AHHHH! I want this game but, fuck you Xbox One.

I'm pretty shocked they had Jago speaking english. Also I'm glad they ditched the whimpering dog sounds for Sabrewulf; I always cringed every time I heard him make those noises when he gets hurt in the previous KI's

I really like the redesigns that I've seen so far. I think that they're brave, especially in the face of all the crotchety naysayers that can't believe DH has the audacity to bring an 18 year old game out of the 90's and in to the present with their own interpretation (which is especially audacious considering that they're the ones making the game). I mean, how dare they take Jago out of his mesh pants and half tank? lol

I'm really curious how they'll bring some of the characters in to 2013. Is Orchid going to have a green and gold body suit or will she look more like a cop? A more modern version of her green and gold body suit? Something completely different? How do you modernize Spinal? Do you put guts on his skeleton? Some tattered pirate outfit? What will TJ Combo look like? Will Cinder just be a guy on fire?

I think that they have a very solid vision so far, and I'm very curious to see what the next character looks like.

Chief Thunder confirmed to be the next revealed character. ^^

*head explodes* WAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Aaaaahhhhh!!! When? When??

We only get a teaser of Chief Thunder for now, at the end of this Glacius trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdvvYjMt4Nw

Man, listening to the cascade of boos coming from the audience when they mentioned Microsoft was rough. The whole thing felt a little botched from the get go. You have a 30 minute event to make an impression on the fighting game community and you show a video of some Glacius combos that just kind of ends abruptly, which is then followed by the XBone logo and then the axe. Then you have a mini competition where people play the game on stage.

A few things... One, these people all know that this game is XBone exclusive, and you know the gaming community's issues with XBone these days. Why not maybe leave their name out and just leave the logo for the video? They actually had to stop and wait for the booing to subside.

Next, the fight stick. Really? You're big announcement, the main reason why you booked a half hour at EVO is to have a dude up there with an arcade stick around his neck, telling them that Madcatz is making a fight stick for KI? I get it, they're a sponsor, but again, why make this your big announcement?

Which leads me to the video. They started with a video of Glacius gameplay, right before having Max and a dev up there playing and showing off... Umm, Glacius gameplay? Did that seem odd to anyone else?

Of course, the main thing to take away from the video was the axe, indicating that Chief Thunder had returned. There were a lot of people pissed about the end of the video. People in other countries stayed up in to the wee hours of the morning to see an axe. KI fans flooding Double Helix forums, speculating on who we'd see next got treated to... An axe.

Don't get me wrong, I love the way the game looks, I love all of the coverage that I saw this weekend, and I'm very happy that Chief Thunder is back, but this odd tease and this whole presentation felt like a missed opportunity.

I believe the game will be playable at SDCC. Maybe we'll get some more then? Until then, here's hoping DH keeps up the good work on this game. Looks awesome so far!

We just need Riptor and Cinder back.

I'm really curious about new fighters.

Fulgore, Spinal and Cinder confirmed and there are going to be brand new characters that debut in the game.


http://gematsu.com/2013/06/killer-instinct-getting-fulgore-spinal-and-cinder

"There are" going to be new characters. "They're" will confuse people into thinking, like...it's not the same Fulgore, Spinal, and Cinder, or something.

Granted, KI's had returning characters turn out to be a new guy with the same name and moves before. The Glacius, Spinal, and Fulgore that appeared in KI2 weren't the same dudes as in KI1, either due to death, or due to the second game taking place thousands of years in the past via time travel. But that was pretty dumb (except in Fulgore's case. He's a robot, they come off an assembly line, being replaced when destroyed makes sense.)

Combo breaker every 5 seconds, get hype!

Can someone translate what was being said at the end? my knowledge of navajo is not that good like it used to be.

I was pretty against this game at first due to what i saw at E3 and because of the fact that it was being held hostage by the anti-consumer version of the X-Keanu at the time.
But after seeing Glacius and watching more gameplay and seeing the inclusion of blood (i know how shallow) this game is starting to look better. Mind you I still won’t be able to play it, but I am now able to be cautiously optimistic and am excited to follow this game up to its release.

Heh call me reckless but if I continue to like what I see, hell I’ll buy this game just to support KI in the hope that it will save Microsoft from throwing it back in the cooler because it didn’t make COD money.

As for Glacius well what can I say, I love the design and actually like the idea behind it.

It will be more like lockout every 5 seconds.

Any news regarding which event they'll show Chief Thunder at? I doubt it'd be at SDCC, but maybe at GamesCom?

Kind of a lackluster reveal. I mean, we know every character from KI and KI2 will be in, so why so secretive? Could've at least shown some gameplay.

We do?

It's a reasonable inference. Think about it, if they don't the roster would be too small for today's standards.

Via the Double Helix KI board:

"“Heading down to Comic Con tomorrow to prep for #KI and another big Double Helix announcement.”

- Patrick Gilmore’s Twitter (@MrEpilog)"

So I guess if the head of the studio says there will be a big surprise...

My guess is Chief Thunder gameplay and maaaaaybe another hint reveal ala the tomahawk? That's probably a best case scenario. My guess is that we see Chief Thunder for the first time, maybe get a little gameplay.

I think a more reasonable inference would be "Any sane man would take one look at Tusk and Maya and tell them to fuck off and make new characters to fill out the roster with instead."

They need all the characters they can get.

True, but those two can seriously get bent.

Or maybe just redesign old characters, so they wouldn't suck.
Remember what happened with Stryker in MK9?

Besides, Tusk was fairly cool and Maya was awesome, gameplay-wise.

That's based on the assumption the roster will only consist of existing KI characters.