EVO 2K: Harada Details Tekken Hybrid, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue

[Commander Fury]

I spent the weekend at the <a href="http://evo2k.com/">EVO Championship Series</a>, a mecca for fighting-game competitors and home to the biggest Street Fighter IV, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Tekken 6, Mortal Kombat tournaments in the world . This year, I’m told, EVO attendance spiked sharply to nearly 8,000 attendees -- enough to strain the confines of the biggest ballroom in one of Las Vegas’s larger resort hotels.

 

With EVO’s popularity soaring in recent years, it’s become common to see legendary figures in fighting game design prowling the demo stations, studying player reactions and answering questions. At EVO I caught up with <a href=" http://twitter.com/#!/harada_tekken">Katsuhiro Harada</a>, the outgoing game director for Tekken since its inception on the PSone. I particularly wanted to discuss this November’s <a href="http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/07/25/tekken-hybrid-coming-exclusively-to-playstation-3/">PS3-exclusive Tekken Hybrid</a>, the upcoming Blu-ray compilation that will include CG film <a href="http://tekken.namco.com/">Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D</a>, an enhanced version of the seminal PS2 fighter Tekken Tag Tournament, and an appetizer in the form of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue.

 

 

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