Tekken 8 director Kohei Ikeda has joined Katsuhiro Harada’s VS Studio.
Ikeda introduced his departure from Bandai Namco in June after twenty years with the corporate. At the moment, he didn’t disclose his future plans however said he would “proceed taking over new challenges as a sport developer.”
He has now joined VS Studio as a sport designer. “Engaged on video games once more with two of my former bosses feels nostalgic in some ways,” Ikeda shared on social media.
“The joy of making one thing fully new makes each day extremely fulfilling. I am actually trying ahead to seeing what we will create collectively.”
VS Studio launched earlier this year and is led by Harada as president and CEO, together with CCO Yuichi Yonemori. Yonemori was a designer and director on the Tekken collection since 1999.
SNK has invested in VS Studio, supported its launch, and intends to make the studio a consolidated subsidiary.
“Having been concerned in sport improvement for a few years, I’ve consistently thought of how I wish to spend my time as a developer and what sort of setting permits builders to carry out at their finest,” stated Harada.
“VS Studio is one reply to that query. By bringing collectively expertise and information, and dealing with passionate colleagues, we intention to ship the perfect gaming experiences to customers worldwide.”
Harada concluded: “VS Studio aspires to be a studio that continues to tackle such challenges, and we’re on the lookout for new crew members who share our imaginative and prescient.”