Former Tekken Lead Katsuhiro Harada Sets Up Own Company, VS Studio
Harada will lead the new studio as CEO and director while SNK invests and collaborates on game software development.
- Katsuhiro Harada has joined SNK as CEO of VS Studio, a new subsidiary, after departing Bandai Namco last December following a 31-year tenure with the Tekken franchise.
- Electronic Gaming Development Company, owned by Saudi Arabian prime minister Mohammed bin Salman, acquired SNK in 2022 as part of what critics characterize as a 'sportswashing' campaign in gaming.
- SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda welcomed Harada in a video message, stating the studio will collaborate on "game software development to further strengthen their development capabilities."
- Harada stated, "We will combine technology, sensibility, and world-class expertise to pursue the ultimate," with plans to generate new ideas from a "free, open, and spacious environment."
- Skepticism persists given the modern SNK is a different entity than the company that shut down in 2001, while recent industry closures like NetEase shutting Ouka Studios amplify concerns.
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Former Tekken Lead Katsuhiro Harada Sets Up Own Company, VS Studio
Former Tekken director, Katsuhiro Harada, has established his own game development company, VS Studio.Drawing on his 31 years of experience at Bandai Namco, Harada has teamed up with SNK Corporation — the developer/publisher best known for its Neo Geo system and fighting games like The King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, and Samurai Showdown — to found a studio that is "beyond tradition, crafted to perfection."The "VS" part of the newly formed studio'…
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