The Last Killer Instinct Update?!

[@SnuggleFox]

Closed it out. Extremely proud of everyone here, we worked tirelessly to fix a lot of the general issues found/requested by the community, and more. Glad to be in the credits with everyone; we never went a day without a Max video being played somewhere. Shine on Max, and shine on doods. - Small Part Of The Team (Trev) (Don’t get me in trouble for posting this game industry!)

[@fojisan2398]

You guys are doin' god's work, keeping this game alive!

[@vanconojl]

:D

[@gatsuyatsu]

You guys are amazing, an example to follow 🎉

[@AndresBFR]

I hope one day we see KI 4, thanks for making such an amazing and well crafted game.

[@mr.morningstar8350]

Thank you and everybody else on the Killer Instinct team for all of there hard work and passion. You guys are the reason why I even want to get into the games industry in the first place.

[@41tinman41]

Every time I hear the game scream ULTRA, it lights up a specific part of my brain that loves it.

[@Osteichthyes]

I still think that free version should have all it's characters unlocked for the practice mode. Give your players a reason to try as much as they can and make the full purchase.

[@gogreengameon2146]

That's bloody genius man! 👍

[@CodeVenomSnakes]

@@gogreengameon2146 Same here and they should do that for the game

[@nahuel3433]

The problem seems to me that people can put the dummy to "player" and just use training as a vs mode. It'd be gheto as shit considering they'd have to go "ok I died" when their health hits 0 and a round doesn't end. But it'd be possible Now, probably that's a risk worth taking anyway, but y'know...

[@BluCarnage]

@@nahuel3433That’s basically the experience you would get from playing a demo anyway

[@bageltoo]

@@nahuel3433Considering most gameplay is online anymore I don’t think that’s a problem

[@Vernafveik]

Whilst other Fighting Games are getting a bit too comfortable with micro-transactions Killer Instinct goes “You want those colors? Their yours! Also these ones! AND these stages! All for free.” THATS WHY KILLER INSTINCT IS THE GOAT.

[@guitaroach]

and it only took 10 years 🙌

[@blackmanta2527]

Payed colors will always be wack

[@mariosoriano4650]

Let's put aside the fact that when this game came out every character was a microtransaction lol. This game is done dude. They are doing this to look for people's attention (new and old), if there was any substancial money left in this game there would be microtransactions 100%. MS didn't became the biggest software company in the world giving things away for free.

[@guitaroach]

@@mariosoriano4650 lmao OF COURSE they want attention! They want people to revisit and play. How else do you get people to play your game? This game is as 'done' as games in Fightcade are 'done', or the guilty gear games on steam are 'done'. Yea, its an old game. Most fighting games are old games. So what? The game had MTX for convenience, not to a detriment. They gave players the CHOICE to pay for the full roster, or pay for any individual characters they wanted (including DLC), or just play the free version (which still included ALL game modes & online) and play the rotating characters + Jago. And you payed with real cash, not wack-ass in-game currency. I WISH more modern fighting games followed this model. The only MTX thats left is grabbing the full game for 10 USD (the game goes on sale very often). Thats pretty micro for a full-featured game, i'll give you that. I dunno man. Do you just want people to not play this game for some reason?

[@marcusmeins1839]

And also it has voice chat

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

Shine on for Killer Instinct revival Max. 7:46 : Let body move to the Killer Groove

[@bradruxton3742]

Don't forget how insane the soundtrack is

[@gilbertberger7234]

The soundtrack does indeed go. Even the ones I don't like as much as other songs still are good songs.

[@user-stanrbm]

Thanks to Mick Gordon.

[@RetroGaming_07]

Agreed the soundtrack for this game is solid indeed.

[@Gamer-sq8vc]

Sadly, the soundtrack sucks, like I mean terrible. The menu music is so epic, I waa humming that song for like a whole week. The character select music is sweet too. Then you actually play the game and so many of the stages' songs are boring, bland, un-memorable (imemorable?), and some even really lame and cringy. It's like a completely different human being created the gameplay/stages music compared to the character-select and (especially) menu song.

