<s>
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
is	O
a	O
community-oriented	O
,	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
platform	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
up	O
to	O
ten	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Josh	O
DeBonis	O
and	O
Nikita	O
Mikros	O
,	O
the	O
co-founders	O
of	O
BumbleBear	B-Application
Games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
game	O
inspired	O
by	O
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
,	O
called	O
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
Black	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
11	O
,	O
2019	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
on	O
February	O
22	O
,	O
2021	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
on	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2021	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Stadia	I-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2021	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
is	O
a	O
team-based	O
,	O
competitive	O
game	O
pitting	O
ten	O
players	O
in	O
teams	O
of	O
five	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
went	O
through	O
several	O
iterations	O
on	O
its	O
journey	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	O
,	O
starting	O
off	O
as	O
a	O
college	O
rec	O
league-like	O
outdoor	O
field	O
game	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
scent	O
trails	O
of	O
ants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
when	O
the	O
two	O
made	O
a	O
bet	O
with	O
NYU	O
professor	O
Charles	O
J	O
.	O
Pratt	O
,	O
who	O
thought	O
the	O
field	O
game	O
could	O
n’t	O
be	O
transformed	O
into	O
a	O
successful	O
multiplayer	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
today	O
started	O
to	O
take	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
soon	O
found	O
itself	O
intersecting	O
with	O
the	O
growth	O
of	O
bar	O
arcades	O
,	O
with	O
Logan	O
Arcade	O
in	O
Chicago	O
becoming	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
home	O
for	O
an	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
multiple	O
bar	O
arcades	O
reported	O
success	O
and	O
revenues	O
the	O
team	O
behind	O
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
took	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
cabinet	O
reached	O
more	O
locations	O
across	O
the	O
country	O
,	O
the	O
growth	O
of	O
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
players	O
happened	O
organically	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
without	O
help	O
from	O
community	O
organizers	O
nationwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
League	O
nights	O
grew	O
from	O
small	O
dedicated	O
groups	O
of	O
friends	O
returning	O
to	O
their	O
local	O
haunt	O
weekly	O
to	O
play	O
into	O
crowded	O
venues	O
with	O
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
at	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Self-organized	O
,	O
these	O
teams	O
showed	O
up	O
in	O
other	O
cities	O
that	O
hosted	O
a	O
Killer	B-Application
Queen	I-Application
cabinet	O
for	O
a	O
weekend	O
of	O
tournament	O
play	O
in	O
what	O
became	O
the	O
beginnings	O
of	O
a	O
more	O
official	O
competitive	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
