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SNK releases King of Fighters XII patch for Xbox 360 owners

King of Fighters XII is flawed. Anyone who’s spent even five minutes trying to play using the online multiplayer would realize that. Ignition and SNK knew the problem was there, and promised that the companies would take action to make things right for their customers. Back on July 31, 2009, they teamed up to do just that for PS3 owners, promising that one for the Xbox 360 was on its way. Today (October 30, 2009), a little over three months later, an Xbox 360 patch has appeared.

This patch does everything players were asking. It fixes the lag, theTrueSkill points counting issues, character movement problems, issues that popped up when certain characters fought one another and chat restrictions. It even keeps the game running smoothly when a player is taking part in an online match with someone whose connection isn’t as strong or fast…

Gamertell Review: The King of Fighters XII for PS3 (Updated)

The title King of Fighters is well known among fighting game fans. The series has spawned some fantastic games, like King of Fighters ’98, the original or Ultimate Match version released. The series has delivered some of the best 2D fighters available. Now, SNK Playmore has completely updated and revitalized the series with the latest entry, King of Fighters XII.

King of Fighters XII is a bit of a fresh start for the series, a new approach to the successful fighting formula SNK has been going with since 1994.

The first thing that hits you are the visuals. They’re all completely new…

Prepare to patch The King of Fighters XII PS3 owners, Xbox 360 owners have to wait

Some owners of the recently released PS3 version of SNK and Ignition’s fighting game The King of Fighters XII noticed something wasn’t quite right. I’m talking about the online multiplayer matches. There was, and still is for some users, an incredible amount of lag during said matches. The game will pause or slow to a crawl during online play, making it near impossible.

Ignition has already stepped in and up and is working with SNK Playmore on a solution. A 772mb PS3 patch addressing KOF XII‘s online play has already been released to try and help remedy the situation until a permanent solution can be found…