[@kallebal]

Since the update I invest in at least 1 hour of KI everyday. Because I wanna support my favorite fighting game of all time, and get better. I suck at it right know. Absolutely love to see Maximilian play KI. Brings me back to when I started to watch the Dood.

[@sean8102]

Killer Instinct has always had a soft spot in my heart. IDK why but I LOVED KI 2 specifically. Played it so much in the arcade. Bought KI Gold for 64 and was disappointed (no FMV's, lots of animation frames removed etc, cartridge space limitations). Then I learned about a stand alone KI2 emulator. Then it got added to MAME. Wish they had brought KI1 and KI2 that are on the Xbox One to PC.

[@Alkamist4Games]

Max your involvement and constant coverage of Killer Instinct has been phenomenal; appreciate you!

[@doomzilla3568]

I finally got to play this game and i will say that i absolutely love this game!!! It is so much fun to play and props to the devs to keep supporting this amazing game. KILLER INSTINCT truly got much more love and should have more exposure for all to enjoy!!!!

[@mrkarate8134]

KI is the fighting game that we'll still be playing 30 years from now.

[@4udio_Vortex]

I still play MK2 atleast once a week :)

[@mrkarate8134]

@@4udio_Vortex Yo same here 😆. I love MK2 especially the soundtrack

[@4udio_Vortex]

@@mrkarate8134 Yeah it's dope for sure. Even the Genesis MK1 and 2 soundtrack was sick

[@Krischenn]

Totally wasn’t expecting to see some online matches with this update video, a treat!

[@QuincyIsadore]

We need a new killer instinct!

[@dominush4056]

Phil Spencer are you seeing this? The KI community is alive and well, please consider a sequel or a remake of the first game. If we get a new version for EVO, it would blow up. Hopefully Microsoft sees the vision and potential this fighting series has. I mean you have robots fighting werewolves and zombie girls for crying out loud lol

[@vladislavgritsenko3636]

They know,there just isn't a team available unfortunately. There aren't that many good fighting devs ready to do it At least that's my guess

[@leukashot123]

Of course phil spencer isn't seeing this he's too busy ignoring godlike IPs and trying to make women in games ugly

[@vladislavgritsenko3636]

@@leukashot123 That's why this game suddenly out of nowhere started to get updates

[@KILLACRISIS215]

This is the next game to go to PS5 I'm 99 percent sure!!!!!!

[@leukashot123]

@@KILLACRISIS215 I really hope so

[@Twisted_Logic]

I was setting up a mini PC to be a tournament setup and was loading every fighting game in my Steam library to it. I noticed that KI was in there but I'd never played it. I figured I must've gotten it in a Humble Bundle or something. I got it installed, tried it out, and holy shit this game is so cool! All these years I've been missing out, but at least it seems like I joined at just the right time

[@ardidsonriente2223]

Damn you, Max, you got me. Now I'll have to get the steam version too!!

[@NiGHTS1980]

Games I want: A New Killer Instinct. Games They Keep Giving Us: The Last of Us Remaster of the remaster Part 34.

[@omarlopes5762]

We need a new Killer Instinct game they need to bring it to all gaming platform I just bought Killer Instinct on Snes version for my Super Nintendo

[@EarlHood-r8t]

They should come up with a killer instinct movie

[@SamTlmr]

Discovered killer instinct after finishing on xbox one release DR 3 and Ryse son of rome,, never been such a big enjoyer of fighting games in general neither skilled, but BRO KI got me hooked straight with that gameplay, soundtrack everything was unique. Still loving it 11 years later on xbox series X🎉🎉

[@PoiPoi5189]

“Game looks fun, right chat?” Lol, yes, game looks fun. Glad to see Killer Instinct still getting love from developers, it’s such a great game and I hope that this leads to another one in the future, it deserves it.

