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The game's plot involves an all-powerful corporation organizing a fighting tournament. It was released as an arcade game in the fall of 1994 and, the following year, ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and the Game Boy. You can watch the full segment surrounding the Killer Instinct rumors on Xbo圎ra below, which begins around 1 hour and 24 minutes into the video if it doesn't automatically load there.Killer Instinct is a fighting video game developed by Rare and published by Midway. Without more conclusive information, it's important to remember that this is still just a rumor at this point, so take the talk of KI with a big grain of salt until more is potentially revealed. "It is about finding the right team and the right opportunity, but it is not due to any kind of lack of desire on our part that we're not doing more with KI, because we love the franchise and the community response," said Spencer.Īfter being dormant for 17 years, Killer Instinct received its revival as a launch title for the Xbox One in 2013 where it continued to see three seasons of DLC until 2016. I'm legitimately trying to find out the studio because I'm pretty I'm pretty sure it's not Iron Galaxy."Īt the start of 2020, Adam 'Keits' Heart stated that Iron Galaxy is hard at work on a new project, but that it is not in fact KI.įlash forward a bit to June this year and Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox division, was directly asked about a new Killer Instinct where he essentially relayed that Microsoft would like to do a new entry though they needed to find the right partner first. "For anyone asking me, I don't know the studio," said Nick.

He states he first heard rumblings about KI not being dead last year, but didn't want to say anything at the time because he needed more direct confirmation before putting the name out there in the public space.Īs for who is developing the alleged fighting game, Nick doesn't know and is actively trying to find that out though he says he's pretty sure it's not Iron Galaxy, who took over development after Double Helix's Amazon acquisition. "It's not just 'coming back.' It's in active development at the moment." "What I've been told is that yes, Killer Instinct is in active development," said Nick on the most recent podcast. The report comes via Shpeshal_Nick on the Xbo圎ra podcast, who claims to have insider information on the project's existence.