North American publisher for the game ATLUS USA and developer SNK Playmore toady announced that the new patch for their release of The King of Fighters XIII which intends on improving the game along with fixing issues with the game is due to be hitting your consoles very soon if not already available for download. The game update is now available on Playstation 3 version of the game while the patch will be coming very soon for the XBox360 releases. These patches are set to improve functionality – especially surrounding many of the concerns raised regarding online gameplay including:
- Ranked Match Filtering: One of the most requested additions, players may now set conditions for their opponent’s connection. When a player who doesn’t meet the standby conditions tries to enter the Ranked match, a warning message will be displayed and the match cancelled.
- Improved Filtering: Filtering functionality in general has seen dramatic improvements. Previously, certain connection data was not filtered sufficiently and the player had a chance of connecting to opponents with poor connection quality. Now, more aggressive filtering should ensure that players are only matched with opponents who meet their filter settings.
- Improved Connection Antenna: The computation behind the players’ connection antenna, the meter indicating the quality of a player’s connection, has been improved, resulting in a more accurate and consistent measurement.
- Temporarily Saved Custom Match Settings: Players may continue searching for opponents with the same settings as long as the player remains in the PLAYER MATCH/RANKED MATCH menu.
- Character-specific Bug Fixes: “NESTS-Style” Kyo and Iori with the Power of Flames no longer become unresponsive under certain circumstances.
- Additional refinements, fixes, and more!
While it is not really something to celebrate, ATLUS USA is out to get more people into the game and enjoying the online modes by announcing a $10 price reduction, thus dropping the games price to $39.99.
