Geralt in Soul Calibur 6 Preview from Official Xbox Magazine

With the reveal of Geralt of Rivia as the Soul Calibur 6's guest character, more developer insights behind the merging of worlds have come out and this time it's from the Official Xbox Magazine. The staff at OXM got hands on time with an updated demo build of the game and detail the experience and polish to the game in the May 2018 issue (#163) of the magazine. Developer comments from both Bandai Namco and CD Projekt Red are added to express the level of care done in realizing The Witcher's Geralt in the world of Soul Calibur. Transcribed below are the developer quotes from the issue but if you're interested in reading the full Soul Calibur 6 gameplay preview including their experiences with the other characters in the roster, you can purchase the magazine online to read the section and context in full.

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Famitsu Scans of Tekken 7's Characters & Gameplay Modes

The latest Famitsu scans are out and there's some pretty interesting images from the Tekken 7 scoop. It's a special 16 page feature that details the game's upcoming story mode, character backgrounds and in game modes that are coming to the game when it launches on June 2nd. A special thanks goes out to @Tokunyu999 for providing the images!

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The Making Of Tekken with Yutaka Kounoe

Awhile back, I managed to get my hands on a transcription of the 'Making of Tekken' Interview in the #104 issue of Retro Gamer Magazine with Yutaka Kounoe but for some reason or another I eventually ended up forgetting to share it with everyone. There's a lot of development background information that is especially interesting for anyone that is curious on the development of the early Tekken games so I feel like this is great to put out there. This interview goes in depth with a game developer who did work on the first 3 Tekken games while he was working in what he considered to be 'Namco's golden era.' Yutaka Kounoe currently no longer works at Namco and has since moved on to found his own indie game development company: O-Games. This interview was published around June, 2012 so it's been awhile from now.

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