[@The-Flute-Wizard]

KILLER CUTS PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND yesssssssssssss pleaseeeeeeeeeee

[@kelz0327]

Wore my thumbs out once I upgraded to a XB1 and downloaded this. Simple to learn but hard to master. Glad to see they’re still supporting it after all these years.

[@Fallenslayer1]

what i really would love to see is the rest of the characters to get ultimates.

[@Playboyjoker707]

I got the definitive edition for $10, such a great deal.

[@KimPham525]

I got it for $9 at EB Games.

[@RetroGaming_07]

Good definitely worth the money indeed. I still have a copy for my xbox one s.

[@RetroGaming_07]

Good definitely worth the money indeed. I still have a copy for my xbox one s.

[@RetroGaming_07]

Good definitely worth the money indeed. I still have a copy for my xbox one s.

[@patrickmurphy9470]

With or without the soundtrack? The soundtrack by itself is around $30 on eBay nowadays.

[@LukeEganLyrics]

KI is so good to spectate too, I loved the peak years of KI at all the majors

[@TJV83]

Should’ve been a sequel at Series X launch

[@citypopradioFM]

Microsoft isn't going to spend money on a whole new entry when they have enough issues finding success with their own huge IPs like Halo. A new KI isn't going to win a cost-benefit battle when they can port games like SF6, MK, and update KI to give the impression of covering the fighting game casuals as hardcore players aren't going to shift their profit margins against the cost of a new KI game.

[@emperormegaman3856]

@citypipradioFM that's probably why they made that decision, but that's still possibly a mistake. KI would have been a exclusive, and releasing it on launch would have meant releasing just when the hype for previous major fighting game releases had settled but still a while before SF6, MK1 and Tekken 8.

[@addex1236]

​@@emperormegaman3856you realize despite the hype Tekken 8 one of the biggest fighting game releases only did 2 million at launch and no thats not a big number in the games industry and thats Tekken Killer Instinct is no Tekken so no it should have not been a priority for Microsoft to launch with Killer Instinct

[@TexasHollowEarth]

@addex1236 - Wanna be taken seriously with that bullshit hot take? Try some punctuation 🤖. Xbots give M$ nothing but bad advice 🤷‍♂️

[@emperormegaman3856]

@@addex1236 Not a counterpoint to your comment but just a point of precision: Tekken 8 sold 2 millions copies in less than a month, that's very good for a game, and downright excellent numbers for a fighting game (that's faster than SF 6, which is considered "the face of the fighting game genre'), the only FG serie that sometime sell more is Mortal Kombat, which is the serie with mainstream appeal outside of fighting game fans. Games that sell more than that in such a short time like GTA, CoD or Zelda are rares exceptions, and are not in a genre considered semi-niche like fighting games. Now, like i said , that's not a counterpoint to your comment, KI wouldn't sell as much as Tekken, you're right. And that's the point. that's exactly why the Serie X/S launch in late 2020 would have been the good time to bring it back. From a console launch perspective, that make one more solid game to add to the lineup. Don't get me wrong, it's not gonna be the big Halo-like console-seller, but it would have been a nice addition "we also have this neat exclusive fighting game", and from a brand-management perspective, KI could have benefited from the console launch exposure. People who don't follow FG news would have heard of it by checking the launch lineup, and it could have benefited from the relative lack of games available on a console early days to be more noticeable. Not only that, but there wasn't a huge fighting game release in 2020. KoF XV, SF6 and T8 where still a couple years away. Even Guilty Gear Strive would'nt drop until mid 2021. They could have released KI at this point and avoid having to compete with the heavy hitters for the attention of the playerbase. (not to mention, the lockdowns meant that a game with good rollback at this moment would have received a warm welcome, see what happened when strive launched in 2021). But no, Microsoft didn't do that, they don't care to build or the brands they have. It's not a priority for them.

