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Namco Bandai and Capcom may be competitors in the video games market place, but a shared need to find success out of their home country of Japan has brought the pair together. That’s according to Namco’s VP of label and brand strategy Hiro Ochiai, who was speaking to MCV about …
Read More »SONY: SF X Tekken lands on PSVita
Street Fighter X Tekken will arrive on the upcoming Sony PlayStation Vita handheld as well as Xbox 360 and PS3. The beat ‘em up is the result of a collaboration between Capcom and Namco Bandai. The latter publisher will also release its own version, Tekken X Street Fighter. Characters from …
Read More »Street Fighter X Tekken to push genre forwards
A crossover of the much-loved Tekken and Street Fighter series will keep the beat ‘em up genre fresh. That’s according to Capcom and Namco, who last week announced they will join forces for two 360/PS3 games that merge the franchises. The publishers claim the new games – one handled by …
Read More »Capcom and Namco go to war in new fighters
Capcom and Namco revealed at last week’s San Diego ComicCon that the two are collaborating on crossovers for their flagship fighting franchises. Street Fighter X Tekken is in the works for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, developed by Capcom, and merges the two long-running franchises into one epic fighter. Like …
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