Kof XIV is here! With 3d models.

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

The King of Fighters XIV’s Version 1.10 Update Will Not Contain Balance Changes



In today’s age of the internet and patches, people have come to expect that developers will try to fix the balance of their games any chance that they get. So when it was announced that The King of Fighters XIV was getting a graphical update patch this January, some people also assumed that it would be getting balance changes alongside it.

It seems however that that won’t be the case. In a recent tweet, SNK’s Hidetoshi “Neo_G” Ishizawa confirmed that the upcoming version 1.10 patch for The King of Fighters XIV will not include any balance updates. In the tweet, which you can see below, Neo_G states that the focus of the patch is on the graphical updates and as such, they didn’t look into further tweaking the game’s balance.

This should be good news for players who had to adapt to the massive balance changes brought about by the version 1.03 patch. With no balance update forthcoming, players can continue to play the game without having to consider if their favorite fighters have undergone substantial tweaks or changes.

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New Demo for The King of Fighters XIV with Updated Graphics Coming Later This Month



As previously reported, tThe King of Fighters XIV will be getting a graphical overhaul via its 1.10 patch this coming January. However, it seems that players will be able to get a taste of the updated graphics a bit sooner.

According to the Japanese PlayStation Blog, The King of Fighters XIV will be receiving a new demo later this month that will feature the graphical updates. The demo will feature 7 characters: Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, Shunei, King of Dinosaurs, Terry Bogard, Yuri Sakazaki, and Leona. In addition to these, the demo itself will contain the tutorial, versus, and training modes.

When exactly the demo will be available–and whether or not it’s exclusive to the Japanese PlayStation Network–has yet to be revealed.

Aside from the demo, the PlayStation Blog post also contained additional details about the 1.10 patch. These are 50 additional player icons, 100 new titles, new sound effects for party mode, and 2 additional colors per character. This is on top of some miscellaneous bug fixes.

Source: shoryuken

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

SNK Offering Support to Tournament and Community Efforts, Including NEC17

SNK has not been shy about offering assistance to the fighting game community and The King of Fighters XIV events; the most recent example of such support is being offered to upcoming North East Championship 17:

The company has also been offering support to smaller community endeavors, such as the survey that James Alderson has been circulating.

This support is extending to many smaller venues, along with the bigger ones, so it’s clear that SNK is paying attention to the tournament scene. This bodes well for the game moving into 2017.

Source: shoryuken

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Get a Sneak Peek at The King of Fighters XIV Version 1.10 in Action



There’s a big update on the way for The King of Fighters XIV–but it’s a little different to what you might be used to. There’s no balance changes, in this patch at least: instead there are changes to the lighting and shaders for the game engine, giving all your favorite characters a very different look.

Version 1.10 isn’t available for us stuck at home, but it did make a little outing to the PlayStation Experience where YouTuber chocobotiger grabbed some footage of the game in action. Check it out below for a glimpse of what is in store.



Source: shoryuken

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Very nice to see the game get an updated look. Capcom still can't get it right.

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

The King of Fighters XIV Is on Sale at Amazon

For those interested in picking The King of Fighters XIV up in anticipation of its graphical upgrade this coming January, now might be a good time to pick up the game thanks to a discount from Amazon.

The King of Fighters XIV is currently on sale at Amazon. The regular edition can now be had for only $39.99, a 33% discount of the regular price of $59.99. Meanwhile the game’s Burn to Fight Premium Edition is currently on sale for only $57.19, 29% off its regular price of $79.99.

Standard: www.amazon.com/King-Fighters-XIV-PlayStation-4/dp/B01G7VMMWE/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1481167617&sr=1-1&keywords=king%2Bof%2Bfighters%2Bxiv&th=1

Premium: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G7K2KI6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?th=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=techvolc-20&linkId=24cdf86e60de5d3391f0fff058f19215

Included in the Burn to Fight Premium Edition are the game disc in a special steelbook casing, a 144-page art book, and a 3-disc soundtrack.

In addition to this, both are eligible for free shipping for Amazon Prime members.

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SNK Announces Extra Details on the King of Fighters XIV World Championships

Not one to be left out of the pro circuit trend which is taking over fighting games, SNK has released more details about the King of Fighters XIV World Championships which are set to take place early in 2017. With their new esports initiative, SNK is planning to sponsor more tournaments to become part of the qualifying stages of the KOF World Championship, so more and more players can get a chance to win Antonov’s shiny championship belt and be crowned the actual King of Fighters.