[@wuztron]

Guess I need to dig out the Xbox One. I promised if they put that damn Cinder color in the game I'd be in.

[@HolyShadows777]

just checked (steam atleast) and they are indeed back... I also kinda dig the ane colors are just mixups of other colors on that note XD

[@JadenHybrid]

The sound design of this game is the BEST!

[@RyuNoZero]

I still wonder how KI didn't blow up. I mean looking at the Gameplay alone puts SFV to the place where it belongs: In the Trash.

[@VAMPIREMACHIINE]

Been playing the crap out of Anniversary Edition on Steam. So grateful for all the work everyone put into KI over the years. 🍻

[@MarcadetFPS]

This is one of the most underrated fighting games that ever existed. Truly a masterpiece, even for the soundtrack alone. We need a new KI. The world just needs it.

[@Aaron-zl5gq]

For the love of god Microsoft just give them money to make a new season or a new sequel . Fighting games are bigger then ever get on this shit

[@mazethemercenary]

Was a KI fan from SNES. Decades later started using PS systems and then get told KI will be only on XBOX. I understand there are monetary incentives to do this but that really solidified my exclusion for my future with this game.

[@travelerwatanabe]

That was the case for me too, but I got a $1k gaming PC in 2021 (cheaper now) instead of a PS5 and now at long last, I'm playing this game again! The SNES nostalgia coming back hard!

[@JPate33]

Loved Hisako in this version of KI

[@truecross4090]

I have watched Max play this game so much and I still understand almost nothing that happens on that screen woth all the breakers and lockouts and stuff, lol.

[@NerdieTurtle]

Max’s love for this game makes me wanna try it now

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

You know I think this calls for a series of max replaying all of KI 😆 I know I'd watch it.

[@gilbertberger7234]

I would too man.

[@dahuterschuter]

Killer Instinct is godlike.

[@crowmki9688]

Absolutely LOVE this. Going back and adding all of this content to a ten year old game that hasn’t seen a content update in what… Six years?? This is amazing, and the fact that all of this stuff is free is so freaking cool. Already got my Eagle and my Eyedol up to 65. I absolutely want a sequel and I’m really hoping Xbox gets back with Iron Galaxy to do one. As niche as fighting games can be, it would be insane to keep a game that grew from an XBox Live Arcade game with six characters into one of the best games ever made in a decades old genre on the shelf any longer. People know how great this game is regardless of whether the anniversary content pulls them in. If they build a sequel, people will play it.

[@TB_m3x1c4n]

Ive been wanting that cinder color for almost a decade now

[@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh]

YEESSSS I CAARREE!!!!!!! PLEASE REVIVE KILLER INSTINCT and primal rage if u have time gods of gaming

[@garadje2623]

Ngl, thinking of getting into KI. I ain't great at it, it's hard as hell, but after getting burnt on MK1 and hearing the problems of T8 post-reviews sounds like I should just invest in the tried and true KI.

[@julianmorgan79]

Honestly if you're new to tekken you won't feel the issues so much but they are there. I'd say get into tekken after the big may patch or if it goes on sale. I want to try KI as well but I'm worried about it just not having a player base left outside of north America.

[@drcryptonix406]

Same here. I've been thinking about getting an XB1 for cheap or buying a pc so I can try out K.I.

[@guitaroach]

@@drcryptonix406 IMO if you gonna get an xbox one, you may as well buy a Series S on sale for under 200 new

[@patrickmurphy9470]

FYI : KI Anniversary removed KI and KI2 classics.

[@SkipaJenkins]

The opening is just so nice. Like "LET'SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOO"

[@hackneyman]

Need this on PS5

[@CutieCakeClips]

the ranked now on steam is actually active with crossplay, like I used to wait like 10 minutes before. now its like 10 seconds.

[@leloforever]

What M$ need to do is to port the game to PS4/PS5 like they are doing to some of their "smaller" games and see if there's enough sales... Then a decision about a sequel would be more easy to take (or not if people don't buy the game)...

