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
Kohei Ikeda, the director of Tekken 8, has left his position at Bandai Namco to join Katsuhiro Harada's new studio, Vs Studio. The announcement was made via Ikeda's Twitter account, where he expressed his excitement about the opportunity to work with his former boss again. It is unclear what Vs Studio's first project will be, but the three developers - Ikeda, Harada, and Yuichi Yonemori - are set to reunite under one roof.
Ikeda stated that he is enthusiastic about the prospect of creating something entirely new, while Harada had previously hinted at his departure from Tekken 8 in December. Vs Studio, backed financially by SNK, aims to combine technology, sensibility, and world-class expertise, with the goal of creating innovative games.
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