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What are the chances Killer Instinct 3 can still happen?

"can" and "will" are the key words here. there is a 100% chance it "can" happen because M$ owns rare and can tell them to make killer instinct 3 since rare owns KI.

there is a 0% chance that it "will" happen
 
Phil Spencer ‏@PeeeThree 4 Mar
@David_Tuero1 KI is something we've talked about for awhile. Would need some KenLobb on that one.
 
Microsoft @ E3: Killer Instinct 3 is coming to Xbox 720!

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As a Kinect exclusive. Prepare to feel the instinct Holiday 2013!

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id rather much see a next gen perfect dark title from rare.
they did hint at killer instinct a while ago didnt they ?
 
Even if it does, I don't want it to. It would be a Durango exclusive, plagued with Kinect bullshit, microtransactions and what not.
 
I played the hell out of KI on the snes in the day, but it's a bad game really.

I don't see why MS couldn't make a 2d xbla game for it though, it probably would have already got a nostalgia fueled HD arcade sized release if someone else owned it.
 
I could see MS lending the license to an interested third party, but I don't see it happening internally outside of a re-release of the originals or a reboot in a completely different genre.
 
3 years ago I'd say there was a decent chance of at least seeing an xbox live release but now ... I don't know . Didn't MS lose a patent case a few months back ? so they don't even have the ability to copyright the name for their own purpose ?
 
I don't get it. Mortal Kombat went back to the 90's fighter basics of the series and was incredibly well received. Why not take that to mean there could very well be a market for another iteration of KI, a similar game from a similar era?
 
I don't get it. Mortal Kombat went back to the 90's fighter basics of the series and was incredibly well received. Why not take that to mean there could very well be a market for another iteration of KI, a similar game from a similar era?

I don't really think these are comparable in terms of popularity, which is also the reason we haven't seen a KI3 yet and probably never will
 
You mean like Tomb Raider? Deus Ex? DuckTales?

Killer instinct isn't close to any of those in popularity or brand recognition.

I would have loved to see Rare put out a new KI or Conker sometime this gen instead of avatars and kinect shit, but that's what they are now.
 
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