Fatal Fury book announced

Bitmap Books has announced *Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History*, a new licensed hardback on SNK’s fighting-game series, with release set for May 20, 2026. (bitmapbooks.com) The standard edition is listed at £34.99, while a collector’s edition is listed at £54.99 on Bitmap’s store. Both editions are marked “Available: 20 May 2026.” (bitmapbooks.com) Bitmap says the book runs more than 460 pages and includes interviews with Yasuyuki Oda, Youichiro Soeda, Nobuyuki Kuroki, Takeshi Kimura and Hitoshi Okamoto. The publisher also says it drew on SNK archive material, including concept sketches, promotional illustrations and cover art. (timeextension.com) (bitmapbooks.com) The timing lines up with a broader push around the series. Bitmap says the volume covers the franchise from the 1991 original through *Garou: Mark of the Wolves* and *Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves*. (bitmapbooks.com) (wikipedia.org) That matters because Fatal Fury has been dormant for long stretches. SNK’s latest mainline revival, *Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves*, is listed as the most recent release in a series that began with *Fatal Fury: King of Fighters* on November 25, 1991. (wikipedia.org) The new book also extends a publishing run between Bitmap and SNK. Bitmap’s catalog already includes *THE KING OF FIGHTERS: The Ultimate History*, released in 2022, and *Metal Slug: The Ultimate History*, which is listed for April 16, 2026. (bitmapbooks.com 1) (bitmapbooks.com 2) Bitmap’s own bibliography lists two 2026 ISBN entries for the project: 9781068437809 for the hardback and 9781068437885 for the collector’s edition. (bitmapbooks.com) The publisher announced the book in a video on SNK’s official YouTube channel, calling it “our latest collaboration with SNK” and saying it is “launching this May.” (youtube.com) For SNK fans, the next date is straightforward: preorders are live now, and Bitmap’s release calendar points to May 20 as the day this series gets its own shelf-sized history. (bitmapbooks.com)