Month: January 2015

Back in my day, when video game developers wanted to tease something, they usually took out a spread in some physical publication, smashed together a silhouette and possibly an unbearably awesome pun, and called it a day. It could be frustrating, sure, but the small glimpse still felt tangible somehow.

While the Killer Instinct crew adhered to this standard in their season two trailer, revealing every new fighter with converstation-stirring shadows, they also seem to have quite the fascination with the lower extremities. Back before she was fully revealed, Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Isgreen saw fit to give fans a single-leg preview of the returning fighter, and he’s repeated that strategy with another upcoming character.

Omen, who has also been referred to as the Herald of Gargos, will join the expanding Killer Instinct roster later this month, bringing with him a strong zoning game that combines unique tools with a few he pulled from Jago during his time as a possessing spirit.

But who cares about all that? Here’s his leg.

Sweet.

Source: Adam Isgreen, tip via Miguel O.

A lot of attention has been placed on PlayStation 4 peripherals lately due to their high demand, making it easy to forget that a number of fighting games will be following Killer Instinct to the latest Microsoft platform as well.

While many of the PlayStation controllers released thus far feature dual-compatibility with Sony’s previous console, we haven’t seen that function transfer to Xbox One arcade sticks like Mad Catz’ first Tournament Edition 2 or Razer’s Atrox. Fortunately, it appears as if that’s going to change in the near future.

Set to coincide with the release of Mortal Kombat X, the folks over at Performance Designed Products (or PDP) will be releasing yet another fightpad for players who prefer the more compact form they provide over traditional arcade sticks. In addition to some very competitive-minded features like the default D-Pad and microswitch buttons, PDP’s controller will also include a toggle that allows it to be used on both Xbox One and Xbox 360 (similar to the switch we’ve used in the sticks we previously mentioned).

This information comes to us from CNET’s Brian Tong, who was given an exclusive preview of the controller during his visit to this year’s installment of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. His quick video demonstration can be found below.

Sometime after the above video was released, Mad Catz community manager Mark “MarkMan” Julio jumped online to get ahead of the inevitable, “When’s Mad Catz?” questioning, mentioning that this licensing isn’t exclusive to PDP.

“We have already been working on making an Xbox One/360 compatible FightStick,” he revealed, leading us to believe an official announcement may be coming soon.

As for how soon? Julio only says to stay tuned.

Sources: Brian Tong, Mark “MarkMan” Julio