Killer Instinct Season 1

Glo ho-ho owy69 wrote:I'm not very good at this

I don't understand the appeal of fighting games if I'm honest.

Dblock wrote:

Glo ho-ho owy69 wrote:I'm not very good at this

I don't understand the appeal of fighting games if I'm honest.

You're gooseberry fool

glowy69 wrote:I'm not very good at this

I don't understand the appeal of fighting games if I'm honest.

@Mick_Gordon #SpinalMusicFacts: Spinal's new theme was a global effort that combined the talents of 20 people across 5 countries over 3 months.
The "Spinal Choir" consisted of 13 men singing in Swedish in Gothenburg. The lyrics were written by @PontusRufelt & me.
The choir is pretending to be warriors who are attempting to summon Spinal to aid them in a foreboding battle.
Lastly, the "horn" sound you hear over the 'Ready' text is the sound of a Tibetan Kangling, a human leg bone flute.

Killer Instinct gets a new developer, Fulgore title update arrives April 9



Following Amazon's acquisition of Killer Instinct developer Double Helix Games last month, publisher Microsoft Studios brought a new developer onto the title, one well-versed in fighting games: Iron Galaxy Studios. We spoke with Dave Lang, CEO of Iron Galaxy, about a project he characterized as "probably the biggest thing we've ever done."

"This is an amazing opportunity to work on a game and a genre we are super passionate about," said Lang during a phone interview with Polygon last week. Iron Galaxy's fighting pedigree includes 2011's Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike Online Edition and 2013's Divekick.

"Before we were ever talking about this, I was a fan of the game. And to get to now take it over and start with this great base, and expand it and put new stuff on top of it, everyone in the company is super pumped up, and we can't wait to show people what we're going to be doing down the road," Lang continued.

Double Helix is currently finishing up Killer Instinct's first season of content. That includes the season's eighth and final add-on character, the cyborg knight Fulgore, whom you can see in the new trailer below. Fulgore will be released on April 9 in a long-awaited title update that will also add Arcade Mode and online lobbies featuring eight-player rooms and spectating functionality.

While doing all of that, the company has been helping to bring Iron Galaxy up to speed on Killer Instinct, which runs on proprietary technology that Double Helix developed, the Hex engine. According to Lang, approximately 10 individuals from his studio flew out to Irvine, Calif.-based Double Helix earlier this month and spent a week there to familiarize themselves with the company's existing development tools and pipelines.

"This is a brand-new engine, this is a brand-new process, and we're just coming to terms with what's possible," Lang explained.

What's Next?

Lang declined to speak with any specificity about the future plans that Microsoft and Iron Galaxy have for Killer Instinct. But he did confirm that his studio won't be turning the game — which was received well, perhaps surprisingly, upon its release as an Xbox One-exclusive launch title — into something completely different. He noted that Iron Galaxy likely wouldn't have signed on if the people at the studio weren't already big fans of what Double Helix accomplished. The way he sees it, the studio "destroyed" its two main goals: to make a "tournament-credible" fighting game and make it accessible at the same time.

"If we were going to work on this game and go, 'Oh, we want to change everything,' if we were in that position, it'd be a mess. I’m not sure if we would have taken the gig," said Lang. "What they have is not [broken]. What they have is amazing, and it's good, and we just want to layer new stuff on top of that that keeps the pace intact."

Lang told Polygon that Microsoft Studios has built "a big internal team" to support Killer Instinct and that he's been really happy with the publisher's approach, because the people there understand Iron Galaxy's strengths and are letting the studio do things its own way.

"The thing I like about working with Microsoft is, once they get what you're about, they don't try to make you do stuff you're not comfortable with," said Lang. "They could have [come] in and they could have been like, 'Listen, here's — we're going to do X, Y and Z because we know that works, blah, blah, blah.' They didn't do that at all, and, because of that, that makes the pressure of working on something this big, it makes it bearable."

Lang believes that Iron Galaxy's particular history — its experience as a tech-first studio and a team of fighting game fanatics — makes the company poised to succeed now with Killer Instinct, and Microsoft's hands-off attitude helps a lot.

"This is now a title with some prestige. This is, like, probably — I think it's probably the biggest thing we've ever done, like, the most important game we've ever worked on," said Lang. "I feel like, as a company, we've been doing a lot of really cool work to get to this point, and I think this is our chance to shine."

“Killer Instinct” for Xbox One will be free to download with one free playable character available. Additional characters will be available for purchase starting at $4.99 / £3.99 / €4.99 each.

Players can also purchase special discounted character packages:

Combo Breaker Pack –– Save 50 percent instantly by purchasing the Combo Breaker pack, which includes the first 8 characters (6 at launch, plus 2 characters before their official post-launch release) for $19.99 / £16.99 / €19.99.

Ultra Edition – The Ultra Edition delivers the best value for “Killer Instinct” fans. Available for $39.99 / £34.99 / €39.99, the Ultra Edition includes:

•The first 8 characters (6 at launch, plus 2 characters before their official post-launch release)
•Character accessory packs
•Character costumes
•The original “Killer Instinct” arcade game