry.
If they are buying double helix, I'm not sure how strong their arm is. I like KI, but previously they were the go to guys for licensed shovel ware.
@mhunterjr
"previously they were the go to guys for licensed shovel ware."
100% Exactly
"creator of classic games like Earthworm Jim, Sacrifice, MDK and Enter the Matrix, merged with The Collective, Inc., makers of Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
The point is they are a perfect studio to make smart phone and tablet Games for a studio.
Look for more companies like Amazon to offer indie publisher's to be bought out. when candy crush for example is raking in over $800,000.00+ a day. you can expect more of these type of Buy outs.
look and read this:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/...
Atmospheric telepathy...Was going to type exactly what you did...2 disagrees with your comment obviously don't know Xbox 1 (2001) was to stop Sony's Playstation 2 from entering the living with Linux software... http://uk.ign.com/articles/...
I think By adding Rash was a breath of fresh air for the series...looking forward to KI 3rd season.