Fatal Fury Confirms Huge Prize Pool

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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will feature a $2.5 million prize pool at the SNK World Championships 2025.
Despite a lukewarm release, the game has received positive feedback for its combat, characters, and soundtrack.

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will boast an impressive prize pool of $2.5 million at this year's SNK World Championships, despite the game's lukewarm release. While Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is taking time to build up its fanbase, the game has been met with largely positive feedback following its launch earlier this month.

The first new entry in the franchise in over 25 years, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves has impressed audiences, with many applauding its combat, soundtrack, characters, and customization options. Unfortunately, early numbers for the title, which was released on April 24, have not matched this enthusiasm, with the max concurrent player count on Steam not even breaking 5,000. This underwhelming performance comes despite an aggressive marketing campaign, with Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves appearing during the recent WrestleMania event and appearing in ads all over the world. Fans of the game may have a chance to win some serious cash later in the year, however, with a recent announcement shocking the title's community.

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By Ewan Lewis

A new Twitter post has confirmed that Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will have a prize pool of $2.5 million at this year's SNK World Championship event, with the champion slated to walk away with $1.5 million. Remarkably, this is even more than what was on offer during the 2024 Capcom Cup, with Street Fighter 6 players fighting for $2 million. While the release of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves has been somewhat quiet, this huge amount of cash may inspire more players to give the fighting title a try. More information regarding qualifier schedules and prizing will be revealed soon, with the main event slated to take place in late 2025.

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Boasts a Prize Pool of $2.5 Million at the SNK World Championship 2025

While many classic Fatal Fury characters appear on the newest game's roster, City of the Wolves is the first title to feature guest combatants not created by SNK, including soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and DJ Salvatore Ganacci, with the latter drawing some criticism. Many in the game's community didn't even recognize the DJ's name, and fighting game fans quickly expressed their confusion over the bizarre choice. DLC roster additions include the Street Fighter characters Chun-Li and Ken Masters, as well as Mr. Big from the Art of Fighting franchise.

The most recent Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves update, which rolled out earlier this month, addressed a slew of bugs and issues, including freezes and crashes. The fighters Terry Bogard, Marco Rodrigues, and Salvatore Ganacci also saw some gameplay tweaks, with the developers promising that more helpful patches will be released in the following months.

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