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Killer Instinct reboot was Microsoft's idea; Developer jumped on opportunity, Ryan's 102 Ultra combo

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Whether you were at E3 this week or not, here's a slice of information regarding the new reboot that might surprise you. Since 1996 (KI2) we've gone without a new version of Killer Instinct and finally many die-hard fans dreams are coming true. While the game is being developed by Double Helix Games, it was actually Microsoft's idea to relaunch the title. "The developer put together “an awesome prototype” in order to secure the job from Microsoft, he added." "With new hardware coming soon... the decision was made, we gotta bring this back."


Killer Instinct developer Double Helix said it jumped at the chance to work on the franchise, but it was Microsoft who initiated the reboot.

“The idea to bring it back came originally from Microsoft,” design director David Verfaillie told Siliconera of the reboot.

“They had new hardware coming soon and were like, ‘the time is now, we gotta bring this back’. So we heard about the chance and jumped at it.”

The developer put together “an awesome prototype” in order to secure the job from Microsoft, he added.

Double Helix’s previous efforts include Front Mission Evolved. Killer Instinct is coming to Xbox One but has not been dated. It’s free to play.
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Source: VG247, ProdigalSonComesHome
 

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Under_The_Mayo

Under_The_Mayo

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In 2007, Konami wanted to milk more money out of the Silent Hill franchise, after the original Team Silent team from Japan disbanded. Double Helix jumped at the opportunity, making a tech demo, and got the job, eventually making a broken uninspired mess that crapped all over story continuity and SH legacy. "We attacked it like no other opportunity before". Sounds very similar to the story in this article...
 
TheSpore

TheSpore

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Under_The_Mayo said:
In 2007, Konami wanted to milk more money out of the Silent Hill franchise, after the original Team Silent team from Japan disbanded. Double Helix jumped at the opportunity, making a tech demo, and got the job, eventually making a broken uninspired mess that crapped all over story continuity and SH legacy. "We attacked it like no other opportunity before". Sounds very similar to the story in this article...
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You really hate Doble Helix, don't you:) Y0u know what though who knwos they might do a good job, hell look at Gearbox, tehy made Borderlands 2 and also made Aliens CM and Duke nukem Forever..
 
Under_The_Mayo

Under_The_Mayo

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TheSpore said:
You really hate Doble Helix, don't you:) Y0u know what though who knwos they might do a good job, hell look at Gearbox, tehy made Borderlands 2 and also made Aliens CM and Duke nukem Forever..
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GearBox picked up Duke Nukem from another company´s long development cycle and just finished their work and sold it. I`m not sure but wasn`t colonial marines the same story? That game was started like 6 years ago. Yeah, I really despise Helix. I`ll be shocked if KI comes out as anything more than mediocre. Would be nice though.
 
TheSpore

TheSpore

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Under_The_Mayo said:
GearBox picked up Duke Nukem from another company´s long development cycle and just finished their work and sold it. I`m not sure but wasn`t colonial marines the same story? That game was started like 6 years ago. Yeah, I really despise Helix. I`ll be shocked if KI comes out as anything more than mediocre. Would be nice though.
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Well you half right about Aliens, Gearbox was developing it and then outsourced most of it to others, that game had alot of devs attached to it. There was alos some contraversy over what GB was doing with all the money Sega was giving them to develop the game.

I was kidding around with you though, but you never know from some things I have read some of the guys from the original KI dev team are involved with it.
 
Protagonist_1

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^Also rip mentioned this vid on the ATP podcast, so that's how I found out about it. My "enter" key is not working for some strange reason. :(
 
Rampage254

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Ayy Lmao
Stay positive, guys! This game well be great and very exciting. Sure it might have minor issues, but they could be fixed, and also Xbox One will be a successful console. :)

Stay positive! :)
 
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xhChrishx

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Nice combo; back in the day, when there was just the one arcade machine to play you had to stick around and take the beating to play again. My guess is that on ranked matches on XBox Live most will just exit the game before the combo ends.
 
JHCRANE 14

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Don't forget about Rare. They developed the original KI and they are also working on this game too. So it will still be the same KI.
 
SadisticIV

SadisticIV

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I know the whole trend is to hate on MS and praise Sony but I dont care.. This is a day 1 buy for me!! Other than sports and fighting game titles I normally game on PC and I buy alot of my games on Steam.. I dont care about that whole DRM crap and not being able to trade in games, im used to it already.. I can play my games on any xbox one console without having to bring my discs and I can share my library with 10 people.. thats good enough for me...
 
MorbidAltruism

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Get over here!
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OMG THANK GOD, that Double Helix develope the new KI and not NRS!
NRS dont know anything about developing a good and deep beat em up
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I don't even think NRS would pick it up. Didn't Killer Instinct rip of MK. I don't know, I am not really sure on that one. Just something I heard. :)
 
thecure13

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MorbidAltruism said:
Didn't Killer Instinct rip of MK. :)
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Lmao.
Anyways, free to play sounds like a disaster imo. I think I read something about having different versions available, some costing money?? if I read right, then the free version well be crap with jago and sabrewulf being the only playable characters lol.

I will spit on your tomb!
 
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