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The King of the Iron Fist Series on the Future of Tekken, From Vita to Cell Phones to Tekken X Street Fighter
The people who make Tekken are extremely busy. They have Tekken Tag Tournament 2 for arcades (and console(s)!), Tekken for Nintendo 3DS, Tekken for Wii U and Tekken X Street Fighter on their plate. But the developers running the 16-year-old fighting game franchise aren’t stopping there, believe it or not. Katsuhiro Harada, overseer of all…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 26, 2011 -
See the PS3 Exclusive Tekken Hybrid in Glorious Three-way Action
What’s Tekken Hybrid? Well, as we learned at Comic-Con this weekend, it’s now three Tekken things on one Blu-ray disc: Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Tekken Tag Tournament HD and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue. Still confused? Maybe this trailer will help! Tekken Hybrid is due this fall, exclusively on the PlayStation 3, bringing one CG animated…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2011 -
Tekken Bowl Strikes iPhone and iPad Today (For Free)
Not content to limit themselves to Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Tekken X Street Fighter, Tekken 3DS, Tekken for Wii U and Tekken Hybrid, the Tekken team has another product to announce: Tekken Bowl for iOS. It’s out now (and it’s out for free). Series producer Katsuhiro Harada announced at the closing of Namco Bandai’s Comic-Con…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 23, 2011 -
Sneak Peek at Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Comes To PS3 Early With Tekken Hybrid
PlayStation 3 owners will get a taste of fighting game Tekken Tag Tournament 2 this fall. A “Prologue” version of the arcade game will be included in the upcoming Tekken Hybrid Blu-ray, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada revealed at Comic-Con today. In addition to the CG animated feature Tekken: Blood Vengeance and the enhanced port Tekken…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 23, 2011 -
Street Fighter X Tekken Shows Its Character in Ten More Screens
As noted earlier, Street Fighter veteran Dhalsim has been confirmed for Street Fighter X Tekken alongside Poison, and Yoshimitsu and Steve Fox from Tekken. Capcom today released these ten new screens showing them in action. Scarf ’em up! There is undoubtedly more to come.
By Owen Good Published July 21, 2011 -
Poison Highlights the Latest Character Reveal for Street Fighter X Tekken
Poison, the dominatrix hotty from Final Fight headlined another four-character reveal for Street Fighter X Tekken at Comic-Con 2011. She will be joined by Dhalsim and, from Tekken, Steve Fox and Yoshimitsu. During a panel defined by teases, in more ways than one, the audience briefly believed Darkstalkers characters would be confirmed for the game.…
By Owen Good Published July 21, 2011 -
This Is Tekken Bowl In Glorious High Definition, Plus Some Very Pretty Tekken Artwork
Bowling with Tekken characters is coming to the PlayStation 3 this fall with the release of Tekken Hybrid, the Blu-ray disc bundle that includes one computer animated movie, Tekken: Blood Vengeance, and one PlayStation 2 remake, Tekken Tag Tournament HD That PS3 exclusive will both help us wash the foul taste of the live action…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 20, 2011 -
Nintendo Home Consoles *Finally* Getting a Tekken Game
Tekken: Wii Successor, a temporary title, is the first Tekken title to come to a Nintendo home console. Tekken is traditionally a PlayStation series, but has also come to the Xbox 360. It’s also the first Tekken with face painting
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
These Aren’t Wii U Games. They’re “Wii U” Games.
