Former Tekken 8 Director Kohei Ikeda Joins VS Studio, Re-Teams With Tekken Veteran Katsuhiro Harada

Former Tekken 8 Director Kohei Ikeda has announced helium has joined recently established developer VS Studio, the Tokyo-based, SNK-owned outfit that was founded successful May 2026 by erstwhile Tekken shaper and manager Katsuhiro Harada.

“I’ve joined VS Studio arsenic the adjacent measurement successful my journey,” confirmed Ikeda via societal media. “Working connected games again with 2 of my erstwhile bosses feels nostalgic successful galore ways, portion astatine the aforesaid time, the excitement of creating thing wholly caller makes each time incredibly fulfilling.”

“I’m truly looking guardant to seeing what we tin make together!”

Ikeda near Namco Bandai backmost successful June. His 20-year stint astatine the storied developer culminated with his duties arsenic crippled manager connected some Tekken 7 and 8. At slightest according to Harada, Ikeda’s last absorption connected Tekken progressive ensuring 1 of Harada’s ain last requests came to fruition, which was his program to tease the instrumentality of Roger Jr. by re-creating a 10-year-old viral clip retired of Australia of a antheral punching a kangaroo to rescue a dog.

Ikeda’s exit came rapidly successful the aftermath of Harada’s ain departure pursuing implicit 3 decades astatine Namco Bandai, aft which the Tekken fable rapidly founded VS Studio.

A glimpse astatine what VS Studio has successful store is apt immoderate mode off, but it would look determination is nary shortage of warring crippled acquisition assembled astatine the caller developer truthful far.

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