King of Fighters XIII Global Match is the next title coming up for the long-running series. The game was originally announced at EVO Japan 2023, as an ultimate edition and improved version of the King of Fighters game. News has been slow since the initial reveal but it looks like we’re getting a much closer look at the title soon, with a King of Fighters XIII Open Beta kicking off pretty soon!

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The original King of Fighters XIII was an arcade game that eventually made its way over to Xbox 360, PlayStation, and PC. That was back in 2010, SNK are revisiting this version of the franchise soon though, and they’ve made some big improvements. This will be a much more polished version, notably sporting rollback netcode. Compared to how even the top fighting games manage online even in this generation, this is going to be a huge improvement.

If fans want to try the new King of Fighters XIII Open beta out, it’s exclusive to one platform. The Global Match beta will be available only to those on PlayStation. Although, you don’t need PSN to access the beta, just be a user of the console. It won’t be a full Open Beta of everything, but a crazy amount of the final game’s content will be on offer.

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In the King of Fighters XIII Open Beta you’re able to access all 32 characters on the roster! That’s huge, especially compared to recent two-character Street Fighter 6 demos. There are also three different modes. Practise ode, for actually learning characters, Customize Mode, and Online mode for testing out all that practice! More than enough space to try out the rollback netcode.

Since this is a sizeable Open Beta, it isn’t going to be available forever as a demo or anything. Instead, It will be accessible from June 5th to June 11th. A full six days of access in June if you want to see how the game is looking.