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Throughout it’s development, one of the biggest questions players had about the King of Fighters XIV was how good its online play would turn out–its predecessor had pretty poor play online on consoles, and many players were worried that the new game would suffer the same–especially with SNK being rather quiet on the subject.

Well, it seems that players’ worries may be unfounded. Reports from players obtaining early copies of the game (from retailers breaking the street date) seem to indicate that the King of Fighters XIV’s online experience is great.

Specifically, CEO head organizer Alex Jebailey made the following statements regarding the his experiences with KOFXIV’s netcode on Twitter.

Huge leap ahead of KOF13's online. Will share more on all the online modes close to release. This online will make KOF players happy imo.

— Alex Jebailey (@CEOJebailey) August 11, 2016

This is great news for King of Fighters fans. If the online play continues to hold up on launch day–with the larger influx of players–this should allow KOFXIV to grow its player base beyond those looking to play the game offline at tournaments and events.

Source: Alex Jebailey (Twitter)