The King of Fighters XV

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.

Hero Team

 * Benimaru Nikaido
 * Shun'ei
 * Meitenkun

Other Confirmed Characters

 * Kyo Kusanagi
 * Iori Yagami
 * Leona Heidern
 * K'
 * Mai Shiranui

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 and Chinese pillars and decorations, besides the Jinshan Temple in the background.