Following in the footsteps of other fighting game devs, SNK recently announced an official competition for both Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters XIV. The SNK World Championship is scheduled for March 2020, and the entire shebang will feature a prize pool of over 10 million yen, or around $95,000.
SNK has announced a new arcade stick for Japan. Dubbed the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro, its design was influenced by…
What’s the fighting game you remember the most from the arcades of your youth? Street Fighter II? Tekken? Mortal…
At select arcades in Japan, you can rent a cabinet for a flat fee for a specific period of time. This is a good way…
During Evo 2019, I sat down with Samurai Shodown director Nobuyuki Kuroki to discuss his work on the new game. Since…
Our original review called the Neo Geo Mini arcade-style retro console “cute, but an imperfect nostalgia trip.” The S…
SNK revealed a timeline for the first season of paid Samurai Shodown content at Evo 2019. Rimururu is coming in August, Basara in October, Kazuki Kazama in November, and Wan-Fu in December. As an added bonus, Shizumaru Hisame will be available for free in September. A second season is also planned for 2020.
World Heroes, my favourite SNK fighting game, is getting some big expensive action figures. First up is this 1/12 Hanzou Hattori, which costs $85.
At a recent SNK investors event in South Korea, exec Ge Zhihui reportedly said that a Neo-Geo 2 and Neo-Geo 3 are in the planning stage. Details are scant, but these are apparently not Neo-Geo Mini successors. Also announced was a new Metal Slug in development for home consoles.
SNK’s reboot of weapons-based fighting series Samurai Shodown, AKA Samurai Spirits, arrives on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in June, with a Switch version coming later this year and a PC port at a later date. The game will be playable at PAX East this weekend. Embrace death, everybody!
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection is out today on PS4. We wrote about how it was a great look back at some of the best retro games SNK’s early days when it came to Switch last fall. It also has some great features like videos of perfect playthroughs of all the games.
For a limited time only, there are four SNK official shops in Tokyo, filled with themed merch, food and drink.
New anthologies of old games have gotten a lot better recently, especially on the Nintendo Switch. In addition to…
SNK announced The King of Fighters XV for a 2020 release at a recent press conference in South Korea. There are currently no other details about the game. [Thanks, Sang!]
This is the Neo Geo Mini Christmas Limited Edition, a special holiday version of SNK’s small-sized console.
Last month, Kotaku introduced Australian cosplayer A.K. Wirru’s terrific Mai Shiranui. Not content to only bring Mai…
Australian cosplayer A.K. Wirru pulled off a terrific cosplay of iconic fighting game character Mai Shiranui. Here’s…
Neo Geo, as a brand, has always seemed to be about extravagant, weird ideas. First it was an arcade machine that…
SNK’s sword fighting game is back. A new Samurai Shodown (aka Samurai Spirits in Japan) is headed for the PS4.
SNK is announcing a new game on September 10. No info except that there’s a countdown clock with the tagline “A new dawn rises...”
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