King of Fighters XV is ready to have an enormous 2023 with vital quality-of-life updates and a number of items of DLC anticipated to maintain the battle rolling by way of the top of the yr. And gamers received’t have to attend lengthy to see the primary wave of latest content material hit the sport both.
In a brand new video, SNK confirmed a launch date for Shingo Yabuki and extra launch home windows for the opposite 5 DLC characters within the present Fighter Move.
Shingo will make his KoF XV debut on Feb. 17 and will probably be adopted by Kim Kaphwan, who was additionally revealed alongside the subsequent Fighter Move again at Evo 2022 final August. Kim is ready to be a Spring 2023 launch and was the one different character followers knew about earlier than this announcement. Ringo will even get a particular costume included together with his character free of charge.
Now, we all know the electrical Sylvie Paula Paula and shrouded Najd will return this season too. Each debuted in KoF XIV as new fighters—with Najd really a personality designed by a fan that received a contest to have a design included within the recreation. These characters are nonetheless within the early levels of growth and are scheduled to launch this Summer time.
The ultimate two fighters are listed for an Autumn and Winter launch respectively. Followers will possible hear extra about them at FGC tournaments this Summer time when SNK is able to showcase them.
Together with all of those new fighters, SNK can also be nonetheless releasing a number of quality-of-life updates for the sport.
This begins with character refinements launching on Jan. 17 alongside Ringo and cross-platform play coming to all variations of KoF XV in Spring, although there is no such thing as a set date but. This implies gamers will get to play with anybody throughout Xbox, PlayStation, and PC very quickly.
And don’t overlook Samurai Shodown’s rollback netcode replace will start its testing interval on Steam later this month too. No extra DLC plans have been communicated for KoF XV, however it’s possible extra information concerning the yet-to-be-revealed characters and any future updates will probably be shared within the coming months.
