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Rumours

Tales Of Vesperia Is Wii Bound?!

3:20PM Brian Ashcraft | Popular Japanese voice actor Rikiya Koyama appears to have leaked the news that Namco Bandai role-playing game Tales of Vesperia is Wii-bound. Ooops! More »
News

How Katsuhiro Harada Achieved Game Balance In Tekken 6

10:00AM Elly Hart | Building new characters into an existing story doesn’t happen without considering game balance. So how did Katsuhiro Harada bring it all together in Tekken 6? More »
News

Let’s Compare Tekken 6 Load Times

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Late last month, Tekken 6 was released on the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The editors at Japan’s Gemaga decided to see how the load times stack up. More »
Culture

Smoke Retro With Namco’s Game Zippo Lighters

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Namco Bandai’s Zippo lighters may not hold a candle to similar — OK, far superior — recent combustible offerings from Sega, but if you’re a huge Xevious fan, Banpresto has a lighter for you, buddy. More »
News

Tekken 6 Update Coming To Combat Online Lag

9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Namco Bandai has promised that an update to Tekken 6 is en route, one designed to “improve the online game experience”, a common complaint among reviews of the new fighter. More »
News

Harada Explains: Why Tekken Is Different From Other Fighting Games

10:00AM Elly Hart | It may be at the top of the fighting game genre now, but the Tekken series wasn’t always popular. Katsuhiro Harada (aka Mr. Tekken) explains how Tekken fought its way to the top, and what makes it unique. More »
News

Tekken 6 Ships (Not Sells) 2.5 Million Copies

8:00PM AJ Glasser | While a bird in the hand is worth more than 2.5 million copies shipped worldwide, Tekken 6 is nothing to sneer at. Wait, that came out wrong… More »
News

Which Tekken Fighter Makes A Cameo In We Cheer 2?

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | Oh, Panda does. That mountain of an unlockable King of Iron Fist contestant finds some time to shed layers of hibernation fat in Namco Bandai’s latest promotional attempt for Wii game We Cheer 2. More »
Hands On

Frankenreview: Tekken 6

5:00AM Mike Fahey | The King of Iron Fist Tournament returns for another round of furious fighting action in Tekken 6, the first multi-platform game in the franchise’s history. More »
Hands On

Tekken 6 Review: The Lag Of Iron Fist

8:40AM Brian Crecente | One of the only fighting games I’ve ever bothered to try and deeply understand outside of Street Fighter is Tekken. There’s something about the mechanics, and ability to button tap control each limb, that I love. More »