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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 is thirst trapping its big baddie to sell some designer sunnies and suddenly $500 seems like a fair deal

The fighting game is collaborating with Gentle Monster with some very shirtless Kazuya thirst traps.

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Heihachi returns to Tekken 8 in gloriously brutal fashion

Tekken 8’s upcoming DLC brings back the legendary Heihachi Mishima in with a gloriously over-the-top fashion.

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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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Tekken 8 is already cheaper than I thought it would be on Prime Day

We're a week out from Prime Day, and Tekken 8 on PS5 has already surpassed my pricing expectations at Walmart.

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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 Patch 1.05 To Arrive In June/July

The next Tekken 8 patch is coming soon!

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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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Tekken's director reckons young people don't vibe with fighting games as much because they don't have teammates you can blame

"You have to accept all the responsibility if you lose."

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Tekken director asks why Americans want Waffle House to be a stage in Tekken 8

Obviously it is so that the combatants can sit down for a nice waffle and a cup of coffee.

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Tekken 8 players are being tormented by cheaters weaponising absurdly massive fairy hats and metal cubes

Soulcalibur 6 players: "First time?"

Evening Standard

When even PlayStation is laying off staff, what hope is there for the rest of the gaming industry?

The gaming industry needs change. Who knows if we’ll get it

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Tekken 8 boss Katsuhiro Harada helps bereaved fan preserve AI 'ghost' of their dead brother

The tear-jerking plea was brought to Harada's attention on Twitter.

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Tekken 8 Introduces Tekken Shop in Latest Update; New Collab Launched

A new update introduces the new Tekken Shop and launches a new collab.

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30-year Tekken veteran explains why your favorite games all have microtransactions now: "If we do nothing, the game will simply stop running in a few months"

Tekken 8's player base was sour on the announcement of post-launch microtransactions for the fighting game

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Tekken 8's unexpected introduction of paid cosmetics is splitting fans, while producer says players should 'update their thinking to the current environment of game development'

The money is said to be going back into the game and not "into the coffers of Bandai Namco."

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