Month: August 2016

Release day patches are a common occurrence in today’s gaming landscape. With how long it takes to put a game through console certification, few developers can make their deadlines without having one, and The King of Fighters XIV will be no exception.

We already know that legacy controller support will be included in the patch; however, this isn’t all that’s coming. Lead designer Hidetoshi Ishizawa, more commonly known as Neo_G has tweeted some details about the upcoming day one patch.

Among these changes are some additional tweaks to the game’s online play. Whether or not he’s referring to the game’s actual netcode (which early reports have stated as being quite good), or if these are just adjustments to the online modes, is not yet known.

More interesting however is the fact that the day one patch will also contain some balance changes. This means that gameplay and balance impressions that players who have acquired from early copies of the game–through the broken street date–will be outdated at launch. For interested players, these balance changes will be previewed at the premier events that SNK is holding in Tokyo and Osaka this weekend.

In addition to these, King of Fighters XIV’s game designer Hayato Watanabe announced during the KOFXIV Dream Match Exhibition Tournament that the fuzzy guard instant overhead that was discovered in the game’s demo was unintended. He stated that they will be removing this in a later patch, as soon as they figure out the best way to take it out.

Sources: Neo_G; the MadMan’s Café

Release day patches are a common occurrence in today’s gaming landscape. With how long it takes to put a game through console certification, few developers can make their deadlines without having one, and The King of Fighters XIV will be no exception.

We already know that legacy controller support will be included in the patch; however, this isn’t all that’s coming. Lead designer Hidetoshi Ishizawa, more commonly known as Neo_G has tweeted some details about the upcoming day one patch.

Among these changes are some additional tweaks to the game’s online play. Whether or not he’s referring to the game’s actual netcode (which early reports have stated as being quite good), or if these are just adjustments to the online modes, is not yet known.

More interesting however is the fact that the day one patch will also contain some balance changes. This means that gameplay and balance impressions that players who have acquired from early copies of the game–through the broken street date–will be outdated at launch. For interested players, these balance changes will be previewed at the premier events that SNK is holding in Tokyo and Osaka this weekend.

In addition to these, King of Fighters XIV’s game designer Hayato Watanabe announced during the KOFXIV Dream Match Exhibition Tournament that the fuzzy guard instant overhead that was discovered in the game’s demo was unintended. He stated that they will be removing this in a later patch, as soon as they figure out the best way to take it out.

Sources: Neo_G; the MadMan’s Café

Raising the prize pool for a fighting game tournament isn’t easy; as such, it’s always a good thing when the people behind the games step in and provide bonuses for these tournaments.

Recently, NetherRealm Studios and their parent company Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that they were adding $2,000 to Mortal Kombat XL’s prize pool in one of the scene’s newer tournaments: The Common Wealth.

First held in September 2015, The Common Wealth quickly became known as one of the hypest tournaments for Mortal Kombat–with multiple top players like cR|SonicFox, YOMI|DJT and YOMI|Saltface in attendance. The addition of this $2,000 prize pool bonus from NRS and Warner should help the tournament to grow further.

The Common Wealth 2016 will take place on September 17 to 18 at Dave & Buster’s in Virginia Beach, VA.

Source: Test Your Might