Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 

Gamescom KOF15 Trailer Reveals Ash Crimson, Newcomers, Gameplay Mechanics, Release Date

  

Today at Gamescom 2021, SNK dropped a new trailer for KOF XV revealing Ash Crimson and two unnamed newcomers to the series. The previously leaked release date of February 17th, 2022 was also confirmed! Today's trailer shows the first footage of Ash Crimson and the newcomers, along with the KOF XV character select screen, main menu, updated UI, and plenty of fresh gameplay & cinematics. Gameplay features such as Shatter Strike, MAX Mode, MAX Mode (Quick), and Rush Combos are also outlined in the trailer. An alternate Garou: Mark of the Wolves costume for Terry Bogard and a classic costume for Leona Heidern are also revealed at the end of the Gamescom '21 trailer (below).
 

  
SNK's official site for KOF15 is live featuring character bios, artwork, links to all previous trailers, and more. The official Steam page also went live today. Scroll down for additional KOF15 details revealed today along with brand new screenshots!

 







 




















KOF XV
will launch with 39 characters. The deluxe edition of the game will contain a future DLC pass containing 6 additional (unannounced) characters coming to the game post-launch. The early purchase option includes the Terry Bogard Garou: MOTW costume, and digital-only purchases will include the classic Leona DLC costume.
 





 

 


Last but not least, an animated short movie by Masami Obari will also be included within KOF15's Gallery mode. Preview images of the in-development anime can be found inside TFG's other article (link below). Stay tuned on Fighters Generation for future character reveals and KOF XV news!

~TFG Webmaster, Frank Joseph | @Fighters_Gen

 

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