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As Tekken 8 emergency patch runs back controversial Season 2 changes, series producer Katsuhiro Harada says "I personally do not think this backlash is at all unjustified"

Bandai Namco has promised another patch coming in mid-May

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'Tekken 8' Pro Player Knee Criticizes 'Selfish Update' for Season 2, Says Devs Are Catering to Rookies

"Tekken 8" Season 2 triggers outrage as pro player Knee rips devs for dumbing down gameplay, claiming it favors rookies over competitive veterans.

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After preserving the AI ghost of a fan's late brother, Tekken 8 boss says it might be a glimpse of the future where you don't "need an opponent who is human that has the exact same skill level"

Harada calls it "a glimpse of where fighting games are going"

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Tekken lead Katsuhiro Harada says he's spent decades "mentally preparing" for AI to overtake humans, but it's not happening: "If AI had really advanced, we wouldn't be pouring 10, 20, 30 billion Yen into making games"

He's not worried

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'Oh, don't worry about this': Tekken boss denies he's leaving Bandai Namco after saying he's open to work on LinkedIn, claims it's just because he wants to 'meet more people'

Yuh-huh…

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Yoshi-P and Hiroshi Takai jokingly clash as they react to Clive's lewd Tekken 8 outfit: "You OK'd this?"

"I might have been out of it at the time."

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Tekken 8 boss gives broken Tifa stans hope after Clive got to join the fighter instead: "It's not like we're only limited to one character from Final Fantasy"

Begin the Tifa summoning circle

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'Tekken 8' Gets New Update To Combat Rage Quitters by Adding a Penalty

Bandai Namco is adding a way to address rage quitters in Tekken 8 with a new update that will hand out a penalty to offending players.

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As Tekken 8's microtransactions face renewed criticism after $5 stage DLC, one dev explains just how expensive it is to make a fighting game in 2024

"Tekken 8 on paper is an astonishingly risky bet"

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Tekken boss says iconic ruffian Heihachi has so many "illegitimate children" he has trouble remembering them

Heihachi, you dog

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'Tekken' Series Director Tried to Get KFC's Colonel Sanders as Guest Character but Was Rejected

Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada revealed that he tried to get KFC's Colonel Sanders as a guest character but was rejected.

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Tekken boss once tried to get KFC's Colonel Sanders to join the roster, but the chicken superpower wouldn't budge: 'They weren't very open to the idea'

That's finger-lickin' bad.

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Tekken 8 director spends months insisting 'Heihachi Mishima is completely dead' before giggling and unveiling him as the newest DLC character anyway

The granddaddy of Tekken couldn't stay away for too long

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Tekken 8 director Harada "didn't mean to lie" when he said awful dad Heihachi Mishima was really, truly dead

He sure was dropped into a volcano, though

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Tekken's Most Iconic Villain Is Making A Grand Return

The iconic villain Heihachi has been announced as the next downloadable combatant for the excellent Tekken 8, coming sometime this fall. The announcement was made with a trailer released during EVO 2024, the world’s biggest annual fighting game tournament.

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Fighting game legend Harada said he couldn't believe how dead Heihachi Mishima was, so Tekken 8 is resurrecting the big bad dad yet again

Guess who's back

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Tekken 8 is Bringing Heihachi Mishima Back to Life, Again

Tekken 8 released a new trailer showing that Heihachi Mishima is returning to the franchise after being brought back to life, again.

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Gamers have been voting with their wallet for years – that's why 82% of US players reportedly made freemium in-game purchases last year

A new report also found 62% of adults over 18 are gamers

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Tekken icon Katsuhiro Harada asks fans to stop sending him character concepts, because he doesn't want to be sued

Whether he could win a theoretical lawsuit is missing the point

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Tekken director says that the fighters 'are all like my children' and if players keep pestering him about favourites he'll 'charge you tuition for lectures'

"Please tell me your business track record."

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Veteran Tekken icon tells disgruntled fans he's going to charge them for game design lectures if they keep assuming he hates their mains

"If I seem to like or dislike them, that is just your misunderstanding"

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Player laments the fall of Soulcalibur, Tekken director Harada responds with a literal essay about it: 'I don't think the fire of Project Soul has been extinguished'

And calls Project Soul "an elite group, a sophisticated development team."

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Tekken Creator Reveals the Depressing Reason Why Soul Calibur Stalled Out

Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada says Bandai Namco poaching its development talent for more corporate leadership roles is why Soul Calibur hasn't remained at the same level over time.

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"A fight is about who’s left standing" - fighting game veteran explains why Tekken is still kicking while Soul Calibur's in limbo

Organizational changes left Soul Calibur "struggling to survive."

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Tekken 8's newest cash shop skin commits the cardinal sin of forgetting Lili's skirt lace, Harada reassures fans he'll 'request a fix from the costume team' for his wrongdoings

The Tekken cash shop is not beating the lazy allegations.

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