Katsuhiro Harada spent 20 years because the figurehead of Tekken earlier than his sudden “retirement” in December. He is lengthy been synonymous with Bandai Namco’s combating collection and it was actually a shock—even to me, a non-fighting sport man—when he left. However it seems Harada hasn’t left growth nor combating video games: lower than half-a-year since his December departure comes information of his new job.
Harada is now the CEO of a brand new studio beneath SNK, the storied Japanese firm behind the Neo Geo and a handful of extremely regarded arcade video games, most of them very a lot Harada’s stylistic wheelhouse. The King of Fighters and Deadly Fury collection come instantly to thoughts, however you’ve got virtually actually heard of Steel Slug as properly. Along with video games you may play in your PC, SNK continues to develop for arcades too.
If VS Studio has a sport in-development I would be shocked: it was solely established on Might 1, and as that final quote demonstrates they’re actively recruiting. It is also not a useless certainty that Harada might be growing a combating sport (although ‘VS Studio’ is a giant trace). Throughout his time at Bandai Namco Harada labored on a bunch of non-fighting initiatives together with Katamari Damacy Reroll, Ace Fight: Assault Horizon, and Code Vein.
