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Tekken 8 finally gives a first look at upcoming guest Yujiro Hanma from Baki, and he looks just as grotesque as you'd expect

The main selling point of Tekken 8's Season 3 DLC pass, alongside veterans Kunimitsu, Bob and Roger Jr, is Yujiro Hanma, the main antagonist of fighting manga Baki and father of its eponymous protagonist. Yujiro was initially revealed in May through a trailer made up entirely of panels from Baki, leaving it in question...

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Tekken 8 player reaches highest ranks while blindfolded

Climbing Tekken 8’s ranked ladder is a challenge on its own, and one streamer decided to make the entire journey blindfolded.

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What does your dream videogame concert look like?

It feels like the last few years have seen a huge upsurge in videogame concerts, at least over here on British soil anyway. Undertale, The Legend of Zelda, Stardew Valley, The Witcher 3, Sonic, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Final Fantasy. The list goes on and on!It's been a heartwarming sight—despite my saltiness at half of th...

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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

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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 month ago 👁 122
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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 months ago 👁 123
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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...

2 months ago 👁 118
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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...

2 months ago 👁 104
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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...

2 months ago 👁 82
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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...

2 months ago 👁 104
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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...

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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...

3 months ago 👁 107