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Virtual Schoolgirl Demo Now Goes International

In Summer Lesson, there’s studying, singing, and head shaking. Lots of head shaking. Thelast time we saw Summer Lesson, we were in a Japanese schoolgirl’s room. There was so much leering learning. This time, we’re just hanging out, it seems and not really even feigning that much studying. This VR tech demo is for Sony’s…

I Love It When Tekken 7‘s Mom And Dad Fight

Kazuya’s mom has got it going on, and by “it” I mean summoning tigers to beat up her husband. This is pretty much marriage in a nutshell. Unlocking in Japanese arcades next week, Kazumi is the latest addition to the ever-expanding Mishima family. She’s Heihachi’s wife, so good on Heihachi for pulling that off despite…

Yoshimitsu Goes Full Tentacle Monster for Tekken 7

It shouldn’t really be a surprise that Yoshimitsu is in Tekken 7. What is a surprise is how he looks. The characters appearance does change from game to game. Let’s have a look back at some different Yoshimitsu incarnations from over the years: And now… Here’s another screenshot via Famitsu: Below, you can watch the…

Why a Tekken 7 Character Is Being Called a Phoney

This is Josie Rizal. The recently revealed character is Tekken‘s first Filipino character. For some, she’s not Filipino enough—or rather, Filipino at all. Josie Rizal is named after one of the country’s most important national heroes José Rizal—something Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada confirmed. Her outfit is red, blue, yellow, and white, which mirrors the…

Sexy Fighting Game Characters, Redesigned

Anna Nilsson, from Swedish site Svampriket, has some ideas on what some of the “sexier” female fighting game characters should look like. Mostly, this involves putting some damn pants on. Nilsson’s redesigns take two things into account: she’s toned down the more, ahem, exaggerated aspects of their physical design, and made their outfits more practical.…

10 Cool Things We’ve Learned About The Pokémon Fighting Game Today

Much footage of Pokkén dropped last night, all of it featuring intense battles between monsters that Pokémon fans know and love. While we shared a trailer earlier today, it only scratches the surface of all the cool new things hidden inside of Pokken Let’s take a closer look, shall we? Trainers are still in the…

Street Fighter Mod Lets You Kick Ass As Commander Shepard

Who knew that Mass Effect would work so well as a fighting game? Here’s a mod highlighted by PC Best Mods that shows Femshep duking it out with Tali, because video games are amazing and weird. The Shepard has the moveset available to Street Fighter’s Poison, and Tali is technically Cammy, but still! You can…

Tekken 7 Is Getting Series’ First Saudi Arabian Character, ‘Shaheen’ 

Continuing its tradition of cross-cultural sensitivity, Tekken is getting its first Saudi Arabian character for the new installment due out this year. His name is “Shaheen,” and he looks exactly like one would expect a Middle Eastern man to in Tekken 7 Tekken 7 director Katsuhiro Harada showed the guy off on Twitter recently: Rumors…

Fan-Made Pokémon Fighting Game Looks Better Than The Official One

Pokémon: Type Wild isn’t just any Pokémon fan game. It’s a more intense, Street-Fighteresque take on the pocket monster series, and you should totally check it out if you haven’t yet. Earlier this year, The Pokémon Company announced a crossover between Pokémon and Tekken, appropriately titled “Pokkén Tournament.” The trailer, which you can view here,…

Why Some People Are Freaking Out Over A New Tekken Character

Tekken 7’s new female character “Lucky Chloe” sparked some controversy online when she was revealed earlier this week, so much so that director Katsuhiro Harada took to Twitter to defend his work. His statements there have led to some confusion over whether that character will actually be included in the inevitable U.S. release of the…

Big Hero 6 Makes for Touching Flipbook Animation

Tekken, the Japanese comedian named after the fighting game, is back with another flipbook animation. This time, it’s for Disney’s Big Hero 6 The spot is part of the movie’s promotional campaign. But, like Tekken’s other work, it’s surprisingly touching and sweet. 『ベイマックス』鉄拳「パラパラ漫画」オリジナルPV [Disney@YouTUbe] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or…

In Defense of Button Mashing

The first time I played Tekken 3, I was hilariously bad. I was used to 2D fighting games, where the buttons corresponded with attack strength, and tapping ‘Up’ meant ‘Jump.’ This new, 3D genre, where each button corresponded with an attacking limb and tapping ‘Up’ meant ‘Sidestep’ (pressing ‘Up’ still meant ‘Jump’), was difficult to…

Pokkén Tournament Even Surprised Tekken‘s Producer

The upcoming Pokémon/Tekkenarcade fighting game, Pokkén Tournament caught a lot of us by surprise, but apparently we weren’t the only ones. According to Tekken series lead man Katsuhiro Harada, originally, after the offer to collaborate he approached Pokémon Company head, Tsunekazu Ishihara, with a different idea, but Ishihara already had his mind set from the…

Shake Your Head at a Virtual Japanese Schoolgirl

Summer Lesson is an upcoming tech demo for Sony’s new virtual reality headset, Project Morpheus. This is the future of…something. Designed by the Tekken Team, the demo takes you into a schoolgirl’s room and lets you interact with her for a virtual summer lesson. It doesn’t look like much studying is going on. Learning? No.…

You Really Shouldn’t Google “Pokken” Images Right Now

Pokkén! It’s Pokémon meets Tekken, so hey, that’s a clever title. Maybe. And you might be interested in the game, but whatever you do, don’t google “Pokken.” Seriously, don’t. “Pokken” is not only the name of the upcoming Pokémon arcade fighter, Pokkén Tournament, but also the Dutch word for smallpox. And here, via Interglot, is…

Where The World’s Best Fighting Game Characters Come From

Thanks to a tradition that goes back as far as Street Fighter II, fighting game stories are usually presented as world tournaments. It’s a convenient narrative device, as it allows the opportunity to display fighting styles from around the world to distinguish characters from one another. But which of these countries produces the best fighters?…

Proposed Arab Fighter For Tekken 7

Katsuhiro Harada, director of the upcoming Tekken 7, posted this design for an Arab fighter and asked for feedback: To be honest, we did have an idea of an Arab fighter since 2008, but since most of the development team members are Japanese and do not know much about the Middle Eastern culture or clothes,…

​Tekken 7 Is an Ending of Sorts

If you’ve played Tekken at all, you probably know that the core of the drama in the fighting game series’ fiction is the intergenerational conflict of the Mishima clan. Jinpachi Heihachi, Kazuya and Jin all want to punch each other to oblivion. That beef will be coming to an end, according to Tekken series producer…

Tekken 7 got a premature announcement earliertoday. To give you a little more to chew on than just a logo, here’s the game’s debut trailer.

Tekken 7 Announced Today, Eventually

According to an AOL posting of anIGN video that’s not currently available on IGN proper, Namco Bandai just announced Tekken 7, powered by Unreal Engine 4 — only they haven’t. At least, not yet. According to the video, producer and Tekken creator Katsuhiro Harada chose Unreal Engine 4 as it can easily deliver the visual…