Killer Instinct Xbox Series X Upgrade

June 17, 2023 at 7:27pm
By Jason Stettner

Here are the specific details in regards to the improvements that have been made for the Killer Instinct Xbox Series X upgrade. It features Auto HDR support with a 4k resolution at 60fps. It should smoothly hit these targets with the extra power that is present.

It is worth nothing that most games do receive a standard 16x anisotropic filtering through Xbox Backwards Compatibility. This is for the rebooted entry in the franchise that launched alongside the Xbox One. Killer Instinct Classic and Killer Instinct 2 Classic are also playable on the Xbox Series X as smaller standalone digital titles.

Those are the key details that are present. This game is not Optimized on the platform, meaning it wasn’t specifically adjusted for the platform and instead received these upgrades through either inheriting it from the previous generation or automatically. A video showcasing this is found below, alongside a photo representing the game.

Description/Synopsis
While the new content has ended, multiple seasons added a healthy roster of top tier fighting characters into this epic Killer Instinct package. A free to play game, this package offered a wide range of ways to fight and battle with many iconic characters from the series and other franchses being added in.

Enjoy gripping local or online multiplayer and engage in story driven content across a variety of modes. There are twenty stages with various backdrop concepts and a healthy roster of fighters providing all sorts of distinct styles of ways to fight one another. It’s truly a great showcase of combat and action driven fun the whole way through as you aim to get those C-C-C-COMBO BREAKERS!

Hopefully you found these details helpful in regards to understanding how this game is running on the platform. Whether that’s in the boosted resolution (visual fidelity) that’s provided in the filtering, or just generally the extra performance that assists with the Killer Instinct frame rate to keep it running smoothly.

Certainly great to see what these games can provide on the latest console platform that features full backwards compatible support and will see many new titles release over its lifespan. It should be exciting to see what’s to come for the consoles and how much gaming will change over this generation.

To summarize these were the details on if Killer Instinct can run on Xbox Series X/S console platforms. You can read a review of a related title below, or check out a game hub for further coverage as well. Don’t forget to check out the video content to see the game in action.

Read our Killer Instinct Review
View our Killer Instinct Hub