While more tournaments are slowly being added to this early 2017 season, this new information mainly revolves around the final two tournaments that will end the World Championships. This penultimate stage will be the “Four Kings” Tournament held in Tokyo on February 18th, 2017. 16 top players will be invited to compete, either by gaining ranking points from qualifiers or being specially selected by SNK, until only four finalists remain.

These “Four Kings” will then be invited to Beijing to compete in the Championship Finals in mid-March, where they will compete for the title of King of Fighters, as well as some “gorgeous prizes,” according to SNK. SNK will be providing accommodation and flights to anyone who makes it to either the Four Kings Tournament or the Championship Finals so get entering those qualifier event to win that all-expenses paid trip.

More details can be found on SNK’s official site and keep an eye on SNK’s Twitter, as they regularly announce new tournaments which are acting as KOF XIV World Championship qualifiers.

www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/press/2016/120901/

twitter.com/SNKPofficial

Source: shoryuken

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Has anybody else been playing this regularly? I know GDH has.

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Dec 15, 2016 3:00:53 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

Has anybody else been playing this regularly? I know GDH has.

I would be playing the game regularly, but the only thing that is preventing Me is a faulty HDMI port on My PS4 which all I can see the screen is black screen which I would need get My PS4 HDMI repaired. Even back around September I wanted to talk about characters moves along with showing off pictures from My PS4 I took from the demo.

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Athena’s Classic Costume Is Coming to The King of Fighters XIV, Will Be Free for a Limited Time



Some time back, we got some hints that more classic costumes would be coming to The King of Fighters XIV as downloadable content. Now, we have our first official confirmation of a new classic costume from SNK themselves.

In a recent tweet, SNK has announced that Athena Asamiya’s classic costume from The King of Fighters ’98 will be coming “very soon” to The King of Fighters XIV.

Now while SNK has yet to give a specific date for when the costume will be released, producer Yasuyuki Oda has stated on the KOF World Facebook page that it will be available for free for a limited time.

Source: shoryuken

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

You gotta get that fixed. Lol.

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

HellPockets Talks about The King Of Fighters XIV’s Graphical Update In this Interview from PSX

Chris “HellPockets” Fields is one of the most recognizable personalities in The King of Fighters community. Whenever there’s a major KOF tournament on American soil, he’s most likely to be behind the mic providing some excellent commentary.

Recently at the 2016 PlayStation Experience, FloKO TV got a chance to talk to HellPockets to get some insight into the game’s upcoming graphical update. Regarding this, HellPockets states that the updates are very noticeable and really help make the game look better.

Additionally, he also talks about possible balance changes in the build at PSX, which is surprising, considering that SNK has already stated that the upcoming update will have no balance changes.



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King of Fighters XIV’s Classic Athena Costume May Be Coming on December 20th

A could of days back, SNK announced that Athena’s classic costume from King of Fighters ’98 would be coming soon to the King of Fighters XIV. Now, it seems that we may know when the costume is coming.

According to an article posted on Chinese site Gamersky, KOFXIV’s distributor in China, Gamepoch, has announced that the costume will be available for free from December 20, 2016 to January 5, 2017.

Take note that the above is likely only for the game’s Chinese language version. Whether or not the costume will drop for other versions on the same day is as of yet unknown.

In addition to the Athena costume, a couple of free PS4 themes will also be released on that day – a Christmas theme with Athena, Yuri, and Kula, as well as a classic Athena theme to go with the costume. These themes can be accessed by downloading the upcoming graphically updated demo for the game.

Source: shoryuken

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

King of Fighters XIV’s Classic Athena Costume is Now Out in Europe

For those looking forward to the classic Athena costume for The King of Fighters XIV, it seems that you can download it for free right now–if you live in Europe.

The costume is available as part of the so-called Athena Holiday Pack, which can be downloaded for free right now on the European PlayStation Network. In addition to the costume, the comes with two new PlayStation 4 themes, one focused on Athena, and another holiday one featuring Athena, Yuri, and Kula.

The European release of the costume is in line with the release for the traditional Chinese version, which also comes out today. This also likely means that the release for the North American version is coming soon. In the meantime, here’s the official trailer for the pack from SNK.



