Derek Boleware Jr. writes, "It wasn't too long ago when SNK-Playmore's arcade fighter known as King of Fighters celebrated its 15th anniversary with the release of its twelfth installment in 2009. But if you were anything like me, and snatched up King of Fighters XII with the anticipation for greatness, then you probably had your high expectations crushed when you realized that the game was made up of complete and utter failure. As a fighting game fan, King of Fighters XII's shortcomings hit me a lot harder than I had expected – especially since I wasn't entirely fond of Street Fighter IV at the time and had only purchased titles such as BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger to hold me over until the main dish was ready to be served, a dish I would send back to the chef shortly thereafter. Fortunately, my faith in this franchise hasn't been sent to the garbage disposal as King of Fighters XIII is in a position to make up for past mistakes. And by the looks of what we've seen so far, it's doing a pretty damn good job."
In celebration of the upcoming launch of The King of Fighters XIII, cosplayers have the opportunity to let their vision run wild at the forthcoming London MCM Expo, which runs from 28th to 30thOctober at ExCeL London. Go head-to-head with other King of Fighters cosplayers on Saturday 29th October on the ‘Totally Cosplay’ stage and show the judges how you bring the characters from the game to life for your chance to be dubbed the ‘King of Fighters’.
Hot pic! Nice boobs! KOF is awsome! It's my most favorite fighting game! They need to make a 3rd maximum impact! Righteous!
Fab11o just uploaded four new awesome videos you gotta see. The videos posted earlier in the week ended up not being that new, as they were from the SBO quals a while back, according to Fubarduck. The game is running on the 1.1 version in these, and are from late October. Either way, the gameplay in these vids is sick, so be sure to peep 'em.
After the event SNK opened KOF XIII teaser site, showing classic KOF character Mai Shiranui, she will be making her
return in KOFXIII after being absent in KOFXII. According to the teaser site the game will be release on arcades in Japan.
Also the company has opened an official blog for the game. The roster of The King of Fighters XIII will feature all the characters who appeared in The King of Fighters XII, including the two console-exclusive characters, Elisabeth Branctorche and Mature, plus new additions.
King of fighter 12 was like a Beta xD
Seriously, they could have included Mai in it
Anyway 13 looks better