SNK Playmore has announced (via Dengeki, and the game’s official website) the release dates for The King of Fighters XIV.
The upcoming PlayStation 4-exclusive will launch on August 23rd in North America and on August 25th in Japan. The game’s entire 50 character playable roster has also been confirmed.
If you pre-order the game, you’ll obtain the “Classic Kyo” costume for Kyo Kusanagi. Japanese fans who get the first-run copy of the game will also get a bonus art booklet.
A bunch of new trailers were released to celebrate the game’s confirmed release, which you can view below:
Shiggy Diggy Doo
April 25, 2016 at 9:48 amAlright I’m excited for this.
If anyone got shit to say to sway me otherwise please let me know.
Syndromic
April 25, 2016 at 10:08 amDammit, they didn’t add Yamazaki nor any of the Orochi team. I’m sorta underwhelmed.
KissDisqus
April 25, 2016 at 10:17 amThe other orochi members are dead(mature and vice just like haunting people), but there’s still the ?/mysterious/hidden spots in the character selection team for Yamazaki
KissDisqus
April 25, 2016 at 10:18 amThey best have a color edit option instead of the usual color swaps.
Daryl Corey
April 25, 2016 at 10:19 amAthena and Mai look great in the character trailer. I swear though they ought to list Arcade mode as a feature as a dig at Crapcom
Mr0303
April 25, 2016 at 10:21 amThe roster looks fine and a dedicated story mode is a great addition. With some luck we can get the game by the end of the year.
Lezard Valeth
April 25, 2016 at 10:37 amYep i’m sold. looks cool and complete to me.
ahhhaahhh
April 25, 2016 at 10:52 amHope this doesn’t get release no pc
Evropi
April 25, 2016 at 11:15 amThe graphics look like late PS2/early Xbox 360 era.
TheCynicalReaper
April 25, 2016 at 11:26 amNot even remotely, mate. The graphics are a solid high-end PS3 and the framerate seems…well it seems PS3 tier also though I hope it lives up to what the PS4 can pull off.
Anyway, this game looked like early 360 level “King Kong Movie Game” garbage when it first came out but now it’s actually gorgeous. Nothing like GGXrd but definitely better than street fighter.
And I am interested in Tekken but the roster and the characters are honestly better in this title, though I wish we could get a cross-over with Tyranno V Kuma
Shiggy Diggy Doo
April 25, 2016 at 11:47 amNot too nuts about 3D fighters so Tekken isn’t particularly interesting to me.
British_Otaku
April 25, 2016 at 12:28 pmWith them using 3D models to such a degree, we should be seeing a ton of costume options, but time will tell whether they become Tekken (100% free – tons of options), Dead or Alive (decent options – hundreds of dollars of DLC) or something else.
TheMaverickGamer
April 25, 2016 at 12:39 pmThe hype meter is off the charts for this one. My only concern is netcode, but we won’t know about that until it launches. It looks like a blast otherwise.
NukeA6
April 25, 2016 at 12:55 pmWhy did they revert Kensou back to that meat bun-eating simp? He was much better playing Psycho Soldier.
Chensaw
April 25, 2016 at 1:00 pmWhy? That only means more people can enjoy it.
2501
April 25, 2016 at 1:53 pmActually seeing how the gameplay is has really sold me on it, It’s 3D but the physics are great – no SFIV/V moon jumps and has that distinct speed and flow that KOF is known for.
Really hoping for PC release.
Didney Worl
April 25, 2016 at 2:09 pmDid you hear that? That’s the sound of SNK curb stomping Capcom.
NeoStrayCat
April 25, 2016 at 2:16 pmSays you, KOF 98/02 UM’s and XIII were already on steam. >.>
NeoStrayCat
April 25, 2016 at 2:17 pmYeah, but I wonder how he’ll change in this.
Richard Miller
April 25, 2016 at 2:19 pmYou upvote yourself? Oh yeah you are a troll.
Sunny11
April 25, 2016 at 2:20 pmHe’s a troll lol, he says this same thing in many articles and upvotes himself
Sunny11
April 25, 2016 at 2:21 pmLol what nonsense its stable 60fps fighter.
TheCynicalReaper
April 25, 2016 at 2:28 pmIs it? SFV isn’t
Sunny11
April 25, 2016 at 2:30 pmLol of your talking about the digital foundry video on the launch build that’s nothing like your exaggeration. In most stages and stuff they tried it was stable 60fps just in the one stage with lots of smoke etc going on and when both players activate their special effects it dropped to 59fps for a second then back to 60…wow.
Chensaw
April 25, 2016 at 2:35 pmOh lol i’m on my phone so i didn’t notice he upvoted himself.
Bob Smith
April 25, 2016 at 3:25 pmIf they didn’t with XIII there’s no chance in hell that they will with XIV.
Bob Smith
April 25, 2016 at 3:26 pmHe sounds like he lives a very fulfilling life. Must be a cozy basement.
tccboss
April 25, 2016 at 3:29 pmLooking forward to this game. It looks fun, alot more fun the SFV.
GamesGoodMeGood
April 25, 2016 at 4:23 pmNakoruru! <3
But her face looks kind of weird… :(
GamesGoodMeGood
April 25, 2016 at 5:11 pmAlso, there’s still a few characters to be revealed/seen in action, but I’m interested in seeing what Meitenkun from the China Team is all about…
I hope this character is a female. You never know with SNK…
NukeA6
April 25, 2016 at 6:48 pmIf you’re thinking Shion, blame the fans for that one. He was meant to be female but fans don’t think tiny breast women exist.
Pooh Hardy
April 25, 2016 at 7:05 pmi aint gonna retaliate by bashing tekken cuz i love that game
but that ps2 joke has long died now.
maybe bias is blinding you but you’re gonna tell me that Kof now looks worse than this?
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZUKY6d7qSNI/maxresdefault.jpg
GamesGoodMeGood
April 25, 2016 at 7:12 pmI most certainly did think of Shion as I wrote my comment. XD
I think SNK went a bit over-the-top with the ‘androgynous’ atmosphere in KOFXIII (sorry, I’m just not a fan of these designs), which is why I’m glad the Ash saga is over.
KOF has had some pretty good stories for a fighting game though. In my opinion the Orochi saga remains the best one; NESTS Cartel was interesting and created some staples such as K’ and Kula, not to mention having the best bosses (Krizalid, the Zeros and Igniz); and the Ash saga was meh (Mukai was cool though).
GamesGoodMeGood
April 25, 2016 at 7:20 pmStreet Fighter 4: the game that shows off the Monotone-Yellow colour palette.
NukeA6
April 25, 2016 at 10:39 pmThe NESTS saga got me into KOF. I know it was a bad time for SNK but some of my favorites from their fighting games were made in that time.
Since Falcoon is gone, I don’t think we’re gonna see a lot metrosexual fighters. Luckily, the worst of his designs stayed in the Maximum Impact games.
ProxyDoug
April 25, 2016 at 11:05 pmKing looks so nice.
TylorW
April 26, 2016 at 2:06 amNot exactly. We can’t say for sure when this takes place, and Ash creating the time paradox that made him cease to exist could possibly be a reset button for the story. Who knows.