Back in 2006, SNK's Overseas Marketing Manager Yoshihito Koyama told Kotaku that the Osaka-based developer thought a "good time" to release a PS3 game was 2009-10. SNK confirmed that King of Fighters XII would be hitting North America on the PLAYSTATION 3 and the Xbox 360 in early 2009. The last non-spinoff entry in the series was KOF XI in 2005, and the upcoming game is a 3D fighter that is shaded to look 2D. Koyama described it as "3D mixed with 2D." Before that, the title will be rolled in its Japanese arcade version in late 2009. Looking forward to seeing how SNK combines this.
GameDynamo - "Fighting games have enjoyed a period of spectacular growth after being a nearly nonexistent genre for so many years prior. Because of this sudden growth, we're seeing a lot of companies taking different approaches to the traditional fighting game formula that has stood since Street Fighter II first came onto the scene."
Star Trek Online developer Cryptic has ruled out the possibility of it releasing a sequel to the game in future years - telling CVG it would rather constantly update its existing MMO.
They never said they were going to do a sequel.
An expansion a few years down the line? Maybe, Star Trek Online is pretty good, it was released a bit early but most MMO's are now a days due to the "release now patch later" mentality. =/
i took part in the closed/open beta and it was voiced by many people that the game needed more time. i understand mmos are an ever evolving process but the sheer amount of bugs at launch was amazing. I would love to see what WoW was like at beta and launch stages, i even hear that zones weren't seamless like they are today.
in the end, as a player, you want to be the first one out of the gate to play a game but you also have to put up with unrefined aspects of the game. i bet when the holidays roll around the game will be fairly solid.
you are right about STO, its a good game. its the best star trek game i have ever played in fact. (although its the only one)
I'm glad they aren't going to make a sequel. The current game is unfinished and flawed, they need to fix that first.
A sequel is the last thing people are thinking about right now, it's an online game! You don't need a sequel, you can just keep building the game and change the story arc for as long as you want.
The Start Screen reviews King Of Fighters XII for the PS3. They cover how far fighting games have come and with the showing that SNK Playmore's KOF XII, how far we need to go. The game was seemingly released incomplete with an time trial for an Arcade Mode and a seemingly broken online mode. Did the 772 MB patch help?
They seriously better make it good this time and close enough to what Soul Calibur IV looks like.
one of the best fighting games I ever playd is KOF from 96-99.
crazy combo.And Im all about combo.
Mortal combat is my favoritt thou. Mortal kombat trilogy.
I didnt like the one on 360 cuz of the controll.
Loved the sega version :)
seriously guys..PPL used to come and challenge me from other towns or places..
but thats old days now :(
2 years to get the game? xD
a long wait.
But wait, 3D mixed with 2D?
That sounds REAL interesting.
WTF SNK...you promised new High Res 2D characters..and you come out now that they are 3D cell shaded? WTF!!!!
I hope you just dont F-UP the game or it will be a bloodbath
2009? Too long!! :(