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EVO Japan's The King of Fighters XV finals had a few big announcements before the tournament, mostly involving new content for the current 3v3 fighting game and its upcoming 2D fighting sequel to Garou: Mark of the Wolves. First up is KOF XV: Goenitz has been announced as the next new character in the title. He will be a free update (most likely...
The King of Fighters XV is going really strong since its early 2022 debut, with the game now in its second season. With new established characters and a lot more time spent on it, it's safe to say that these new rounds of KOF XV tier lists this year will be beneficial for the community. Top KOF XV player (and the best overall KOF fighter in the ...
The King Of Fighters XV is going to have a lovely new year thanks to its Season 2 pass and character additions. First up is the series' favourite tryhard fighter Shingo Yabuki, complete with the KOF XV version of his theme song "Still Green". In the KOF series since KOF '97, he is Kyo's student (out of reluctance) and attempts to produce Kusanag...
SNK just dropped a new gameplay trailer for The King of Fighters XV's new Team Samurai, which consists of Samurai Shodown veterans Haohmaru and Nakoruru, and 2019 newcomer Darli Dagger. Samurai Shodown characters are known for their big damage and footsie plays, but these three swordwielders will be retrofitted into KOF XV's gameplay. That means...
Capcom and SNK are fighting game juggernauts then and now, so it only made sense for both of them to team up at one point to make a crossover fighting game between the two factions. That happened with 2000's Capcom VS SNK and 2001's Capcom VS SNK 2, with both games being very popular in their time. Will there be a revival for this? It's a possib...
Early this August, fighting game fans at EVO 2022 and viewers online get to see SNK debut the teaser to Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2, a sequel to the hit 1999 arcade 2D fighting game that gave Street Fighter 3: Third Impact a run for its money. We now know a bit more beyond the initial reveal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YP3wVygHLg Accord...
During the EVO 2022 The King of Fighters XV top 8 tournament, SNK took to the stage and revealed it's going to work on a brand new Fatal Fury/Garou: Mark of the Wolves game. The new Fatal Fury project has been greenlit, which is great news for fighting game fans since it's been 20+ years since we've had a new entry in the series. The 30-second t...
The King of Fighters XV's latest characters will be out next week, and will have the long-awaited crossplay feature next year. SNK announced during EVO 2022 that Team Awakened Orochi, which features Orochi Yashiro, Orochi Chris, and Orochi Shermie, will release on 8th August. That's this coming Monday. To recap, they play like their KOF '97, KOF...
The King of Fighters XV is getting a new team this August. Technically an old team, since it's the Orochi versions of Yashiro, Chris, and Shermie from the past games. Now dubbed Team Awakened Orochi, these versions of Yashiro (Parched Earth), Shermie (Insanely Violent Lightning), and Chris (Flames of Destiny) have completely different movesets b...
Back in 1999, 2D fighting game Street Fighter 3 had its first real competitor from gamemaker SNK - Garou: Mark of the Wolves. It was lovingly animated, it featured Fatal Fury characters (and their offsprings/successors) years later, and continued the plot of the game after the death of main bad guy Geese Howard. There were plans for a sequel, but 7...
One of the major fighting game esports tournaments is going offline for the first time in years. Combo Breaker 2022 saw a huge crowd turnout, with a 1,000 people participating in the tournament's Guilty Gear Strive segment. Top players like Arslan Ash, Tempest NYC, SonicFox, and MenaRD have attended. Sadly, no Infiltration due to a ton of factors i...
The next King of Fighters XV team will drop into the game on 17th May. Following up from Team Garou's debut, Team South Town will be entering the KOF XV fray. The team consists of Billy Kane, Geese Howard, and Ryuji Yamazaki. To recap, Billy has zoning tools with his fire-laced cane, Geese has counters and Reppukens, and Yamazaki can reflect p...
Xiaohai is a name you hear often in high-level The King of Fighters and 2D fighting game play. Without him, there wouldn't be other Chinese and Taiwanese players like ET picking up the KOF mantle and keeping the scene alive. So when you hear him craft up his tier list for the recently-out The King of Fighters XV, you would darn well listen. His ...
The King of Fighters XV has added a new playable character into the fray: Omega Rugal. Veterans of KOF will remember Rugal Bernstein and his Omega counterpart as the de facto fighting game bosses of KOF '94, KOF '95, KOF '98, and other dream match entries. He has it all: a fast projectile, a way to reflect projectile, a badass horizontal attack,...
The company that made The King of Fighters XV and other classic 2D action and fighting games is pretty much fully owned by Saudi Arabian royalty. In late 2020, the company known as Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC), that is owned by Saudi Arabia crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, previously purchased a 33% stake and became SNK's larges...
KOF XV has one more surprise in store: the addition of SNK uberboss Omega Rugal as a playable character. This DLC was announced during the Japan Fighting Game Publishers roundtable that happened an hour ago. Apart from him being a free DLC character, SNK will also release a special Boss Challenge version of him, where he's more powerful and will...
While there aren't any standout The King of Fighters XV figures and statues up for pre-order right now, company Flying Fish has the next best thing. The statue and figure-making company just announced pre-orders for The King of Fighters '97 Orochi Shermie, the Orochi version of sexy wrestler fighter and fan of eye-covering long bangs Shermie fro...
The King of Fighters XV is out now for all major platforms, and it's doing great so far on SNK's side. According to Steam Charts (via Eventhubs), KOF XV has hit an all-time peak of 8,205 players. At this point in typing, the game is being played by 6,049 people for the last 24 hours. This puts KOF XV as one of the best launch SNK titles on PC so...
While it'll take some time for The King of Fighters pro players and content creators to make up a definitive bunch of KOF XV tier lists for competitive play, here's a good alternative to sate your thirsts. Pro gamer Justin Wong, known for having a lot of people pull off EVO Moment 37 on him during online play, just published his own KOF XV tier ...
Platform(s): PS4 (version reviewed), PS5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series Genre: 2D fighting game with 3v3 and legacy mechanics If anything, SNK clearly knows its audience and niche. Rather than making a mass appeal 2D fighting game from scratch, the company sticks to what it knows best and just pile it on for its loyal fanbase and top players. Th...
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