King of Fighters XV News
April2023
News The King of Fighters 15 Gets Very Generous PS5, PS4 Demo
Features 15 fighters
Demos are making a comeback, and The King of Fighters 15 is the latest title to give PS5 and PS4 owners a taste. Originally released last year, this sampler is surprisingly generous, featuring 15 playable fighters, as well as Versus and Training Modes. You can’t transfer your data to the full release, but obviously this...
August2022
News Street Fighter V and Tekken 7 Still Champions as Evo 2022 Viewer Stats are Revealed
Golden oldies
Street Fighter V and Tekken 7 may feel like they've been around for hundreds of years, but they still pull in audiences like no other fighting games currently on the market. Both titles were, of course, part of Evo 2022, which happened just last weekend — and now esports analytics outfit Esports Charts has crunched the numbers to...
Live Watch Evo 2022 Finals Day Right Here
You Win
Evo has long been the biggest event on the fighting game calendar, and it's finally back in-person this year following its pandemic-based hiatus. Evo 2022 began on Friday the 5th August, and it ends today, on Sunday the 7th August. Evo's final day is always a huge occasion, because it's when the event's biggest tournaments conclude. Today,...
News King of Fighters 15 Comes Together with Full Crossplay
True kings play together
Crossplay has become a little bit of a lifesaver for games with smaller online communities. While it’s great that games like Fortnite and Rocket League enable you to play together, irrespective of console – the feature can be an essential means of establishing a healthy playerbase among less popular games. One particular...
July2022
News Guilty Gear Strive Dominates Evo 2022 Player Registrations as Top Fighting Games are Revealed
Blame the beasts
Evo 2022 is just a few weeks away, set to kick off on the 5th August. It's going to be the first in-person Evo since 2019, with the last two events having been either cancelled or moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It'll also be the second Evo since Sony acquired the brand in March 2021. Anyway, with the big weekend quickly...
February2022
News King of Fighters 15 Grabs a Cool Animated Trailer
Expectations shattered
SNK has released a rather hype King of Fighters XV animated short, drumming up some excitement ahead of the game's 17th February release date on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The animation features a number of characters from the series, all of whom look lovely in their well-drawn 2D forms. To be clear, that's us knocking...
October2021
News King of Fighters XV Open Beta Kicks Off in November
Shatter all expectations, hopefully
Due out next year on the 17th February, King of Fighters XV will soon be gearing up with an open beta on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Said beta will begin on the 19th November and end on the 22nd November. It'll feature eight different fighters, and you'll be able to try out both casual online matches and...
August2021
Dream team
King of Fighters XV will launch with 39 playable characters on both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 early next year. The anticipated SNK brawler got a new trailer at Gamescom 2021, which gives a brief overview of what to expect. Hopefully we get some raw, uncut gameplay footage in the near future. King of Fighters XV releases on the 17th...
June2021
News King of Fighters XV Delayed to Early 2022
Fight another day
Despite pumping out a new character trailer what feels like every other day, King of Fighters XV will not hit its targeted 2021 release window, developer SNK has confirmed. The PlayStation 4 brawler didn't actually have a confirmed date, but having been announced all the way back in 2019, it didn't necessarily look like a hefty...
January2021
News King of Fighters XV Looks Like a Real Step Forward in First Trailer, Screenshots
Launches 2021
Update: SNK has dropped its long awaited King of Fighters XV trailer (which was previously delayed). It's rather short, but together with the screenshots that we've included below, it's pretty much our first look at the game, which is aiming for a 2021 launch. The developer promises more information very soon — next week, if all goes...
News King of Fighters XV's Big Reveal Has Been Delayed
Was meant to happen today
Before the holidays, SNK announced that it would finally be showing King of Fighters XV off to the world in January 2021. The big reveal was scheduled for today — that's the 6th January — but the company's hit the brakes at the last minute. "Today’s announcement of KOF XV and SAMURAI SHODOWN’s Season Pass 3 which...
December2020
News King of Fighters XV Reappears with Character Confirmation, Promises Gameplay in January 2021
Let's Kyo
It's about time that we got an update on King of Fighters XV. The game was officially announced back at Evo 2019, but we've heard nothing since. Until now, that is. SNK's Yasuyuki Oda and Eisuke Ogura star in a new developer video that confirms the first three playable characters in King of Fighters XV. All three are returning fighters:...
August2019
News King of Fighters XV Announced, Now in Development
Taking back the crown
SNK has confirmed that King of Fighters XV is now in development. It received a tiny, tiny teaser at Evo 2019, which only showed the project's logo. No release window, or even systems were confirmed, although we're sure that SNK will clarify the latter soon. Are you a KoF fan? Get your combos together in the comments section...
