As part of The King of Fighters 30th anniversary, SNK Corporation has established a new King of Fighters studio to keep the "legacy" going and also bring forth a new "revolution”.
Here’s the official announcement on SNK's website:
Revolutionize the legacy
Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown,
The King of Fighters, and more—
SNK fighting games have thrilled and delighted fans worldwide
ever since their landmark debut in the 1990s.
The 30th anniversary of The King of Fighters
brings with it another milestone:
the launch of the all-new KOF Studio.
KOF Studio will proudly carry on the storied legacy
of our iconic fighting game IPs while driving their evolution
well into the future.
Get ready for the new battles ahead
as SNK gears up for the revolution at hand,
and remember:The dream match never ends
The studio's next big game is Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, due out on multiple platforms in April 2025. It's also working on a new Samurai Spirits (Samurai Shodown) action JRPG, with platforms and a release date not yet announced.
If we hear any significant updates, we'll let you know.
[source snk-corp.co.jp, via gematsu.com]
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Including Muhammad bin Salman (and his sharpened scimitar) among the fighters ?
Hopefully now we can get some spin-offs.
Prince of Fighters
Duke of Fighters
Marquess of Fighters
Earl of Fighters
Count of Fighters
Viscount of Fighters
Baron of Fighters
See, no that last is wrong, but it does bring up what's so important about this. Not that SNK has a team specifically for fighting games, but that SNK is BIG ENOUGH again to REQUIRE teams. That means that that SamSho JRPG (or Metal Slug, or Psycho Soilder, or Doki Doki Akazukin) can being worked on CONCRUENTLY with Fatal Fury 7.
SNK can work on more than one game at a time again!
ora ora!!
poses in a cool way
I hope that means a new samsho. I loved the reboot.
Potimarron wrote:
I'm calling it now: Turkish Embassy stage.
Sounds like SNK is making a team dedicated just to fighting games while the rest of the company works on other non-fighting stuff. Thats neat I guess
Nice, looking forward to seeing what this new studio will come up with!
Samurai shodown JRPG. Could it be a sequel to the Japanese only first game or a remake so that I can play it in English for the first time?
can KOF making a action game
@DripDropCop146
I would definitely play Viscount of Fighters.
Sounds oddly specific.
So is this studio going to focus on making just KOF? Why not called it the NeoGeo Studio or make that another team. As much as I like KOF, I love SNK other fighting games (Kabuki Klash, Voltage Fighters, The Last Blade, Art of Fighting, Ninja Masters, Samurai Shodown, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Savage Reign, Kizuna Encounter, Waku Waku 7, World Heroes, Rage of the Dragons, etc.) more than KOF.
I can hardly wait to dig in to the new garou, and hopefully this KOF studio makes it possible for a new entry in the Last Blade series. Maybe with Samsho going into the action RPG realm Last Blade will take the reigns as their next weapons based fighter?
@Serpenterror It's been a while since I've heard anything about it, but didn't SNK mention something about making a new Art of Fighting game? Man, you don't see Waku Waku 7 brought up enough! So fun and one of my all time favorites. It'd be a miracle if that got brought back, although sunsoft developed it, but I assume SNK owns the IP?
@DripDropCop146 Jack of Fighters, Queen of Fighters, Ace of Fighters, Princess of Fighters, Joker of Fighters, & Knight of Fighters
@DripDropCop146 I’m looking forward to Emperor of Fighters.
@GVIL I zoned in on this out of the whole convo. I am very much looking forward to this release.
@fpcreator2000
I have the game for both the Neo Geo CD and Japanese Saturn. Never tried it on the Neo Geo CD as I never looked into how I was going to save my progress.
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