The King of Fighters XV

"Shatter All Expectations."

- Tagline

The King of Fighters XV is an upcoming and fifteenth installment of The King of Fighters series. It was officially announced during the EVO 2019 and was originally slated for release in 2020. However, this date has been postponed to be released in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More details would be revealed in January 7, 2021. This game is the second chapter of the fourth canonical saga for the series, and is the second of the company to use Unreal Engine graphics, the first being Samurai Shodown (2019) (in this case, Unreal Engine 4).

Eisuke Ogura is the creative director, and The King of Fighters All Star's Tomohiro Nakata will be the main illustrator.

Confirmed Characters
Confirmed Teams=

Hero Team

 * Shun'ei
 * Meitenkun
 * Benimaru Nikaido

Sacred Treasures Team

 * Kyo Kusanagi
 * Iori Yagami
 * Chizuru Kagura


 * -|Other Confirmed Characters=
 * Leona Heidern
 * K'
 * Mai Shiranui
 * Yuri Sakazaki
 * Andy Bogard
 * Joe Higashi


 * -|NPC Characters=
 * Clemence Bellamy (KOF Tournament Anchorman)

Stages

 * Classical Chinese Garden — Hero Team: The Classical Gardens of Suzhou, in the Jiangsu province. The fight takes in a balcony in the Humble Administrator's Garden, at night. Features a giant dragon statue, in the outside, a small waterfall, in the right, the full moon, bonsai trees, aquatic flowers, a flag, Chinese pillars and decorations, besides the Jinshan Temple in the background.
 * Esaka Construction Site — Sacred Treasures Team: The Japanese city of Osaka, at night. The fight takes place in the expansion site of the Esaka Station, next to the Hanshin Expressway. Features construction workers cheering, construction materials, barriers, backhoes, buildings and the SNK's headquarters, in the background, besides Hiragana signs and a "The Esaka Station is closed for expansion" sign. The game series' name can be seen all over the stage. Stage reminiscent of The King of Fighters '94 (Hero Team's stage).
 * KOF Stadium (tentative name):
 * South Town Sound Beach:
 * Pao Pao Cafe: The Richard Meyer and Bob Wilson's classic bar, at night. The fight take in the main salon. Features the main counter, the public watching the fight, some drum players and the bar's logo, in the right. Stage reminiscent of the first Fatal Fury game and Fatal Fury 3.

Trailers
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