The King of Fighters '97 Global Match (2018) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The King of Fighters '97 Global Match

The final chapter in the KOF Orochi Saga, this title is one of the iconic entries in the series that cemented KOF as a staple in the fighting game community around the world. Now it returns with new features…

3 April 2018

What The King of Fighters '97 Global Match is

The King of Fighters '97 Global Match is an arcade game developed by SNK Corporation and released in 2018. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The final chapter in the KOF Orochi Saga, this title is one of the iconic entries in the series that cemented KOF as a staple in the fighting game community around the world. Now it returns with new features such as online play!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the The King of Fighters series

The King of Fighters '97 Global Match is the 52nd of 71 entries we hold in the The King of Fighters series. It arrived 8 months after ACA Neo Geo: The King of Fighters 2000. The next entry was Neo Geo Mini in 2018.

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What it launched against

The King of Fighters '97 Global Match launched on 3 April 2018, within three weeks of God of War, Far Cry 5, God of War (2018) and Sea of Thieves. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: God of War, Far Cry 5, God of War (2018), Sea of Thieves.

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