Category Archives: SNK

Neo Geo Pocket is back in business. Well, in Japan at least. It’ll be back as a portable games device for a Japanese audience, according to Andriasang, who say SNK has given its blessing for the licensing of the new product. It’ll come with a 4.3 inch screen, 2Gb of storage and with a list of 20 classic NeoGeo titles, including Metal Slug and Fatal Fury. No release date or price as yet.

According to Siliconera, Atlus has confirmed that SNK Playmore is working on a fix for troubled online multiplayer in The King of Fighters XIII. Meanwhile, if you’re an Xbox Live Gold subscriber, you can grab a demo ahead of its general release to Silver subs and the PlayStation Network on December 13.

Connectivity and matchmaking issues are raising ire among The King of Fighters XIII players, but Atlus is doing what it can.

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Atlus has extended a helping hand to the fighter-failures among us, offering short video tutorials for its upcoming The King of Fighters XIII.

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King of Fighters XIII – you know, the other, other fighting franchise – will arrive on US and Japanese consoles in October, and this trailer shows the old boy looking better than ever.

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SNK Playmore has launched eight new NEOGEO titles for PSP.

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SNK Playmore has announced it will launch the NEOGEO Station on PSN to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the NEOGEO console.

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In Infinity Ward’s defense, we don’t imagine “unlocks a full copy of The King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match” is a common bug to check for.

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SNK Playmore has announced that Metal Slug XX will land on PSP December 23 in Japan.

It’s a remixed version of Metal Slug 7 with ad-hoc cooperative play and 70 mini-games.

There’s a video of it after the break, courtesy of Joystiq.

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The King of Fighters XII will launch on September 25 for both 360 and PS3 in the UK, Ignition said today.

The new date’s a slip from the previously announced August 28 release. Which is today.

Hand-drawn, blah, fighting monkeys, blah. PR after the break.

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Yesterday was the tenth birthday of the launch of Neo Geo Pocket Color in the US.

The handheld was a short-lived affair, being dumped from both US and European markets in 2000 when Aruze bought SNK.

It was finally snuffed out of existence in 2001, when it was discontinued in Japan.

According to Wikipedia, the machine did about 2 million units – with NGP sales included – and had a properly awesome Metal Slug version. That’s how we remember it, anyway: it was a long time ago.

Thanks, GSW.

Ignition Entertainment says that despite King of Fighters XII getting a July date for the US, Europe will still have to wait until August 28.

Sorry ’bout that folks.

More over on Eurogamer.

SNK has announced via its King of Fighters XII Facebook page that the game will be released in North America on July 28.

That’s two days ahead of the Japanese date.

Find out more through the link.

SNK has revealed that The King of Fighters XII will arrive in Japan on July 30.

Originally slated for July 16, SNK wanted to polish the PS3 and Xbox 360 title a bit more before releasing it.

Being published by Ignition in the US and Canada, it’s  slated for a “summer” release.

More through Kotaku.

SNK and Ignition just confirmed that The King of Fighters XII will release this July for both 360 and PS3.

The game was rumoured as a summer launch for PS3 this morning.

“Our development slogan for KOFXII is ‘KOF Re-Birth’ and we’ve aimed to create an entirely new King of Fighters game. To make this a truly unique fighting game, we’ve revolutionized the graphics by creating state of the art visuals – and made no compromises in that process whatsoever,” said SNK Playmore boss, Masaaki Kukino.

The handdrawn fighter is nothing short of beautiful. This is very good news.

Press release after the drop.

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The King of Fighters XII trailer after the break – which looks blinking stupendulous – apparently shows the game as having a summer release date for PS3.

We say “apparently,” because the “summer” bit looks distinctly stuck on. So does the “PlayStation 3″ bit, if we’re being honest.

The game was always pegged for a 2009 release for both PS3 and 360.

Take a look.

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Watch the video below. This could and should give Street Fighter IV a run for its money as we’re coloured very impressed right now.

SNKs King of Fighters XII has a tentative release date of April for Japan and will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Now go watch.

By Mike Bowden

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Microsoft just announced that Metal Slug 7 will be running and gunning onto XBLA. The game will be loaded with “new missions, new weapons, colossal new bosses, new game modes, and new Slugs to pilot.” No release date, though.

More as it comes.

By Nathan Grayson

According to this IGN piece, SNK’s looking to bring Metal Slug into the modern age.

“In order to meet our fans demands for an HD version of Metal Slug, we’re considering bringing this series to the new generation of consoles in a similar way to KOF XII,” said a company rep.

“We look forward to announcing this someday soon.”

Fancy. More through there.

According to this Siliconera story, the official TGS games list has revealed that a King of Fighters game is in the works for XBLA.

The King of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match, apparently, is releasing for the service in 2009, having released on disc this June in Japan.

SNK madness. Well, weak dementia, anyway. More through the link.