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SNK Reports Financial Woes As Tekken Director Kohei Ikeda Comes Aboard

The King of the Iron Fist team is gathering right as the parent company struggles with internal wounds, such as increasingly widening deficits and an even more divided fan base

1 week ago 👁 14
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Tekken 8 director jumps ship to join Harada's new Vs Studio team

Kohei Ikeda, the game director of Tekken 8, has joined Katsuhiro Harada at recently formed and rival SNK developer Vs Studio. Read more

1 week ago 👁 20
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls review

Arc System Works can do just about anything, including convincing me to pick up a Marvel-themed 2D anime fighter. Not that I've got anything particularly against either of those things. But as someone who grew up firmly in the 3D fighting game scene (and continues to dwell there) and traditionally doesn't care much for...

2 weeks ago 👁 28
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Launch day performance issues and forced logins take another victim: Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls sees mixed Steam rating, especially among Linux users

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls has been highly anticipated for some time and that's partly because it's from Arc System Works, the company behind the likes of Guilty Gear, Blazblue, and Persona 4 Arena. Yet Steam users are disappointed in its opening few days. That's because despite many praising the game itself, it repo...

3 weeks ago 👁 39
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I am obsessed with The Weeknd's slow descent into Persona-addled madness, including Photoshopping a tattoo of Persona 5's biggest baddie on his arm

I know celebrities are just richer, more out-of-touch versions of us peasants, but I do admit I get a bit of a kick out of seeing them obsessing over the same videogames as me—Keke Palmer playing The Sims and Tekken, Doja Cat's current journey through Final Fantasy 14, that one time Lady Gaga played Bayonetta.But there...

4 weeks ago 👁 45
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Marvel Tōkon's developer has apologised to PC players for the beta's performance issues, with only a week until launch

The Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls beta was open for just a short three-day window, but in that time it ran into an unfortunate number of issues. For one, the playtest for Sony's exclusive tag fighter launched the same day PlayStation Network decided it would kick the bucket, shutting all services offline for almost the...

1 month ago 👁 37
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What's the best summer-themed videogame track?

Summer is officially here, and as a British person it is the law of this nation for me to say it's a bit hot, init? My AC-less apartment is being held together by a box fan and a dream. I haven't had a proper night's sleep in weeks, and I fear I've forgotten how it feels to be cold.Critical Hit(Image credit: Future)Wel...

1 month ago 👁 44
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Legendary former Tekken boss says people don't 'properly evaluate' Hidetaka Miyazaki's 'remarkable' FromSoft career

FromSoftware president and game director Hidetaka Miyazaki is one of the most revered names in today's games industry. Even figures like legendary former Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada hold him in high esteem: Recently asked on X about his opinion of Miyazaki, Harada said the Dark Souls creator is a "rather unique, yet e...

1 month ago 👁 53
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Stop judging games by their sales figures, says Tekken's Katsuhiro Harada: “That’s exactly what you’d expect from someone who’s never actually developed games"

I don't think anybody reading these hallowed pages really judges games by their sales figures, but it's nice to hear that perspective affirmed by no less a Legendary Fightguy than Katsuhiro Harada, the former face of Tekken. Out of the blue, Harada has posted some very nice words about Dark Souls kingpin and FromSoftwa...

1 month ago 👁 48
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Dark Souls Isn't “Especially Difficult” According To Tekken’s Director

FromSoftware titles, particularly those created by Hidetaka Miyazaki, are widely considered some of the most punishing in video games. Intricate level design, littered with brutal enemies, easy-to-learn/difficult-to-master mechanics, and unforgiving boss fights make them the gold standard for challenge.

1 month ago 👁 39
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Somewhere between QWOP and Tekken, Stranger Than Heaven has one of the most interesting combat systems I've played in some time

The word going around Summer Game Fest this year was that Stranger Than Heaven was tougher than nails. And having played it I can confirm that it is. Until it isn't. Stranger Than Heaven is frightfully hard to get your head around for the first few minutes, particularly as this demo was essentially just a case of being...

2 months ago 👁 46
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Tekken 8′s Roger Jr DLC Trailer References Infamous Kangaroo Punching Tekken 7 Meme

Katsuhiro Harada stated in 2017 that the "video of a man’s dog being headlocked by a kangaroo" prevented Roger Jr. from making it into Tekken 7

2 months ago 👁 41