Darksiders II. Tekken: Wii SuccessorAssassin’s Creed. Dirt. Ghost Recon: Online. Aliens: Colonial Marines. These are some of the hardcore games coming to Wii U—which Nintendo showed off in its E3 press event. Jump to about two minutes in to see the “Wii U” games in action. Why the quotation marks? Because as Nintendo honcho Reggie…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
Street Fighter x Tekken Gets a New Challenger
No, not Bob Saget (unfortunately). Sagat! According to this image, Street Fighter‘s Sagat is apparently coming to Street Fighter x Tekken The fighting game is a cross-over title between the Street Fighter and the Tekken series. Capcom is developing Street Fighter x Tekken free of Namco’s input, and Namco is developing the rival title, Tekken…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2011 -
Don’t Hold Your Breath for Tekken X Street Fighter Just Yet
Kotaku‘s played Street Fighter X Tekken, but from the sound of it, nobody outside Namco will playing Tekken X Street Fighter anytime soon. According to Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono, each studio is making the game free of input from the other studio. Capcom is developing Street Fighter X Tekken, which puts rival fighting game Tekken in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2011 -
Why Couldn’t the Tekken Hollywood Movie Be Like This?
Because Hollywood made it, that’s why. The Tekken movie is terrible—something even Tekken‘s developers conceded. In an effort to make good, Namco is releasing Tekken: Blood Vengeance, a CG animated feature film. The picture is being helmed by Youichi Mouri, who directed Tekken 5 and Tekken 6: BR opening cinematics. So if you like those,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2011 -
Tekken Brings the Iron Fist Tournament Direct to Blu-ray and DVD in July
The live action Tekken movie adaptation is bringing its version of the long-running fighting game series to a disc format near you this summer. Starting July 19, you can own Tekken on DVD, Blu-ray or some combination of the two. This is director Dwight Little’s take on Namco’s fighting game franchise, a movie with a…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 10, 2011 -
The Tags, Pandas and Yoshimitsus of Tekken Tag Tournament 2
If new media of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 makes you feel like doing a jig with your panda pals, this is the gallery for you, Kotaku reader. Namco Bandai gives us a visual update on the next Tekken right here, right now. Feast your eyes on King and Marduk tag teaming Armor King; Yoshimitsu working…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 9, 2011 -
‘Brawl’ Art Contest Spawns Expertly Redesigned Cammy, Chun-li and Haggar Piledriving a Shark
When the CG artists who inhabit the Polycount forums direct their creative juices at redesigning the famous fighters of video games like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, Tekken and more, we’re the real winners. That’s because we get to see the polygonal fruit of their labors, which range from radical takes on Mario from…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 9, 2011 -
How Street Fighter X Tekken Controls And Why It’s Not Street Fighter Vs. Tekken
“Why isn’t your game called Street Fighter Vs. Tekken?” I asked Street Fighter X Tekken producer Yoshinori Ono last week in Miami. That “X” is pronounced “cross.” “We were trying to make it a much more adversarial kind of title,” he replied through a translator. “What we saw with the old Vs. games, like ‘X-Men…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 12, 2011 -
Even Street Fighters (And Tekken!) Are Helping Japan’s Quake Victims
In a cute piece of national solidarity, Osaka-based Capcom has released a pair of supportive wallpapers for Japanese (and other!) fans to help parts of Japan get back on their feet following the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011 -
What A Way To Check Out
The nuttiness continues, with Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono “caught” red-handed trying to steal from rival studio, Namco. As see on Katsuhiro Harada’s Twitpic Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2011 -
Writer Calls His Dragon Ball Movie Reboot Listing “Nonsense”
Movie listing site IMDB has a new page for a Dragon Ball reboot, which is worrying for fans of the anime, manga and video games. Remember what Hollywood did to Dragon Ball the last time? Yeah The IMDB listing has Takashi Yamazaki listed as director and Kazuaki Kiriya listed as writer. According to IMDB, Jon…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2011 -
Mega Man, Duke Nukem, Sonic, Gears of War 3, Twisted Metal And More… The Last Big Toy Fair 2011 Gallery
So. Many. Video. Game. Toys. At. Toy. Fair. 2011. How ’bout we put a bunch of ’em in a gallery, huh? Sound good? This is Mega Man from D-Arts. NECA’s Duke Nukem Forever statue figure, set for April release. NECA’s Claptrap (from Borderlands), scheduled for May. NECA’s Gears of War 3 NECA’s Gears of War…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 13, 2011