On June 9, during Summer Game Fest 2024, Yasuyuki Oda —producer of The King of Fighters XV— revealed that SNK still plans to release DLC characters for KOF XV. This news was received positively by fans. Now, just two days away from the start of EVO 2024, SNK has revealed a new silhouette with two possible characters that will join the roster of The King of Fighters XV.
What will be the characters of The King of Fighters XV (KOF XV) that will be announced at EVO 2024?
Many of the fans of The King of Fighters XVsince Oda revealed that they will still be releasing characters to KOF XVthey began to speculate about a possible team Street Fighter as a guest. This is due to the recent announcement of Terry Bogart and Mai Shiranui as guest characters on Street Fighter 6 in its second season. However, this ‘crossover’ will have to wait. Since, The silhouette that SNK shared of the characters of The King of Fighters XV that will be announced at EVO 2024 looks very familiar.
Some users in social networks They have pointed out that the silhouettes of the characters of KOF XV that will be announced at EVO 2024 belong to Mature and Vice.
Some speculate that Mature and Vice could function as a duo within the game, occupying a single character slot. This idea is supported by the “special” label SNK has given the DLC and by the image, which appears to show the two characters together. This “special” DLC could mark the end of official SNK support for KOF XV. as SNK’s attention seems to be focused on the development of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolvesscheduled for launch in early 2025.
When is EVO 2024 and where can I watch it?
EVO 2024 will take place from July 19-21 in Las Vegas. The first two days of the event will be held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel Convention Center. The finals of the EVO 2024 tournaments will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center Arena on Sunday, August 6. Those wondering where they can watch the EVO 2024 tournament fights from home need not worry, as as usual Evolution Championship Series will be broadcast on the official Evolution channel. EVO on Twitch.
This is the number of participants registered in each of the official EVO 2024 tournaments:
- Street Fighter 6 (review) with 5,265 participants – second year at EVO.
- Tekken 8 (review) with 4,646 participants – first time in Evolution Championship Series.
- Guilty Gear —STRIVE— (review) with 2,058 participants – third year at EVO.
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising with 1,377 participants – first time in Evolution Championship Series.
- Street Fighter III: Third Strike with 1,101 participants– classic game that returns to the event with its seventh appearance in EVO history.
- Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes with 785 participants – first time at EVO.
- Mortal Kombat 1 (review) – with 645 participants first time in Evolution Championship Series.
- The King of Fighters XV (review) with 375 participants – third time in Evolution Championship Series.
To find out all the information about schedules, streaming channels and brackets for the official EVO 2024 tournaments, we invite you to read our essential article at the following link.
