King of Fighters XII will be releasing worldwide on both Xbox 360 and PS3 in July. It's the first title in the KOF series to have a graphical upgrade since 1996, featuring high-res hand-drawn 2D art. It only has 20 characters though, due to the time consuming nature of creating the graphics.
It looks like 2009 is the year the fighter came back.
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