Deep Silver has announced that it will be publishing King of Fighters XIV in Europe, allaying the fears of KOF fans or fighting game fans who were worried about the game’s position in Europe. King of FIghters XIV will release on August 26 in Europe, for €59.99 / £49.99 and with both physical retail copies and digital purchases as an option. The release date is nice in the sense that it follows the Japanese August 25 release date, while North America receives the game on August 23. On a related note, the KOF series is noticeably popular in the Americas, though still niche…
Anyway, much of the information contained in the press statement should sound familiar (it recounts features of KOF XIV, the general concept for the beginner-friendly direction of the title that hopes to rein in more fans, etc.) But in addition to this, the CEO of Koch Media offers some comments on acquiring and publishing King of Fighters XIV, saying that they “are looking forward to adding THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV to Deep Silver’s portfolio” and that publishing the newest title in “such an iconic fighting series in Europe, the first time on PS4, supplements our roster of Deep Silver games nicely.”
Deep Silver is a game publishing company that has published a variety of big name and niche titles in Europe so far – with regards to Japanese niche game output, some of their upcoming published titles that our readers may be familiar with include Mighty No. 9 and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Deep Silver is also owned by Koch Media in Germany, a company that you might be familiar with. Koch Media was involved with the distribution of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and Persona 4 Dancing All Night in Europe, though SEGA Europe was still acting as a publisher.
With NISAmerica backing out of future publishing collaborations with Atlus in Europe, one has to wonder if we might see more of a presence from Deep Silver (acting as publisher) and Koch Media (acting as distributor.) Let’s see if Deep Silver will be publishing any more Sega or Atlus titles!