Current Events > King of Fighters XV delayed to Q1 2022

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Fighting game fans had been waiting to see just when they'll be able to get their hands on The King of Fighters 15, which was scheduled to release at some point this year, but it looks like we'll all be waiting a while longer now.

SNK announced tonight that they've made the decision to delay KOF15's release into the first quarter of 2022.

The developers state the rising
numbers of COVID-19 within Japan is a major if not biggest determining factor for the pushed back launch window, which is unfortunate but probably something that can't really be helped given the circumstances.

It's unclear if this means the development team is once again switching to a work-from-home setup, and we also don't know how many SNK workers were back at the offices at the time of this decision.

Right after this announcement was made, Arc System Works made a similar statement that they would also need to postpone the launch of Guilty Gear Strive's arcade release because of COVID-19 cases and restrictions.

SNK first announced King of Fighters 15 at Evo 2019 with only a logo, but it wouldn't be until the start of this year that they actually showed off the game in action for the first time.

Since then, the studio has consistently announced new characters / released gameplay trailers for the fighting game almost every week to keep interest high and give fans something to look forward to.

At the time of the delay, 22 characters have been revealed in total for KOF15 with the most recent being Blue Mary last week though they've still got a ways to go to match its predecessor's launch roster of 48 fighters.

No information was given in the announcement as to whether SNK will be continuing to release new character trailers every week following the pushed back launch.

This news may not come as too big of a surprise to some considering 2021 is already almost half-way over, and there's still so much SNK hasn't shown or revealed about the fighting game.

https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2021/jun/01/king-fighters-delay/


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I forgot they even announced this

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you guys still wouldn't play it after a week

fohstick posted...

you guys still wouldn't play it after a week

I play a lot of fighting games actually. I still play Vampire Savior every now and then and I played Street Fighter 4 for a few months online. Dont care for SFV but Akira may bring me back.

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fohstick posted...

you guys still wouldn't play it after a week

True, I got the platinum for Tekken 7 in like 3 days and never played it again.

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Dang, but it makes sense. I rather have a functioning game then another Marvel Avengers or Cyberpunk 2077. At least it shows they're putting their employees health over sales... for now anyways.

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