Source: shoryuken

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Athena looks great in that video. Love the long hair too.

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

The King of Fighters XIV Version 1.10 to Launch on January 11th, 2017

In conjunction with the release of Athena’s The King of Fighters ’98 retro outfit, Yasukuyi Oda has announced via the PlayStation Blog that version 1.10 of The King of Fighters XIV will launch on January 11th, 2017. If you are not yet aware, this update drastically improves KOFXIV’s visuals, by overhauling the lighting engine and improving the shader quality for all of the cast.

As well as these graphical improvements, version 1.10 of King of Fighters XIV adds two new color palettes to every fighter on the roster, and a special demo ver.2 will be released ahead of the full update for fans to get to grips with this new version. Do be aware that version 1.10 will not contain any balance changes, it will just contain the graphical upgrades.

You’ll be able to see KOFXIV’s new coat of paint in motion at the Four Kings Tournaments for The King of Fighters World Championship in February; expect more big updates from SNK in the new year.

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New King of Fighters 14 demo available today on PlayStation 4 in Japan & Asia

Kyo, Iori, Shun’ei, King of Dinosaurs, Terry, Leona and Yuri are playable in the demo, and you take them into Training, Versus and Tutorial Modes. This demo most notably features updated graphics with more attention to shading and detail as well as two new colors for each character.



Source: shoryuken & eventhubs

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Check Out How The King of Fighters XIV’s New Demo Compares with the Original Retail Build



As previously reported, The King of Fighters XIV’s demo version 2–which features the updated graphics due in next months ver. 1.10 patch–is already out in Asia.

Now, those with North American and European accounts may be wondering at how different the new game looks. We’ve already done our own set of comparison screenshots. However, for those looking to see the differences side-by-side and in motion, Sennen War has provided exactly that.

In the videos below, Sennen War compares characters Leona, Yuri Sakazaki, Kyo Kusanagi, and Iori Yagami, showing both versions side-by-side in slow motion. These comparisons also include the game’s cinematic Desperation and Climax Moves where we can also see some of the updated effects, in addition to the new lighting.









Source: shoryuken

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Yasuyuki Oda Confirms That SNK Is Working on Several Other Titles for 2017

Leading up to The King of Fighters XIV, several major changes happened to SNK: with the company hiring new development staff, dropping their pachi-slot business, and going back to their classic branding.

With this, many fans have been wondering what this all means for the company outside of The King of Fighters franchise. Well, it seems that we’ll find out sometime next year; in a recent interview in 4Gamer’s year-end talk with developers, The King of Fighters XIV producer Yasuyuki Oda has confirmed that the company is working on several other titles. More importantly, development on these titles is going smoothly and the company hopes to announce them in 2017.

In addition to this, he also talks a bit about more content for The King of Fighters XIV, confirming that they have plenty more to announce in the near future.

Source: shoryuken

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Yamazaki and Blue Mary were left out of KoF14 to make it feel 'more KoF, less Fatal Fury', Art of Fighting's Jack Turner, John Crawley also considered

King of Fighters 14 was released back in August of last year, and it had a whopping 50 characters at launch. Even with that huge roster, though, there are still many characters that people wish had made the cut.

Perhaps the two most notable of these characters are Yamazaki and Blue Mary, who've been in many King of Fighters titles through the years, after originating in Fatal Fury alongside KoF mainstays such as Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui.

In an interview conducted shortly after the release of the game, King of Fighters 14's Producer Yasuyuki Oda and Art Director Nobuyuki Kuroki gave insight into how some roster decisions were made, including why a bunch of characters, including Ryuji Yamazaki, Blue Mary, Jack Turner, John Crawley, Kasumi Todoh, Eiji Kisaragi, and the massively requested Rock Howard didn't end up making the cut.

Famitsu: This time you have so many new characters, how did you decide on the ratio between new and old characters?

Producer Yasuyuki Oda: Hmm, it just kind of became what we ended up with. We created an extremely conservative lineup and a "What the heck?!" lineup, compared the two to eachother while slowly making a merged version of the two.

Also, because of the huge popularity of King of Fighters in South America and China, we thought we'd give them specific teams. Honestly, our Psycho Soldier team is typically our China team, but apparently our fans in China weren't even aware of that, haha.

