Killer Instinct 10th Anniversary Update Coming To Xbox Series X|S

Nice. Yet another example of XB supporting good games over a long period of time, providing significant improvements without charging gamers.

This is great news, hope this is the boost that helps KI get a sequel.

Iron Galaxy do not have the best reputation right now, given their disastrous port of The Last Of Us to PC.

Iron Galaxy not the best choice coming off their last project

The only thing that they should have fixed ages ago is the loud sound effects when the soundtracks are playing on the bonus application, another botched job by Code Mystics, that lacks the most basic sound settings. Iron Galaxy has been supporting the game nicely. It's a good year to update it, with Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Tekken all getting new titles.

As for the The Last of Us port comments, why do you think that Killer Instinct is always polished and that PC port not? Perhaps because Sony didn't give them enough time and resources? Most Sony games run poorly on PC at launch, regardless of developer. Digital Foundry has a lot of videos about it.

Isn't this the same game that has gotten or will get new server infrastructure to better ensure it can still matchmake and host games into the future?
And now I see that yes it is, in the linked article section, not necessarily linked in the article. But awesome!

@Rmg0731 @BeerIsAwesome Iron Galaxy only assisted Naughty Dog on that rubbish port. They aren't even credited on the Steam page, like they are with the Uncharted PC ports. The blame doesn't fall squarely at the feet of Iron Galaxy. On the flip side, Iron Galaxy also assisted Retro and Nintendo on the utterly stupendous Metroid Prime Remastered. So... Yeeeeeah. For what it's also worth, Iron Galaxy handled seasons two and three of Killer Instinct after Double Helix dipped out. So, this isn't new territory for them.

Cool. One of my favorite fighting games of last gen, looking forward to learning more.

@SplooshDmg I have faith that Iron Galaxy will be fine. Like you said isn’t new territory. They did a great job with KI before.

A port of a game on a new platform is a little different than an update for a game that already works on the platform. They're not really comparable. Lol

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Hope this keeps on going and translates into a sequel. Could see them releasing a Killer Instinct Ultimate with all the content of the original and even more character packs.

The fact that they did some balance passes make me think that is in the cards.

@Lanmanna @SplooshDmg Maybe, but Sony has a dedicated PC porting studio in Nixxes who have made absolutely solid ports of multiple games, so why go for the guys who oh so conveniently have the ex-boss of publisher relations as their CEO? Oh, I guess I answered my own question there. Then again, The Last Of Us is a rubbish game, so the port just ups the quality a bit.

I guess being previously involved in the making of Killer Instinct should work fine for them. They seem a bit more excited to be involved with this one.

@BeerIsAwesome I wouldn’t count Nixxes ports as absolutely solid they’ve been ok. Spider-man(s) has plenty of game breaking performance, glitches, and issues, and ratchet and clank are missing key effects and some graphical elements look worse than the PS5. But it help that insomniac engine is more platform agnostic than Naughty dog.

If this is already XB1X Enhanced with 4K, and it is playable on SX, what is the purpose of "4K support for Xbox Series X|S" ?

@Thumper Because games that are enhanced for Xbox One X play without those specific enhancements on Series S. Only Xbox One X and Series X play games with Xbox One X enhancements. This update will make 4K possible on Series S. On top of that, last-gen and current-gen consoles will get a balance update and improved matchmaking.

Great to see a decade old game getting an X|S bump. Seems like the game has had an impressive life-span, fingers crossed for a sequel in the near future.

Maybe MS can tap other developers to work on Rare IP that the latter refuses to develop. Just an idea!!!

I’m glad Microsoft is committed to updating games like this.

It helps breathe life into older titles and allows those of us who are yet to play these titles to experience the best versions of them.

I used to play Killer Instinct on the SNES a lot. It was up there as one of my favourite fighters alongside Street Fighter II. So it will be great to see what the newest game offers once these updates go live.

@AverageGamer Google tells me you're right. But it's par for the course with Sony really. They show as much contempt for PC gamers as they do their own platform when they release games on PC that are in a worse state than Assassin's Creed Unity.