Tag: Snk
News Here Comes Two New Challengers! Ken, Chun-Li Join Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Thunder thighs masters
Are we getting closer to a new Capcom vs SNK – or, indeed, SNK vs Capcom? With hatted hero Terry Bogard joining Street Fighter 6 this week, and buxom babe Mai Shiranui on the way, it looks like the two fighting game titans are trading characters at this point. During a Tokyo Game Show livestream, Fatal Fury: City of the...
News Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Confirms 17 Characters, April 2025 Release on PS5, PS4
Feel the fury
Fatal Fury: City of Wolves now has a confirmed release date on PS5 and PS4. SNK's classic franchise returns next year, on the 24th April, 2025. You can catch this anticipated fighter in action via its new trailer, which we've embedded above. We've also got confirmation that the base game will feature 17 playable characters at launch...
Review SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (PS4) – A Barebones Port of an Arcade Curiosity
We have Capcom vs SNK at home
Capcom has always had a bit of an uneven relationship with its partners when it comes to crossover fighting games. We got Street Fighter X Tekken, but Tekken never returned the favour; plus, Marvel and Tatsunoko aren’t game developers, so there was obviously no return trip there. Naturally, we’re leading up to say...
News SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos Revived on PS4 with Rollback Netcode Next Week
Chaos controlled
If you're a fan of somewhat obscure fighting games, you may be overjoyed to learn that SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos is coming back for another round. This crossover brawler originally released way back in 2003 — it was ported to PS2 after a stint in arcades — and features 36 playable characters. This updated version includes a...
Interview How Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Revives a Classic Series Over 20 Years Later
REV those engines
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is the first new game in the series since 1999. The iconic fighting game franchise is getting its long overdue revival, coming to PS5 and PS4 next year with a fresh art style and modern features. We sat down with Chief Producer Yasuyuki Oda, Art Supervisor Nobuyuki Kuroki, and Producer and interpreter...
News Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Howls at PS5, PS4 in 2025
Two new characters join the fight
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is officially coming to PS5 and PS4 in 2025, and it’s adding two more characters to its roster, announced as part of a Summer Game Fest trailer. Vox Reaper and B. Jenet will both be available when the game drops early next year, and you can get a taste of them in action courtesy of...
News Intense PS4 Fighter Samurai Shodown Finally Has Rollback Netcode, Almost Five Years Later
Sho don't tell
It's taken almost five years, but Samurai Shodown finally has rollback netcode. The fighter released for PS4 in June 2019, and although it was well received in terms of gameplay mechanics and presentation (it still looks good today), there's no doubt that the game's overall popularity suffered due to its lack of smooth online play...
News Fighter Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Howls At a 2025 Release Window
Here comes a new challenger
It’s been a fantastic couple of years for fighting games, and SNK is aiming to keep the run rolling with Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. While not specifically announced for any platforms just yet, it’s probably safe to assume this will release on PS5, as that’s where the bulk of the fighting game community’s...
News Here's Your First Real Look at the Return of Fatal Fury
City of the Wolves
SNK rolled out a new trailer for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves — now its official title, by the way — at Evo 2023, giving us our first real look at the currently in-development fighting game. It's been almost exactly one year since the project's initial teaser — which basically consisted of some concept art — but now...
News Samurai Shodown's Netcode Update Skips Spring, Now Set for Late Summer
Rollback the rollback
Just in case you had forgotten (because we certainly did), Samurai Shodown was meant to be getting a significant update this spring. Said update would implement rollback netcode, supposedly fixing the game's somewhat shoddy performance when fighting online against other players. SNK's samurai slasher is really good fun, but...
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...
News A New Fatal Fury / Garou Game Has Been Announced
A "long awaited sequel"
SNK has confirmed that a new Fatal Fury / Garou title has been green-lit, and we've got the above trailer to prove it. ...What? What more do you want? That's literally it. We don't have any details whatsoever at this point — all we know is that Rock Howard's probably the poster boy. Plus, the fact that SNK is saying that...
News Samurai Shodown Is Getting Rollback Netcode Almost Four Years After Release
Sho how it's done
When Samurai Shodown was revived with a brand new game on PS4 in the summer of 2019, fans of SNK's long standing series were understandably excited. The fighter was met with positive reviews, and there was a buzz about the franchise for the first time in decades. However, the intense title was massively let down by its netcode,...
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...
News Rollback Netcode Headlines PS4's The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition
The Slugfest
It’s a good week for fighting game fans fond of rollback netcode! The technology is included in the upcoming – and highly recommended – Capcom Fighting Collection, and is also the headline feature in the surprise release of The King of Fighters ’98: Ultimate Match Final Edition. To our knowledge, there are already at least three...
Review King of Fighters XV (PS5) - Rock Solid Brawler Is Better than XIV, But Still Struggles to Wow
Expectations met
There's a lot to like about King of Fighters XV if you're a fan of the genre. Deep, technical gameplay. A large and fairly interesting character roster. All-important rollback netcode, which allows for mostly smooth online matches. All of the ingredients are here, but the finished product still lacks a certain edge — the kind of...