Famitsu: So that's why you created a separate China team alongside the Psycho Soldier team?

Oda: Yeah. We already have stereotypical Chinese stuff like Shaolin Kung-Fu, so we tried to do something a bit different with these ones. We went to trips to China, and it felt like everyone there was super flashy, so rather than go with traditionally Chinese characters, we went for something straight up cool instead.

Famitsu: That makes sense.

Oda: For example, if you ask foreigners, they'd probably have the traditional Japanese image of sumo wrestlers with topknots, but that's not Kyo at all. So we figured we'd try to "Kyo-ify" our new characters.

Look at Nelson, for example. Even though he's a boxer, we didn't go the obvious Mike Tyson route or anything like that, but instead made him a cool character that can rival even the main character in personality.

Famitsu: He really is a cool character. But, you have a lot of boxers at SNK already, haha.

Oda: We do have a lot of boxers. Maybe we should finish our careers with a full-fledged boxing game? Haha

Famitsu: Haha. Mr. Oda, were you the main decider when it came to the characters?

Oda: Not really, it was more of a scenario where the main planner brought forth ideas to the design team, and they'd look them over and decide and start designing them.

Art Director Nobuyuki Kuroki: Honestly, when we decided on 50 characters we started creating categories for them. Aimed at gamers, aimed at women, aimed at people who like to just watch games, and stuff like that. And then we'd be like "OK, so Terry fits in this category..."

Famitsu: That sounds like you'd base a lot of any character's image on what category you'd placed them in.

Kuroki: I can't tell you which characters were in what category, but we did assign certain designers to certain categories.

Famitsu: Were there any objections from staff about any of the designs put forth?

Kuroki: The final decider was Oda, but within the design team, we never had anyone say "No, I don't like this" or "Please don't do that" or anything like that.

Famitsu: So they all ended up as you'd planned. Speaking of character selection, I'm personally surprised that the very popular Yamazaki and Blue Mary from Fatal Fury aren't in the game, why is that?

Oda: If we were making a lineup only based on popularity and nothing else, they'd definitely be in there. In fact, so would Gato and B. Jenet. But... Then, to me at least, I'd start feeling "Wait, are we making a Fatal Fury all of a sudden?", haha.

We wanted the game to have more of a King of Fighters feeling, so we decided on other characters instead.

Famitsu: So that's why.

Oda: That said, we didn't really think about it while making them, but in retrospect we realized that since the new characters Shun'ei and Meitenkun are students of Tung Fu Rue, that kind of makes them Fatal Fury characters anyway... Haha.

Famitsu: Haha. On that subject, it feels like there are quite few Art of Fighting characters present?

Oda: You know, we actually wanted to bring in Jack Turner and John Crawley from Art of Fighting, but we felt people would go "Who the heck is this guy?", haha.

Kuroki: We'd had Kasumi Todoh and Eiji Kisaragi in previous titles, but we felt like if we put Eiji back in now, would people even know he was originally an Art of Fighting character?

Also, we really wanted to innovate on the character's designs and change them up, this time around. SNK's fighting games have been going for over 20 years now, and there are several youngsters who only know of King of Fighters, from us. We made Shun'ei and Meitenkun with those types of users in mind, to appeal to them.

Famitsu: Getting back to our previous subject, there's a very popular character from Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Rock Howard, who hasn't been in King of Fighters at all yet. Is there a particular reason for that?

Oda: I don't know why he's been absent for so many titles, but I remember that right after Garou: Mark of the Wolves came out and he got popular, the general feeling was "It'd be a shame to waste his inclusion in KoF right off the bat, so let's keep him out of this next one, at least".

So, even though it was decided to leave him out at that time, I thought he'd be in before long, but he never got included, did he?

Famitsu: I see. So why was he left out of 14?

Oda: Well, we had decided to include Geese, and at that point it felt like it'd get kind of messy to have them both in the game right away. We might include Rock down the line, but we also might not, haha.

Well, since we do see King of Fighters as a bit of a festival event, there are a lot of characters I think need to be brought in at some point, even from non-fighting game titles of ours.

