One 16-bit era's classic fighting games could be making a return after Microsoft renewed the trademark license of Killer Instinct.
"With all due respect to our friends in the media who like to frequent trademark sites, we thought we'd break this one ourselves," Microsoft announced on its website. "Our legal eagles have authorized us to say: 'We have either renewed or refiled a trademark application in various jurisdictions.'"
Microsoft didn't over any specific, but possibilities could range from a sequel to a high-definition remake. For those unfamiliar with the tile, Killer Instinct is a fighting game developed by Rare and published by Midway and Nintendo. Initially released in arcades in 1994.
The game was one of the reasons to own a Super Nintendo during that generation of consoles. The game borrowed from other contemporary fighters of its time including Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. The game utilizes a similar set of attacks like Street Fighter but has finishing moves like Mortal Kombat.
The game's plot while not as fleshed out as today's game, was set in a near future where megacorporation have replaced all governments. The main antagonist of the game is corporation Ultratech. The company organizes a tournament called Killer Instinct where regular participants and experimental creatures created by Ultratech fight to test their skills.
Ultratech also discovers a technology to create bridges between dimensions, and releases mythical creatures such as the two-headed, one-eyed, satyr monster called Eyedol. The creature is a inmate of a dimensional prison.
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