[@tyleredson8408]

I still love this game

[@footlonghawk3960]

Oh hell yeah man I've been wanting to play this game again for a hot minute I had no clue it was available in steam your right I belive if killer instinct had more adverts we'd have a new one already it's a top tier fighter imo and should never be forgotten

[@chronocafe3212]

I love some KI but why did they get rid of fatalities? Ultimates, ultras, and knockoffs are more like a finisher to me than an actual fatality like the ones they had in the first 2 games

[@lucan465]

It’s crazy how old the game is but how good it looks and fresh it seems….

[@RetroGaming_07]

I'm glad I still have the Definitive Edition for the Xbox one s and I still love this game. I still have the gold version for the 64 too. The killer instinct series will always be a classic franchise.

[@EdwinDPZ]

Hopefully it finally is the final update so I can finally start using the broken tech I found without worrying about it getting patched

[@linkinworm1]

Love ki 3 so much. I was one match away from getting killler rank in ranked but I always ended up stressing and losing. Would absolutely love a ki4 with better graphics and new characters. That's all it would take for me to buy

[@2LOUD_VQ]

ULTRA COMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@wolfman-up7dh]

Man I really wish I could've bought that TJ figure.

[@ladyhexagon2420]

I love that rare Hisako skin! 😳

[@FernandoCuadro]

I want a new killer Instinct so bad

[@FirerSpartan]

I love the pasión of Max for his favorite games

[@greninjaboy2394]

I bought Anniversery Edition last year and I have fun with this thing. So far my mains are Fulgore, Rash, and Sabrewulf.

[@BlancOtaku]

Oh shit, apparently I never used my Saberwolf Color code, guess I don't need to use it anymore

[@danishiqbal2963]

I hope killer instinct made it in PlayStation soon. it would be nice to play with other by crossplay

[@komediankermit927]

That's what I'm saying ,I played the hell out of that game on xbox😢

[@gilbertberger7234]

I'd say porting it to PlayStation would likely show MS that people still give a shit, still love the game. I mean, I'm sure Max loooots of PlayStation owners in his community that would pick this game up. Then from there PS owners outside the community who are friends with those within it would see the game. Granted, that probably wouldn't produce an astronomical amount of numbers, but still enough that MS would notice.

[@komediankermit927]

@@gilbertberger7234 fax

[@shinfitz]

Always great seeing Max play a game he REALLY loves like KI.

[@aspateer]

i think the only thing that is gonna generate more interest in KI is releasing the original games on PC... preferably on steam. this game is so great, but KI1 is my favorite FG of all time.

[@raziel4949]

I was playing yesterday KI with my friends, we love this game 🔥🔥🔥

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

Gamers in 2024 = "All games suck. I dont wanna pay a cent for anything ever. Why am I only playing old games. Why dont they just update the old games." Developer updates old game and gives out a bunch of free stuff, also gamers in 2024 = Still whining and complaining.

[@chrishd659]

they’re whining because there’s no ultimates for all characters, more single player modes or new characters, ignoring the fact that this game is really old and actually add something would probably break the coding a ton, not to mention budget issues and hot the game is past its prime development wise still sounds like whining for me nonetheless

[@CGoodin]

Could you imagine we get a new KI.... ALL THE GUEST CHARACTERS

[@soggyfries4347]

The voiceover guy who does the cut scenes is like the Michael Buffer of fighting game voice-overs.

[@numbafunk84]

I still got that shadow Jago toy. those toys were dope

[@Cosdamotto]

Lakers Kilgore is 🔥

[@AlucardsQuest]

They should release a physical version of this exclusively for Series X, with everything on disc.

[@pretrickrichard4130]

My favorite Fighting Game of all Time💪 hoping for a sequel

[@nvidiapowah4581]

finally some non greed

[@truecauseofchaos]

Great news. Good to see James G too; he's a lot greyer since I last worked with him!

