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Xbox One's Killer Instinct not affected by sale of its developer

Microsoft says, "Our internal Killer Instinct team is still here and franchise is in good hands" after Amazon's surprise purchase of Double Helix.

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Last night, online retailer Amazon made the surprise announcement that it had purchased Killer Instinct developer Double Helix, leading some to question what that meant for the free-to-play Xbox One game's ongoing support. No need to worry, Microsoft Studios executive Phil Spencer assured fans, saying the company is prepared to handle the transition.

"Our internal Killer Instinct team is still here and franchise is in good hands," Spencer said on Twitter after news of the deal broke last night. "We had a plan in place for this transition."

Killer Instinct is free-to-play, but you can also purchase additional characters for $5 each. A second "season" of content is coming to the game in 2014, Microsoft told IGN last summer. The game was one of the Xbox One's 23 launch titles.

Spencer went on to say that the Killer Instinct franchise--which Microsoft owns--"will continue," because the series is something that he believes in. No further plans were revealed.

Double Helix also created the all-new Strider game coming to consoles and PC later this month. The reasoning behind Amazon's purchase of Double Helix remains a mystery, though the company reportedly has big plans for game development going forward.

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$5 per character?? That sure sounds fun to me

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Don't let Gamespot misinform you. There's also an option to buy all 8 season 1 fighters for $20. AND they rotate the free character weekly.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Not to mention you can buy the game, all the characters, all the DLC, and the original SNES Killer Instinct version for 40 bucks. Am not sure if this includes the unreleased chars - probably not.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> $20 for all 8 characters (including the unreleased Fulgore) and story mode (never heard much of this yet but it's confirmed to be included). And $40 for everything plus classic costumes and KI arcade.


They briefly mentioned season 2 and said it will contain another 8 characters. I'm assuming it's another $20.

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Need to worry Killer Instinct is here for 720p...

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<< LINK REMOVED >>

Like your copypaste comments? At least add some variety.

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well people cant trust Microsoft because sale there games to someone else so really Rare its your fault for going to Microsoft.

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Rare sold there souls to the Devil and will never see the light again.

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Man GS were is the news on The Order: 1886 and also The Phantom Pain won't be out until 2016. Talk about being slow today.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> 1886 Wont be coming out until 216 anyways I think game might be boring.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>2016?? WTF?!?! That's crazy.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Did you expect something else from Sony? Or Konami? Especially Sony? No shit there won't be any Sony exclusives until 2016, just like last gen when there was nothing to play but multiplats for years and years when it came out.

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<< LINK REMOVED >>

But still 1080p.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I'm actually waiting for people to drop such a retarded and repetitive fanboy wars topic and get back to talk about games and playing them. But hey! if that makes all of you happy...

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Killer Instinct is awesome. Was playing it earlier this week. You can get the full game with all the characters for $20. Don't even waste your time buying characters for $5. That's just stupid. I got the full game, plus the original KI Arcade and all the costumes, etc.. for $40. I wished they had just released this on disk though. Oh well, I'm still having a ball with this game. The new D-Pad on the XB1 Controller is much, much better then the one on XBox 360. I can pull off some crazy combos and specials with it. So happy Microsoft fixed this on XB1.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Because you can get ALL the characters for just $20, that's why.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>Why would the developers give you a cheaper option if they didn't want you rto take it? LOL!! You really make no sense. I actually paid the full $40 pirce for mine.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>too bad the Xbone controller sucks

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>you are not a cheapskate, they would not have that problem if they didnt make the ridiculous pay scheme that they came up with and just sold a damn fighting game. you are an idiot to pay more given 2 options that are the exact same content

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I believe in Vote with your Wallet.

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yes it affected

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