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Samurai Shodown’s next two characters are Cham Cham and The Last Blade 2 rep Hibiki Takane. Cham Cham is expected sometime in March, along with a new Guard Crush mechanic and balance changes.

King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match is heading to PlayStation 4 Like previous SNK re-releases, it will include rollback netcode for more consistent online play. No release date was provided.

King of Fighters XV has been officially revealed with a 2021 release window. While very light on gameplay, the teaser does provide a great look at the stylish new graphics and returning characters like Kyo, Benimaru, Leona, K’, Mai, and Shun’ei.

Roblox Corp, creators of the mega-popular game of the same name, has valued itself at almost $30 billion after a recent round of investments, Reuters reports. The company plans to go public via direct listing sometime this year.

Here’s An Open Thread, If You Need It

It feels weird to talk about video games today. Well, to be honest, it’s felt weird talking about video games for years now, but today is a whole new level of what the fuck. As our wonderful sister site Jezebel noted earlier, Trump supporters are currently occupying the United States capitol building in Washington D.C.…

Outriders has been delayed to April 1, 2021, developer People Can Fly announced today A free demo will be available on February 25. You’ll be able to carry your progress over to the full game.

Sequel-sized expansion The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is out on PC March 31, creator Edmund McMillen announced on Twitter over the weekend. It’s set to come to console sometime later on. 

Hi Kotaku, as always, it’s been a huge honor getting to be the guest writer for the weekend. I love reading the comments and so many of you share so many awesome things, I always feel I’m learning so much (and also getting some really cool game recommendations). Please have a safe holiday season and…

Fatal Fury: First Contact is now available on Switch. This is the latest entry in the Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection, a group of formerly handheld, old-school fighting games re-released by SNK throughout 2020.

Hey Xbox Game Pass, Where Are All My Weird Old Platformers?

Xbox Game Pass features a truly mind-boggling amount of content. If you’ve ever scrolled through the service you’ve probably experienced the same delirium I have. The idea that anyone can ping-pong between Gears of War 5, The Master Chief Collection, and Rainbow Six: Siege in a single sitting is hard to conceptualize. It makes me…

Spotted by ResetEra, Nintendo referenced Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 in a new video about the series, which is interesting because it never released outside of Japan. Hmmmm. 

Hades is finally getting cross-save support for Switch. Supergiant Games announced the update in a tweet today.

Earth Defense Force 6 is slated to be out at the end of 2021 in Japan, producer Nobuyuki Okajima tells Famitsu in a recent interview. The sixth main entry in the giant bug series picks up where 2017’s Earth Defense Force 5 left off. 

The suspect arrested for the Kyoto Animation arson attack was deemed mentally competent to stand trial and indicted today in Japan. Medical experts had been examining the suspect, who has a documented history of mental illness but concluded his premeditated actions make him criminally liable.

EA Play won’t be coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC until some time next year The addition—which is already part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (for console)—was planned for this month.

Yakuza 6, originally a PS4 exclusive, is heading to PC and Xbox Game Pass in March 2021 internationally. So is the Yakuza Remastered Collection, which includes former PlayStation exclusives, Yakuza 3, 4, and 5. Sega says it currently has no plans to make similar announcements for Japan. Update – 1/7/20 4:27AM: A spokesperson for the…

The 2021 edition of annual Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike tournament Cooperation Cup has been canceled Japanese organizer Yasuaki Matsuda and Capcom came to this decision after a recent uptick in covid-19 cases. We await your return, warrior.

Open Roads is the next game from Tacoma developer Fullbright, coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. It features voice work by Keri Russell (The Americans) and Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelieveable) and looks very pretty.

A new Ao Oni horror game will be released in Japan this month as free-to-play on iOS and Android. It will connect with Ao Oni Online, but as of writing, gameplay details, as well as the title, are currently TBA. The first Ao Oni was released as a freeware game in 2007. 

Funimation has purchased Crunchyroll from AT&T for over $1 billion, Sony announced via press release today. This move was reported to be in the works back in October. That’s a lot of anime figurines!