Killer Instinct - Legacy

Legacy

In March 2010, Rare's Ken Lobb announced that they are not working on Killer Instinct 3, but that they may bring Killer Instinct back someday. in July 2010, Lobb said Rare wants to make Killer Instinct 3. Rare studio manager Mark Betteridge said that Rare would like to bring Killer Instinct to the Xbox LIVE Arcade. In an August 2012 interview, Rare veteran Donnchadh Murphy said, "We all wanted to make KI3, but Microsoft more interested in broadening their demographic than making another fighting game. So it never got made, I doubt it ever will." On September 17, 2012, Microsoft renewed the Killer Instinct trademark. In an October 2012 interview, Rare veteran Lee Musgrave, who was the former Head of Art at Rare, spoke on the issues of making Killer Instinct for XBLA: "We came close to firing off a conversion of Killer Instinct a few times, but there were licensing obstacles to that, and it never really had enough perceived interest to push it forward."