Killer Instinct available as full game, in addition to free-to-play

Killer Instinct will offer a full season-pass-like option to grab all of the characters at once, Double Helix has confirmed.

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The upcoming Killer Instinct reboot is a free-to-play game that will include just one character, the ninja Jago, at launch. Additional characters will be available for purchase a la carte. But Double Helix understands that you might want to grab the full roster without paying for each of them piecemeal. It will be offering a season-pass-like option to collect them all in one go--presumably at a discount over buying them individually.

The developer confirmed the sales model to Polygon, making the free-to-play option seem more like a demo for the full game. If you're sure you'd be satisfied only playing as a few characters, though, it probably would be more economical to go with the F2P option. So far, Double Helix and Microsoft haven't confirmed any prices, for individual characters or the whole set. It will be download-only and coming alongside the Xbox One launch.

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    June 17, 2013 9:45 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Killer Instinct available as full game, in addition to free-to-play.

    Killer Instinct will offer a full season-pass-like option to grab all of the characters at once, Double Helix has confirmed.

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      June 17, 2013 9:52 AM

      Would this be counted as pay to win? You get one character if you do F2P.

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        June 17, 2013 10:03 AM

        Or don't pay to win. All that time with one character, boring maybe but damn you will be getting some practice with those moves :-)

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        June 17, 2013 10:04 AM

        Not really as pay to win would be to buy character and weapon upgrades that someone with the same character would not have without paying for those items themselves. Like stated in this article, this is more of a demo you can upgrade piecemeal.

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        June 17, 2013 4:17 PM

        Pay to win would be "For 99 cents your next 3 battles you will have double the health!"

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        June 17, 2013 11:41 PM

        He's asking a question. Why the ugh?

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      June 17, 2013 10:08 AM

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      June 17, 2013 10:23 AM

      Hope this clears it up...but probably won't. The internet seems to make up their mind about these things rather quickly, often in the form of cartoon or meme.

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      June 17, 2013 10:24 AM

      Only if Jago is significantly worse than the rest.

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        June 17, 2013 1:00 PM

        I'm sure they will patch-nerf him accordingly

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      June 17, 2013 3:50 PM

      What ever happened to "You only ever play a couple of characters in a fighting game anyways and by picking only the characters you want, you're actually saving money?" Are they backpedalling now since some backlash is happening? Seems like they are out of touch with the community.

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      June 17, 2013 4:15 PM

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      June 17, 2013 9:16 PM

      Sucks I really wanna play this but don't want an xbone

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      June 18, 2013 1:59 AM

      Good thing this thing they call "Killer Instinct" looks quite lame and unlike the Killer Instinct even sounds lame. That announcer is just so lacking in awesome. And why is Jago now Kane?

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