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Here’s our first look at Kim Wu and The Arbiter in Killer Instinct Season 3
In a fighting game that already features a living skeleton, a dinosaur/human hybrid, and multiple deranged cyborgs, a spunky teenager might have a hard time standing out. But then, Kim Wu isn’t just any spunky teenager. As she says in this brand new Killer Instinct trailer, she’s got “a friggin’ dragon” on her side.
In addition to Kim Wu’s debut, Killer Instinct fans are also now able to peruse the patch notes for the upcoming Season 3 update. Both Kim Wu and the Season 3 update should be available to download in March.
Finally, Iron Galaxy teased one more Season 3 character last night… and it’s The Arbiter from the Halo universe. You can see a teaser starring the crossover character after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged Killer Instinct
A Day-By-Day Guide to All of 2016’s New Video Games (January – March)
After years and years of publishers packing the September through November “Holiday” season with an unmanageable number of new AAA titles, we might get a much more balanced release calendar in 2016. But can you believe it all happened by accident?
Video game fans have always had to deal with delays, but publishers got even more use out of their erasers than normal in 2015. Aside from the one-two punch of Fallout 4‘s E3 2015 announcement, and its eventual release on November 10th, no game felt safe… and more than a few big titles got pushed into 2016. So now we get to ring in 2016 with a release calendar that just might offer up something exciting all year long.
Are you ready? Because here… we… go… (more…)
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Tagged Amplitude, Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia, Bravely Second: End Layer, EA Sports UFC 2, EVE: Valkyrie, Far Cry: Primal, Final Fantasy Explorers, Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright/Conquest, Gone Home, Hitman, Hyrule Warriors, Killer Instinct, Lego Avengers, Life Is Strange, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mega Man Legacy Collection, Mighty No. 9, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, Pokken Tournament, Project X Zone 2, Rebel Galaxy, Resident Evil 0, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Rocket League, Street Fighter V, The Banner Saga, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Walking Dead: Michonne, The Witness, Tom Clancy's The Division, Umbrella Corps, XCOM 2
Get a first look at Rash (and a Kim Wu tease) in Killer Instinct Season 3 trailer
Yes, the Battletoad known as Rash is officially coming to Killer Instinct Season 3 (on both the Xbox One and the PC) in March 2016. And now we’ve got the video evidence to prove it.
Rash can use his morphing powers to transform into a Wrecking Ball and his combos include fists and feet that transform into ram horns, big boots, axes, and big fists… just like in Battletoads. And a Hoverbike finisher looks to be pretty hard to avoid.
A downloadable beta version of Rash is currently available to anyone who has purchased Rare Replay or any piece of Killer Instinct DLC. The beta test will end on September 8.
Finally, the Rash trailer closes with a tease for Kim Wu, the last character from Killer Instinct 2 to make the leap to the new version.
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged Gamescom 2015, Killer Instinct, Rare Replay
Killer Instinct Season 3 will kick off in March with Rash (of Battletoads fame) as guest fighter
Microsoft has announced that Killer Instinct Season 3 will kick off in March 2016, which is good news for all the fighting game fanatics out there. The previously-announced PC edition, featuring characters from all three seasons, will also be available beginning in March.
Killer Instinct Season 3 will once again feature eight new characters, including Rash, one of the tubular toads from Battletoads. Best of all, you won’t have to wait until March to try him out. Everyone who has purchased the 30-game Rare Replay compilation will be able to download an early beta version of Rash starting today.
The Rash beta is expected to be available until sometime in September.
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged Gamescom 2015, Killer Instinct, Rare Replay
Microsoft will release Killer Instinct for Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft has confirmed that Killer Instinct, their free-to-play fighter that is currently wrapping up its second season on the Xbox One, will be released for Windows 10 PCs at some point in the future:
We’re so excited to share that KI is coming to Win 10 at E3 – but we don’t have any more to share at this time. pic.twitter.com/parhAY0uSd
— Killer Instinct (@KillerInstinct) June 17, 2015
That tweet is pretty much the final word on everything we know about Killer Instinct’s PC release. Though Microsoft’s Phil Spencer did tell the audience at the PC Gaming Show that cross-platform play between Windows 10 and Xbox One owners will be possible.
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2015, Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct Season 2 ends with release of Aria on 5/29 (Ultra) or 6/4 (Combo Breaker)
Throughout the majority of the Killer Instinct saga, the UltraTech Corporation has been portrayed as your typical evil conglomerate. But UltraTech’s leader, Aria, paints a different portrait of the company as she monologues at the start of this new trailer. She doesn’t want to destroy humanity, but rather, help it prepare for the mystical, technological, and otherworldly dangers that are encroaching on planet Earth.
However, I’m not sure I put much stock in the ravings of a cyborg who is able to transform her body into different configurations thanks to a pair of floating drones that can be swapped in and out at will.
Aria is the final downloadable character Iron Galaxy will release as part of Killer Instinct’s Season 2 and Ultra Edition owners will be able to download her this Friday, May 29. If you plan to purchase the character as a standalone download, or you own the Combo Breaker Pack, Aria can be yours on June 4.
It’s unknown if Iron Galaxy will continue Killer Instinct’s seasonal structure with a third series, but the 2015 E3 Expo is just a few weeks away and Microsoft’s Fall lineup could always use another knockout title.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Killer Instinct
Cinder engulfs Killer Instinct this week
Cinder will be available to download this week, April 30 to be exact, if you own the Season 2 Ultra Edition of Killer Instinct. The fiery monster is the second-to-last character of the game’s second season and the final character from 1994’s Killer Instinct to be added to the 2013 reboot. Players who purchased Season 2’s Combo Breaker Edition will have to wait until May 6 to download Cinder.
The trailer embedded above is our first look at the character, who has a snarky new attitude that would make Spider-Man pround. And stay tuned until the very end to get your first glimpse at Aria, the final playable character of Killer Instinct’s second season. The head of Ultratech is shrouded in darkness, but she seems to have a very robotic silhouette.
It’s unknown when Aria will be available, though a late May/early June launch seems likely.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct Ultra Edition owners can now download Hisako
Iron Galaxy has announced that Hisako, Killer Instinct‘s “ghost girl,” is now available to download for players who own the Season 2 Ultra Edition. Combo Breaker Pack players will have to wait until Thursday, April 2.
The character is heavily based on Japanese horror heavies such as The Ring‘s Samara, so if you’ve ever wanted to watch a ghost fight a dinosaur (Riptor), a cyborg (Fulgore), or a walking skeleton (Spinal), you can in the trailer embedded above.
And be sure to watch all the way to the end to get your first look at Killer Instinct’s next character, Cinder.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Killer Instinct