It’s been quite the day for long awaited Samurai Shodown news. First, we finally got a date for the PC release date of the latest game in the series, simply titled Samurai Shodown. Now, after a long wait, we also got news and a date on when to expect the Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection.

The collection was originally announced over a full year ago, and nothing much had been said since. Now we know that the game will launch starting next month. On the PC front, it will launch on the Epic Games Store the same day as the latest game in the series. Not only that, it will actually be free that entire first week. The following week, it will then launch on Steam, and then in July will come the console launch (thanks to Gematsu for translating the press release from developer Digital Eclipse).

The collection will feature the entire mainline series that released on the original NeoGeo hardware. That includes Samurai Shodown 1-5, and all three different versions of 5, the 5 Special enhanced re-release that was the final game released for the NeoGeo, and the previously unreleased 5 Perfect that features a brand new story and character endings.

Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection will launch for Epic Games Store on June 11th, Steam on June 18th, and PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch on July 28th.

SNK have announced a collection of their long-running fighting franchise, Samurai Shodown, during a panel at PAX East 2019, which you can check out below. The collection will include six games from the classic fighting franchise, Samurai Shodown 1 through 5, as well as V Special, an updated version of Samurai Shodown V. The collection encompasses the entire catalogue of mainline games that saw releases on SNK’s NeoGeo game system.

The collection is being handled by Digital Eclipse, who have worked on several similar collections over the past years, including the first Mega Man Legacy Collection, The Disney Afternoon Collection, Street Fighter 30^th Anniversary Collection, and most recently SNK 40^th Anniversary Collection.

While no release date was given, it was stated the anthology would launch this fall on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.

Meanwhile, if you’re more worried about what lies ahead rather than looking forward to re-releases of past games, there’s more Samurai Shodown coming later this year as well. In fact, at the same panel, SNK also revealed a new character that’s being added to this year’s sequel. Check her out through here.