Kohei Ikeda, the sport director of Tekken 8, has joined Katsuhiro Harada at lately fashioned and rival SNK developer Vs Studio.
Ikeda introduced the transfer on Twitter, the place he revealed he had additionally left Bandai Namco’s Tekken 8 staff to hitch his former boss on the new studio. Whereas the primary recreation developed by Vs Studio continues to be a thriller, the pair will presumably work on it collectively.
They will be joined by Yuichi Yonemori, one other Tekken veteran, who additionally left Bandai Namco earlier this 12 months. These three super-senior Tekken builders – Ikeda, Harada, and Yonemori – have reunited below a brand new roof.
“I’ve joined Vs Studio as the following step in my journey,” wrote Ikeda on X. “Engaged on video games once more with two of my former bosses feels nostalgic in some ways, whereas on the similar time, the joy of making one thing fully new makes each day extremely fulfilling. I am actually trying ahead to seeing what we are able to create collectively!”
It is the newest in a string of excessive profile departures from the Tekken 8 staff. As talked about, Yuichi Yonemori left Bandai Namco in Could, whereas Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada left in December. He had been hinting at a departure for a lot of months, saying he would not be anxious concerning the sequence in his absence.
Vs Studios, introduced in Could, is a brand new studio financially supported by SNK,recognized for the King of Fighters and Steel Slug sequence, with a purpose to “mix know-how, sensibility, and world-class experience” in line with Harada.
What these three Tekken builders will lead growth of is anybody’s guess. Many naturally assume it’s going to be some kind of one-on-one preventing recreation, however that is not been confirmed as of but. Possibly we’ll discover out quickly?