Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada joins SNK to found new video game studio

At 55 years old, Harada isn’t ready to quit the games business just yet (SNK)

Katsuhiro Harada may have left Tekken, but he’s set up his own studio called VS Studio at SNK, no doubt to work on a new fighting game.

Last December, Tekken series director and producer Katsuhiro Harada announced his departure from both the series and publisher Bandai Namco, marking the end of a 31 year tenure at the company.

This was unsurprising, as Harada had suggested he’d retire following the release of Tekken 8, but it was unclear if he was quitting the video game business entirely or if he would be taking ...