The King of Fighters XIII Global Match was announced by SNK a month ago, the game returns after 13 years with all 33 characters of the original version but with a new feature : rollback netcode for online multiplayer matches.
Today SNK has announced that an Open Beta Test will be made for the purpouse of improving the quality of the online functions.
The Beta Test is open and available for all PlayStation users even if they are not member of the PlayStation Plus service, so it’s available on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
Playable modes will be :
– Practice Mode (only during online stand-by)
– Network Mode (including ranked matches)
– Option Mode (game settings)
– Customization Mode
The Open Beta Test will be available from 4 October starting at 11:00 Japan Time (3:00 GMT, 4:00 CET) to 10 October at 11:00 Japan Time (3:00 GMT, 4:00 CET) while the game is planned to be released worldwide on 16 November but a physical release is planned only in Japan for Switch and PlayStation 4.
Watch the teaser trailer below :