Katsuhiro Harada to Present New Fighting Game at E3

E3 is upon us and we can definitely expect a vast number of announcements in the gaming realm. Namco has just revealed that Harada will be premiering their new fighting game at E3 among other titles. This might be the title everyone expects, might not be.

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Team .SCA Announces Support for Tekken Events

The ESports team StarCraft Ascenion who have primarily been a RTS/MOBA exclusive division are now branching into fighting games with Tekken Tag Tournament 2. They are starting by sponsoring an online PSN tournament call the ".SCA TEKKEN CHALLENGE" with top 3 payout. Read on for more info.

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TTT2 - Jin Off, Tekken Lord Deathmatch, Pekken & Orange House Videos

Here's the latest batch of recorded nicovideo.jp streams that I have up on my Youtube channel. It features footage of the recent "Jin Off" competition in Namco Sugamo arcade which has several notable players like Amigo, AO, Zeugaru and more playing as Jin to see who has the best Jin around. Next is the Tekken Lord deathmatch between Nobi and SBO 2012 champ Lathin a day later in Namco Sugamo. "Pekken" is the new title of Pekosu's weekly online streams on Thursdays, If you want a frame of reference to get the idea when he streams, it usually starts right near the very end of WNFs then onwards. Lastly are the videos straight out of Osaka's Orange House with Matador as host. All of these can be seen below.

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TTT2 - LDMaxi Interview with JDCR

The original pioneer who networked Korean Tekken with the rest of world LDMaxi just had an ultra casual interview with JDCR. This is probably the most informative and revealing discourse with JDCR ever done via the internet.

A warning, they are having lunch in some diner with all the background noise hindering the quality of the sound. But it's a really nice interview with a lot of things discussed and it's really cool to still see LDMaxi continue to make content for Tekken even after quitting the game. Here is a link to his channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ldmaxi

Rich "filthierich" Bantegui Leaves Namco Bandai Games

Today is the last day Filthierich will will be an employee at Namco Bandai Games. For almost 3 years Filthierich was the community manager for NBG with the essential task of accommodating the fans as much as possible with pure passion and enthusiasm. We as the FGC especially want to thank him for all he has done for Tekken, Soul Calibur, and every other NBG property. The farewell message is posted below.

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