[@Sp3llmen]

I remember trying KI way back when mk10 was about to release and I was ass at it. I couldn’t understand anything because I had never gotten into fighting games before. But after all this time I’ve gotten really good at SF6 and tekken 8. Now I’m going back to play this again. I won’t let this game defeat me lmao.

[@devilangel4655]

They need to make this game multiplatform………………………

[@DjFrankGee]

Killer Instinct destroys MK1 any day..

[@AlexanderMartinez-kd7cz]

that doesn't say much.

[@patriciomendoza19]

Killer Instinct destroys most fighting games anyday

[@jabbadabbajew6035]

It destroys them all.

[@acevedo_avocado]

Agree to disagree lmao

[@rimzaaah5892]

Especially stolen 8

[@Captain_Bobvious]

KI 2013 was so ahead of its time.

[@MrWii000]

I wanna see Killer Instinct 2013 on the Switch!

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

Since microsoft seems to be gearing up to actually start making games agian hopefully they make a 5th killer instinct game (Microsoft owns rare)

[@derekfcc]

My collection has gotten to a point that I really don’t buy games outside of maybe one that’s 90% off. I made an exception for this one.

[@michaelfrank9859]

KI works great on Steam Deck as well which is another reason to give it a try!! Game is wonderful!

[@cob_90]

Really? I'll definitely add it to my steam deck, that's great news

[@onilao]

i do need to give this game another chance for sure!

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

Being able to fight as a giant supernatural golem, a velociraptor and robo mommy is all you ever need in video games. Also, I'm coming out to say: _I simp for Cinder_

[@unbreakabletez799]

Also I wonder if anyone has the bug with Jago that plays a very high pitch frequency that was so annoying to hear and found out its linked to the toys and it was a frequency to make the statue react. I hope they fixed it

[@yanngelos9932]

If they want us to play it, release the freakin game on PS5 !!!! Please ? Day one purchase !

[@marcusmeins1839]

KI is on steam . KI belongs to microsoft and PS5 to Sony . To have KI on PS5 both have to come to an nice agreement which it is almost impossible .

[@manuelpatino7863]

​@@marcusmeins1839 Nevermind all those weird af free-to-play models, Xbox exclusivity was a death-sentence for this game since the beginning. They even purposefully ommited the first KI games from the Rare collection just to bundle them with this game yet that barely boosted any sales😂 Such a pity that this awesome game is still chained to the laughingstock of consoles.

[@endlerguppy3500]

max thank you for what you done for KI community and try to revive game because of you i got this colors and update

[@ratubadis7]

I just started playing killer instinct this month. Currently using old intel laptop with 144p resolution all low settings to get 60fps 😂 I pray we got new game soon, and I have new pc when the game comes out.

[@Ultrox007]

For those thinking $30 is prohibitive to unlock everything, the game should be less than $10 in only a month.

[@StevieDrawStuff]

I am going to redownload and play again

[@ssp9181]

I just wish it could be on PlayStation so I could actually play it. Love this game, but I don't have an Xbox or PC

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

Do people still play online on Killer Instinct '13?

[@StevenClipper]

Hell yeah now I'm getting back in to killer assistant

[@SirBranDon24]

Ki was the first fighting game i played, my mom used to beat my face in woth spinal. How the turn tables when ki released on the xbox one lmao.

[@aerostrafe1075]

Oh fuck. I have that hisako toy and never got that color XD. I just liked it and kept it in the box.

[@HyperFlame64V1]

They made their Money Back. *Making the Game Free and this Final Update all Free was a Thank you*

[@RodrigoScaranare-oe3os]

New Killer Instint in 2025 ??

[@deebznutz100]

Sounds like I need to pull my Xbox out of storage

[@gilbertberger7234]

If it was ported over, you wouldn't have to. *Nudge, nudge, hint, hint directed at MS*

[@masterofdoom5000]

Damn these fellas have a KILLER INSTINCT for cool game design and game business decisions!