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Microsoft handed over development of post release content for Killer Instinct to Iron Galaxy Studios shortly after Amazon purchased the original developer, Double Helix Games. Its first assignment: design and deliver the a fresh take on the classic character, TJ Combo, in just three months. It managed to do so just in the knick of time.

Iron Galaxy Studios didn't have much time to rest before its next assignment, but it was one it was looking forward to all along: reviving a genetically engineered human-dinosaur hybrid, Riptor. She's the next character to debut during the second season of Killer Instinct, and so far as Iron Galaxy Studios is concerned, designing and animating her has been a great ride.

Speaking with Adam Isgreen and Torin Rettig of Microsoft Game Studios, it's clear that resurrecting the Riptor character is something they've been looking forward to for a long time.

"From the moment we wrapped our season one characters, we knew that Riptor was going to be in season 2. We've been talking about putting her in for quite a while. We always planned for KI to be seasonal, to approach it that way, as opposed to the way most fighting games approach their releases, so rather that just put every awesome character in season one, thinking long term, we want to save some of the more popular characters for season two, season three, and onward, and Riptor fell into that category. We wanted her to be one of the anchors for season 2."

"She can literally go heavy punch, heavy punch, heavy punch, and then go with an ender and get a combo out of it. So it's even easier than Sabrewulf to get a combo. Of course, it's also easier to break. It's really easy to get into this character and have fun while looking awesome."

"She's a blast to play. She's not as aggressive, rushdown as Sabrewulf, but she's got a much better vortex."

Anyone waiting to get their hands on Riptor will get the chance on December 17th when Killer Instinct Season 2 Ultra Edition becomes available. With another classic Killer Instinct character on the roster, the question remains: who do you think should be next?

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Gary Hartley Writes: Remember back when Double Fine finished their games before selling them? Viva Psychonauts!

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This week on the Paranerds Podcast, the Paranerds speak about Serious Sam Double D XXL, Watch Dogs, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mario Kart 8 and Bayonetta 2. Kevin finally got himself a PlayStation 4 and talks about Lego Batman 3. Little Big Planet 3, Disney Infinity 2.0,and P.T. (Silent Hills). The two then go over new releases news (see below) and some deals of the week. Rooster and Kevin talk about the new Star Wars trailer and Kevin admits he was fooled by the fake trailer. NEWS Red Dead Redemption Sequel Is In Development For PS4/XBO, Has Focus On Co-Op Report Uncharted 4 Dev: Even Drakes Chest Hair Is Affected By Wind Physics, Has 800 Facial Animations on PS4 vs 120 on PS3 Street Fighter V a PS4 exclusive Xbox One Sold Over 720K Black Friday Week in the US, Sets Black Friday Record Final Fantasy VII Coming to PS4 Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster Coming to PS4 PlayStation 4 20th Anniversary Edition Sells Out Online In Less Than Two Hours Factory defect invisible...

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Pixel Gate writes: ''The fighting game genre has always been a harsh mistress to me. For every happy memory I have of the genre theres about 3 bad memories that shortly follow. From a young age I became interested in the fighter genre. My first experience with the genre was (unsurprisingly) Capcoms Street Fighter 2 on the Super Nintendo. From the first minute of the game I was hooked. The characters looked visually interesting, the environments dazzling and the action thrilling. Playing solo was fun but lets face it, fighters are meant to be played against people and not AI.''

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Double Fine are responsible for games such as Costume Quest, Brutal Legend and Stacking and now many games from their past (and some from their future!) are now discounted in the latest Steam publisher sale.