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...
News King of Fighters 15 Isn't the King of File Size on PS5
Surprisingly big for a fighter
King of Fighters XV is only a couple of weeks away from its PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 launch. The solid-looking team-based brawler is set to be an extremely important title for SNK, as the veteran developer seeks to solidify its position on the modern fighting game pantheon. The new Samuari Shodown was great —...
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...
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...
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...
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 XIV Ultimate Edition Includes All DLC, Out Now on PS4 in Europe
20th in North America
SNK has gone ahead and announced King of Fighters XIV Ultimate Edition for PS4. Available digitally through the PlayStation Store, this edition of the 2016 brawler includes all the DLC characters and costumes that were released post-launch. That's eight new fighters (for a total of 58) and ten outfits. It also comes with ten...
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...
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:...
News Samurai Shodown's Next DLC Character Is Free
Gongsun Li, apparently
The next DLC character for Samurai Shodown has been announced, and frankly, we don't have a clue who she is. The umbrella-wielding warrior is apparently named Gongsun Li, and she's fresh out of Chinese mobile title Honor of Kings. Fair enough. The good news is that you don't really have to know what Gongsun Li's about because...
News Samurai Shodown Crosses Swords with For Honor as Warden DLC Character Launches Tomorrow
Bushido x Chivalry
As predicted, the next DLC character for Samurai Shodown is the Warden from Ubisoft's For Honor. The claymore-wielding warrior looks exactly as you'd expect, with broad swings and destructive blows being the foundation for his fighting style. The Warden even has a catapult-based super move, which is cool. If you're eager to try...
News Samurai Shodown's Next DLC Character Seems to Be the Warden from For Honor
Armour won't help you here
SNK has teased the next DLC character for Samurai Shodown, and... Well, it appears to be the Warden from Ubisoft's multiplayer melee-'em-up, For Honor. The silhouette provided by the publisher lines up pretty much perfectly with the official For Honor render of the Warden, so unless SNK's somehow nicked the outline for a...
News Samurai Shodown Season 2 Characters Teased for 2020
Plus a surprise and trailer for Season 1
Samurai Shodown's first season of DLC hasn't even started yet, but SNK has already confirmed that the intense weapon-based fighting game is getting a Season 2. Confirmation arrives fresh from Evo 2019 via the trailer that we've embedded above. Season 2 will begin in 2020, and it'll include Mina Majikina, who...
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...
Reminder This Is Your Last Chance to Get the Samurai Shodown Season Pass for Free
No, you don't need the game
If there's even the slightest chance that one day, you might go ahead and buy Samurai Shodown, then we'd definitely recommend heading over to the PlayStation Store and claiming the game's season pass for free. Contrary to previous reporting, you don't actually have to buy the game to get the season pass. Simply find it on...
News Samurai Shodown Reveals Season Pass Characters, Which Are Free If You Buy the Game This Week
Looking sharp
Samurai Shodown is out today on PlayStation 4, and if you haven't already seen our review, it comes highly recommended. As is the case with most fighting games these days, SNK's latest has a season pass that promises additional characters, but in a rather refreshing twist, they've been revealed well before they start releasing later...
Review Samurai Shodown - SNK Delivers the PS4's Most Gripping Fighting Game
Blink and you'll miss it
Two masters of the sword stand face to face in a field, blades unsheathed and eyes unblinking. A blood red moon hangs in the air, and the silence is deadly. The tension is palpable, and as you feel that bead of sweat slowly trickle down the side of your head, you decide to make your move. With one quick step, you go for the...
News Samurai Shodown Skewers a Release Date, Buy Early and Get the Season Pass Free
Bloody lovely
Samurai Shodown has a confirmed release date on PlayStation 4, and as promised, the series makes its return in time for Evo 2019. The slick looking fighter launches on the 25th June in both North America and Europe -- but that's not all! In what's quite an interesting move, if you buy Samurai Shodown before the 30th June -- whether...
News Samurai Shodown Shows Off All 16 Playable Characters
Including the 3 newbies
Due out this summer, Samurai Shodown on PlayStation 4 will have 16 playable characters at launch, and you can see every one of them in the game's latest trailer. The three new challengers, Darli Dagger, Wu-Ruixiang, and Yashamaru Kurama, all look pretty cool. Are you hyped for the return of Samurai Shodown? Try not to spill...
News Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection Cuts PS4 This Fall
Bundles six games
Here’s an announcement that will at the very least excite Nintendo Life editor Damien McFerran (we think): Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection is coming to the PlayStation 4 later this year. A compilation with online play incorporated by Digital Eclipse, the package will bundle together the following six titles: Samurai...
News Samurai Shodown PS4 Release Date Set for June
Ready your blade
Announced as a main game for Evo 2019, which takes place in August, we already knew that Samurai Shodown would have to launch a decent amount of time before the big event. The good news is that seems to be the case, as SNK has slapped a June release window on the upcoming PlayStation 4 instalment. This should give players at least...
