News

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Out On Sept 14 For Europe

If you’ve been wondering when you’ll be able to get your hands on Steve Fox, Lilli and, ahem, Kunimitsu and you happen to live in Europe, Namco Bandai’s got answers for you.


May 22, 2012
In Real Life

Even Plastic Tekken High Kicks Can Be NSFW

Especially when it’s the Queen’s Gate version of Tekken 5 character Lili Rochefort.


May 21, 2012
News

Meet Your Tekken Tag Tournament 2 DLC Characters

Here’s a video of the first batch of DLC characters for Tekken Tag 2. The first batch of free characters.

Actually, to keep the game balanced, there are no plans for paid Tekken Tag Tournament 2 DLC characters (keep in mind that doesn’t mean no paid DLC, just no paid characters). Still, those are very good plans.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | DLC Characters Video [YouTube]


May 19, 2012
In Real Life

Please, I Beg You, No More Tekken Movies

When the Tekken film was released, it was so bad that Tekken‘s video game producer Katsuhiro Harada publically distanced himself from the project. He might have to do that again.


May 5, 2012
Retro

What My Favorite Fighting Game Character Says About Me

I almost flunked uni because of Mortal Kombat on the Genesis. (Yes, that’s how old I am.) Classes skipped, papers turned in late and reading assignments left barely skimmed, all because I was trying to perfect my Scorpion technique. And while the undead ninja from the gory fighting series is a favourite of mine, he’s not the favourite. That honour goes to Lei Wulong, the occasionally drunk kung-fu cop from Namco’s Tekken franchise.


April 27, 2012
PlayStation

New Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Screens Show Off Father-On-Son Violence

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be making a September debut, marking the current-gen debut of co-op martial arts brawls for Namco’s fighting game series. This new batch of screens highlights various tag moves, the new Fight Lab mode and new looks for several characters. Young Heihachi still looks little creepy to me, honestly.


April 24, 2012
In Real Life

The Cast Of Tekken In Glorious Sketch-O-Vision

Japanese artist Shunya Yamashita, who has been doing illustrations for Kotobukiya’s fancy “Bishoujo” line of Tekken figures, has been a little busier on the project than first thought. In addition to doing pictures for the figures actually being made, he’s done them for almost every member of Tekken’s roster.


April 19, 2012
PlayStation

Namco Says You Won’t Pay To Unlock Characters In Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Capcom’s caught a lot of heat for the on-disc locked content that shipped with Street Fighter x Tekken. Fans have loudly complained that they’ll be paying for characters that on a game disc they’ve already paid for once.


April 18, 2012
In Real Life

Tekken Is Getting Its Own Korean TV Show

Good at Tekken Tag Tournament 2? Want to be on TV? South Korea is getting a new gaming program dubbed Tekken Busters in which features players facing off in The King of Iron Fist Tournament.


April 16, 2012
Uncategorized

Let These Beautiful Sci-Fi Images Kick You In The Face

And they’re not just sci-fi. As you can see in the above image, there’s fighting game Tekken, too. Whether it’s World or Warcraft or Avatar, photographer Michelle Monique mixes photos and art for her wildly vivid pictures.