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Quick Compilation of the New Color Palettes Shown off in The King of Fighters XIV Version 1.10 Demo

The King of Fighters XIV is arguably one of the best fighting games that’s been released in recent memory. The game has an expansive starting roster with simplified controls over its predecessor KOFXIII, while still maintaining complexity and depth. The title also shows how amazing it is to have attentive developers, with SNK putting out patches and updates that make a serious effort to address player concerns. This is all on top of the modern niceties such as demos and great tutorials, doing the most to ensure new players get a chance to join the fight.

Though the latest Version 1.10 patch will not be arriving until January 11th, the demo for the patch is loose in the wild, and showcases a lot of what we can look forward to in the new version. One of the things that is shown off are the new colors: two more for every character. We get to see the new colors for every demo character, which are displayed in the video below. These colors looks like they’re attempting to address some concerns over the palette variety in the original version, which is very good to see.



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Three Free PS4 Themes for The King of Fighters XIV Released on North American PlayStation Store

If you like to decorate your PS4 without spending a dime, or you’re simply a fan of The King of Fighter XIV, you have come to the right place, as Atlus USA released today three new PS4 themes on the North American PlayStation Store.

The themes are K’&Kula, Newcomers and Yagami, and can be downloaded from the North American PlayStation Store for free.

While they’re static, they come with custom music, sound effects and icons, so they’re definitely not too shabby.













Source: eventhubs, shoryuken, & dualshockers

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

King of Fighters 14's free 1.10 update is now live, check out this massive gallery of screenshots showing the new graphics and character colors

King of Fighters 14 has received its latest update this morning. The 1.10 patch, which comes free of charge for all users, focuses on the game's graphics.

SNK has implemented improvements to the game's shadows and lighting, giving King of Fighters 14 a better look overall.

Additionally, each fighter on the playable roster, including the two boss characters, have received two new colors to use in combat -- some of which you can see in the images below. These are also a part of the free update and will not cost the player a cent.

The official PlayStation 4 update notes state that 1.10 also addresses "other issues" and improves functionality. Up front, it does not appear that balance changes were made, but we will be keeping our eyes open for any potential alterations that may have been slipped in with this update. .

We have included a large gallery of screenshots featuring the new and improved King of Fighters 14 here in this story.













Source: eventhubs

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Five The King of Fighters XIV Free PS4 Themes Released, and they’re Quite Sexy

The King of Fighters XIV is the gift that keeps on giving, at least for free PS4 themes.

Atlus and SNK are continuing to release more free PS4 themes for its upcoming fighting game The King of Fighters XIV on the North American and European PlayStation Stores.

Funnily, if you want the full range of the new themes you’ll need access to both the North American and European PlayStation Stores, as each got different ones.

On the North American PlayStation Store you’ll find “Mai Shiranui” Theme, “Psychic Girl” Theme, and “Mexican Fighters” Theme.

On the European PlayStation Store you can find “NESTS Girl” Theme, and “NESTS Girls on the Beach” theme it also got the same Psychic Girl one released on the North American store, and a few that American fans got earlier this month, the “K’&Kula” Theme, the “Yagami” Theme and, as a bonus, the Samurai Shodown VI Theme (which was also released in North America last week).

All themes are static, but feature custom music, icons and sounds effects.

As usual, if you want a theme that is on the wrong PlayStation Store, all you have to do is to download and install it with a local account and then you’ll be able to use it with all of your accounts, as long as the PS4 is set as primary for all of them.

As uou can see from the pictures below, while the primary screens are fairly innocent, this time around we get some quite sexy illustrations for the upper screens for basically all the themes, which isn’t exactly all that surprising considering the characters portrayed.





















Source: dualshockers

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Ahh bring the fanservice.

[JACK-2]

Jan 11, 2017 18:39:37 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

Ahh bring the fanservice.

Amen.

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Online players experiencing false disconnects after King of Fighters 14's new 1.10 update, SNK provides statement

King of Fighters 14 received its highly anticipated 1.10 update early Tuesday morning. The patch implemented a graphical overhaul of sorts, improving the shading and lighting to give the game a sharper and more detailed look overall.

So far, 1.10 has been well-received by fans, however, some players have run into issues with false disconnects from online matches.

SNK provided a statement on the matter, explaining that those who change the display settings for "Icon", "Title" or "Rank Match Fight Record" on the "My Profile" screen will cause the game to mark the player down for disconnecting prematurely from an online match. The company urges fans to refrain from making any such changes as this will affect win rates and disconnect penalties.