Review SNK 40th Anniversary Collection - Four Decades Young
A delicious selection box of ancient gems and curios
Have you ever played a game from your youth, ready to relive those glory days with rose-tinted glasses firmly in place? Ever rip those rosy specs off and throw them against the wall in a fit of rage shortly after? Some retro "classics" just don’t stand the test of time and others are designed...
News The New Samurai Shodown Slashes onto PS4 This Summer, Gets a Fresh Trailer
That's the spirit
The release window for the new Samurai Shodown game coming to PS4 just got a little less vague. The title is now due to arrive in "early Summer", and it's getting a simultaneous worldwide launch. What's more, SNK's released a new gameplay trailer. It's a short one, clocking in at just under a minute, but it gives you some idea of...
News The New Samurai Shodown Game Is Set to Launch in Q2, 2019
Sho time
We'd almost forgot about the new Samurai Shodown game that SNK has in development. Announced as Samurai Spirits back in September, the game was quickly confirmed for a PlayStation 4 release in 2019 -- and now we have a more specific time frame courtesy of the publisher's latest investor meeting. SNK is aiming for the second quarter of next...
News A New Samurai Shodown Game Is Coming to PS4 in 2019
Uses Unreal Engine 4
SNK has announced a brand new Samurai Shodown game built using Unreal Engine 4. Its working title is Samurai Spirits, as that's the name of the series in Japan. It's due to slice open PlayStation 4 at some point next year. All we have to go on right now is the brief announcement trailer that we've embedded above, but...
News Terry Bogard Is the Latest Fatal Cutie to Join SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy
Wait, what?
Terry Bogard – the number one hatted husbando of Fatal Fury fame – is about to become your new waifu, as the blonde bombshell busts her (?) way into SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy. That’s right, tucked up Tel is the latest fighter to join the all-girl roster, and she’s brought some glittery attacks and a few teddy bears with her...
News SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy Brings Waifus to PS4 in September
Same day as Spider-Man
Good luck, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy – you’re officially launching on the same day as Spider-Man. We suppose there’s not a whole lot of crossover between Peter Parker and scantily clad SNK characters, but 7th September doesn’t look like a great release date right now, as we discussed in a recent Ta
Interview Quickfire Questions with the Team Behind All-Female Fighter SNK Heroines
Go girls
SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy was announced back in January, and it immediately attracted some attention for its, er, unique approach to being a fighting game. Featuring female combatants from across the SNK universe, we wanted to find out a little more about this upcoming brawler, so we exchanged some quickfire questions with the team...
News The King of Fighters '97 Schedules a Global Match on PS4, PS Vita
Will you KoF up for it?
In news that could only truly excite editorial director Damien McFerran, SNK has announced The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match. Despite the name, it’s scheduled to release in 2018 – sometime in the Spring, to be more precise. It's due out on the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita. As alluded, the headline new addition to this...
News Waifus Go to War in SNK HEROINES Tag Team Frenzy
Scissor sisters
If you’re all about girl-on-girl, then the newly announced SNK HEROINES Tag Team Frenzy may catch your eye. Due out on the PlayStation 4 this summer, the title sees SNK’s “iconic” heroines duking it out without a single sausage in sight. It’s a two-on-two fighter, but it sounds like it’s going to be a fairly accessible...
News Extended Japanese Trailer for Tekken 7's Geese Howard DLC Adds Some Extra Stupidity
Harada's back for more
Geese Howard's coming to Tekken 7 later this year, in case you haven't heard. The Fatal Fury and King of Fighters character was revealed at Evo 2017, where the guest fighter got his own gameplay trailer. That same footage is present here, but Bandai Namco has bookended it with a dumb skit featuring Tekken director Katsuhiro...
News Surprisingly Gory Fighter Samurai Shodown V Special Slashes onto PS4, Vita This Summer
Bloody good fun
SNK has announced that Samurai Shodown V Special is heading to both PlayStation 4 and Vita at some point this summer. Initially released in Japanese arcades in 2004, Samurai Shodown V is widely regarded as one of the best entries in the series. The fighter will be reappearing on Sony's current-gen console and handheld in its...
News The King of Fighters XIV's Next PS4 Patch Improves Graphics
Keep on fighting
For a long time before The King of Fighters XIV launched, there was a lot of controversy surrounding the sequel's shift from 2D to 3D visuals. Previously, the series had prided itself on pristine sprite work, but with the fourteenth entry, developer SNK decided that it was going to dip its toes into the world of 3D modelling...
Review The King of Fighters XIV (PS4)
Royal ruckus
While Capcom is rightly credited as the company which kick-started interest in the one-on-one fighting genre, there's another firm which built up comparable reputation in the field and – some would passionately argue – actually managed to trump the creator of Street Fighter on more than one occasion. SNK would become a household...
