Fans of the Killer Instinct franchise got a small spark of hope in their pursuit of a new game.
In an appearance on the Dropped Frames podcast, Xbox head Phil Spencer told hosts itmeJP, Cohh Carnage, and Ezekiel_III that there have been some conversations behind the scenes about KI.
The answer was brought about by viewers and fans of fighting game community (FGC) figurehead and streamer Maximilian Dood joining JP’s chat and asking about KI and spamming #BringBackKI, a popular tag used when discussing the franchise, though Max later denied sending people over.
This prompted JP to ask if Spencer would just say KI, but the Microsoft executive gave fans a lot more to work with. And after laughing and joking about Max and being scared of mentioning the franchise on stream, Spencer spoke about KI and the future.
“There are so many good games in our (Xbox’s) catalog that we…

