[Update: <\/strong>The Killer Instinct<\/em> dev team has seemingly fixed both the game’s online ranked mode and its leaderboards problems<\/a>. Normal C-C-C-C-C-Combo breakin’ service should now be resumed.]<\/p> Every game is a potential target for troublemakers, even Iron Galaxy’s excellent 2013 fighter Killer Instinct<\/em>, which is currently mired in its own hack-based catastrophe, despite the relative quietness of the fast-paced scrapper in the larger picture of the fighting game community.<\/p> Killer Instinct<\/em><\/a>‘s ranked mode has, for some time now, been the target of one individual, who has been rendering the leaderboards an absolute mess with a flurry of fake accounts, which they have used to essentially “jam” the online rankings for the dedicated KI<\/em> community. This irritant has gone one step further, however, and is causing the game’s sync system to crash when trying to load players into matchmaking. Essentially, ranked mode has been rendered literally unplayable for the community.<\/p> Thanks for flagging this and working with the services team to get ranked working again ASAP<\/p> The hacked leaderboards will be investigated!<\/p> will update once we have more information. https:\/\/t.co\/Y53hWxzjdD<\/a><\/p> — Killer Instinct (@KillerInstinct) October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>