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 Teams & Characters
Confirmed Teams=

Hero Team

 * Shun'ei
 * Meitenkun
 * Benimaru Nikaido

Sacred Treasures Team

 * Kyo Kusanagi
 * Iori Yagami
 * Chizuru Kagura

Fatal Fury Team

 * Terry Bogard
 * Andy Bogard
 * Joe Higashi


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Confirmed in Individual Trailers

 * King
 * Mai Shiranui
 * Yuri Sakazaki
 * Yashiro Nanakase

Confirmed Only In The First Trailer

 * Leona Heidern
 * K'


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 * 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 red balcony in the Humble Administrator's Garden, at night. Features a giant dragon statue, inside, a small waterfall, in the right outside, the full moon, bonsai trees, aquatic flowers, flags, 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, a teddy bear sign 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).
 * Beach Resort (A.K.A. South Town Sound Beach) — Fatal Fury Team: The most famous beach of the American city, at a sunny day. The fight takes next to the beach shops and to the entrance. Features a seafood restaurant, a surf shop with a mechanical shark sign, people cheering, parked bicycles, palm trees, the main church of the city, the tournament flags, a 4x4 car, balloons and a small ladder with a sun umbrella and a plaque with the sign WAVE SURF AREA, beside the South Town Bridge, in the background, and plaques with the signs PORT TOWN (Hon-Fu's stage in Fatal Fury 3) and CENTRAL CITY. Stage reminiscent of the first Fatal Fury game.
 * Pao Pao Cafe: Richard Meyer and Bob Wilson's classic bar, at night. The fight takes in the main saloon. Features the main counter, the public watching the fight, some drum players and the bar's logo, in the right, beside some decorations resembling Mudman (World Heroes' character). Stage reminiscent of the first Fatal Fury game and Fatal Fury 3.
 * Haunted Amusement Park (A.K.A. Dream Amusement Park) (tentative name): An old abandoned amusement park, at night. Features decaying mascots and rides, although many of them appear to still function, a carousel, a haunted house, a ferris wheel and a candy store, beside a castle and some buildings, in the background. Stage reminiscent of Art of Fighting 2 (King's stage) and similar to the Amusement Park in The King of Fighters '99: Evolution (Dreamcast's exclusive stage).
 * KOF Stadium (tentative name):

Trailers
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