A fix for this issue is currently being investigated. You can read SNK's official statement below.
SNK's official statement

【Important】 About the latest KOF XIV 1.10 patch.

There is an issue where the game will consider the player to have disconnected from an online battle if they change the display settings for "Icon", "Title" or "Rank Match Fight Record" on "MY PROFILE" screen.

We are currently looking into it and hope to have a fix as soon as possible.

Because this will affect win rates and disconnect penalties, please refrain from making any changes on the "MY PROFILE" screen.

We are also investigating into any other issues with this patch and will notify everyone once our investigation is complete. We apologize for any inconvenience and ask for your patience as we prepare another patch to solve these issues.

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King of Fighters 14 looks even better on PlayStation 4 Pro - official 1.10 patch notes confirm support, The Fighters Generation offers impressions

King of Fighters 14 received its 1.10 update earlier this week, adding an overall improvement to the game's graphics. Though all fans can enjoy the new look -- considering the update is free -- it appears as though PlayStation 4 Pro console owners have received an even better experience.

SNK has released the official 1.10 patch notes and included among the bug fix details and color additions is a line that reads: Adjustment for graphic improvements on PlayStation 4 Pro.









Source: eventhubs

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

How is the netcode now?

[azik21]

Still haven't played the update :/ hope the netcode is better though.... sat in training mode for over an hour in xiii waiting for a match

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

What made you stop playing XIV?

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

King of Fighters XIV Getting Two New DLC Costumes This Month

SNK has been quick to support The King of Fighters XIV with post-launch content, and that doesn’t look to change this year. However, it seems there has been some confusion on what that downloadable content will be, with some Chinese sites even reporting that the game would be getting a new character.

That confusion has now been cleared up, thanks to the efforts of Gatoray and MOJO82. Some Chinese news outlets, had mistranslated a quote from KoFXIV producer Yasuyuki Oda during a press conference, claiming that he had confirmed a new character. In reality, Oda had mentioned that KoFXIV would be getting 2 new downloadable costumes later this month.

www.ali213.net/news/html/2017-1/274473_8.html

The costumes in particular are supposed to be for new protagonist Shun’ei, and Samurai Shodown character Nakoruru. The selection of these two characters is interesting, as it means that, unlike with Kyo or Athena, the new costumes won’t be callbacks to earlier games (XIV is Shun’ei’s first appearance, and Nakoruru is in her traditional look from previous games).

These costumes are expected to drop sometime near the end of this month. Whether or not they’re for China only–or if they’ll be out for the rest of the world–is as of yet unknown.

Source: shoryuken

[azik21]

Its just not as good as xiii.  My friends play sfv sooo I've been playing that game the most.  Akuma actually makes the game bearable to play.  Learned blazblue too but I only like training mode valk.  The problem I have is it feels like its all about counter mashing. I stopped playing after the first month so maybe players are better now and its not as bad as I think.. Overall it just feels so bad compare to xiii.  Music, Athena, Robert, and no ash kinda makes it hard to move on lol

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Yea it does seem more simplistic. I gave up on SFV. Just got tired of it. I like Valk as well. When you say counter mashing do you mean fishing for counter hits?

These modern games just aren't for me lol. Whenever I jump on it feels like I'm making myself play.

[azik21]

No I mean mashing out of block strings and activating max mode. It makes stuff like run up throw really terrible and it's pretty low risk if you pick the correct times. It's very similar to how I see sf5 in the sense that sometimes you wanna be mashing buttons out of block or even doing stuff like wake up low forward.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Funny how a game that's meant to be more honest ends up being less honest eh?

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Fix for King of Fighters 14's false disconnects is on the way, SNK says new patch is finished and currently under review

After King of Fighters 14's 1.10 update last Tuesday, some players were running into false disconnects when changing their display settings. Basically, the game would interpret changes to a player's "Icon", "Title" or "Rank Match Fight Record" on the "My Profile" screen as an early exit from an online match, which results in penalties.

Fortunately, SNK immediately responded to the issue and let fans know that a fix was on the way. The official KOF World Facebook page provided a follow up statement yesterday.

According to the post, a patch to fix the disconnects has been completed and is currently under review.



It shouldn't be much longer before we see the patch officially go live.

Source: eventhubs