Great news for fans of old skool 2D fighting games who now own Xboxes and like to play three dimensional manifestations of their favourite titles! King of Fighters: Maximum Impact is coming to Microsoft's console.
"Sporting online versus play and the capacity to take screenshots and save replays, SNK is pulling out all the stops on this eagerly awaited Xbox release. Maximum Impact features new characters and gameplay modes alongside an option to enable the original Japanese voices, to create the authentic Eastern experience. The PAL release boasts full 60hz compatibility for those with suitable hardware," shouts the press release in the style of a woodenly voice-acted anime cartoon.
Cult favourite King of Fighters is one of the longest running videogame series' of all time, a darker, less immediately accessible half-brother to Capcom's Street Fighter canon. Read a brief history here.
This release got me thinking about the most hardcore gamer's games of all time - the titles that have most successfully combined obscurity with depth and difficulty. The likes of KOF '97, Gate of Thunder, Ys spring immediately to mind. Suggest your own and I'll write up a top ten over the weekend.
