The King Of Fighters XV is the latest installment in the fighting franchise, featuring a huge roster of fighters, and in addition to numerous popular, returning KOF characters.

The popularity of male video game characters has skyrocketed over the years. They are no longer just virtual entities in titles and have become recognizable symbols of gaming culture.

The King Of Fighters XV is the latest installment in the fighting franchise, featuring a huge roster of fighters, and in addition to numerous popular, returning KOF characters.

Our analysis, published in the Royal Society Open Science today studied over 13,000 video game characters and found that twice as much dialogue is given to male characters than to female characters.

The researchers found only 35 per cent of words were spoken by female characters, and they were more likely to apologise, hesitate or be polite, compared with their male counterparts.

A study found that male characters in role-playing video games have double the amount of speaking compared to females, which it says shows a 'gender imbalance' in gaming.