King Of Fighters XV announces new character Omega Rugal, and Boss Challenge game mode Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. King Of Fighters XV announces new character Omega Rugal, and Boss Challenge game mode They're both free! News by Jai Singh Bains Contributor Published on March 22, 2022 3 comments SNK have announced that the latest playable character coming to King Of Fighters XV is Omega Rugal. He's the in-universe organiser of the King Of Fighters tournament, but he's arguably more infamous for being in older KOF games as a ridiculously difficult boss. You can expect him to show up on April 14th as free DLC, along with a game mode called Boss Challenge. Love a bit of free DLC. While KOF isn't my personal go-to fighting game, it's hard to deny how effortlessly cool Omega Rugal looks. And although they've had to nerf Omega Rugal to balance him, his overpowered boss form is also getting added separately. In a tweet posted by SNK, they explain that the Boss Challenge mode requires you to "take down the fearsome OMEGA RUGAL CPU." That's right KOF fans, the pleasure of bashing your head against an Omega Rugal boss fight is now available in the comfort of your own home! The trailer calls him "the CPU from hell," before cutting to a montage of Omega Rugal spamming his Genocide Cutter move on random opponents. The only reason I know it's called that is because he says it everytime. Oh, and then after that, he also casually calls you pathetic. SNK know exactly what they're doing. And plus, if you somehow actually beat the Omega Rugal CPU, you can get your hands on some extra stuff, "like his special costume, a new stage, and new music!" It seems a bit strange to make a new game mode entirely for one character, so maybe we'll see some other opponents get added eventually. Earlier this week, on March 17th, SNK released three other characters for KOF XV, as part of their Team GAROU paid DLC. At the time, SNK also mentioned that they plan on doing some balance changes in May, so it'll be interesting to see where Omega Rugal lands in the meta. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here