Fatal Fury is headed to the Esports World Cup.
Fatal Fury is headed to the Esports World Cup.
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SNK’s Fatal Fury will be a new esports game at the Esports World Cup

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Esports World Cup Foundation and Japan’s SNK announced they will bring Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves fighting game to the Esports World Cup 2025.

The companies announced a three-year partnership that brings the anticipated retro fighting game to new audiences. The legendary fighting game franchise’s first new entry in 26 years will rev its way onto the global esports scene at the world’s largest gaming and esports event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this summer.  

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.