Is Rare making Killer Instinct 3?

Rare, why tease us so? I can’t count on one hand the amount of times Rare have teased the gaming world with a possible third installment in the much-loved fighting series Killer Instinct. Actually, make that two hands, but either way, they keep doing it, this time with the help of another Rare franchise, Banjo-Kazooie.

A picture arose on the web that shows a merchant from Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts trying to sell Banjo something from his suitcase, and that something just happened to be an Xbox 360 game with the name Killer Instinct 3 written all over it. DAMN YOU RARE!!!!! How many times have we seen Killer Instinct 3 rumors around the web or hints to that effect? This is not the first time Killer Instinct 3 has been hinted at with Banjo involved. L.O.G., the game master from Nuts and Bolts, hints at games that are possibly in the pipeline at Rare during the game and one of them just happened to be Killer Instinct. What did Rare have to say on this?

“We are Rare, we do have a sense of humour," said Rare’s community manager, George Kelion. When asked if that was a denial, he responded, “We don’t comment on rumour and speculation." They love doing this don’t they? They hint and hint then come out with a denial. To add more fuel to the already huge fire, a music sheet was allegedly leaked onto the web, which happened to be for Killer Instinct 3. Again, this was shot down, but there are too many rumours and hints for this game to NOT be in development.

Rare studio manager Mark Betteridge was once quoted saying, “If we did Killer Instinct (Live Arcade), it would look like and play like Killer Instinct coin-op. If there were a new Killer Instinct, it would be completely new." Gregg Mayles of Rare added, “If someone came up with some revolutionary idea for a new fighting game, yeah, we might think of resurrecting Killer Instinct”

All in all, we at TGR think there is too much talk around Killer Instinct for Rare to be doing nothing about it. Microsoft could use a big franchise for next year, so what better than this legendary fighter? With the power of the 360 and its online capabilities there is much potential for Killer Instinct 3 to be incredible.

TGR Rating: Highly Likely