Video game industry legend Katsuhiro Harada, best known for his work on Bandai Namco‘s “Tekken” franchise, is launching a new game development studio with rival company SNK. Established May 1, VS ...

Longtime Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada is back, and this time around he's in full control, leading a Tokyo-based team called VS Studio. Harada left Bandai Namco in December after 30 years directing ...

Here comes a new challenger: Fighting games legend Katsuhiro Harada, who directed and produced many games in the Tekken franchise, has joined SNK Corporation to found a new development studio.

Harada didn’t have any non-compete clause apparently. Katsuhiro Harada shared notice that he was leaving Bandai Namco and retiring from Tekken Project at the start of 2026. Today, Harada has announced ...

VS Studio joins SNK Corporation in Tokyo, uniting legendary fighting game creators under a new “Beyond tradition, crafted to ...

Kendall Cunningham is a writer, a podcast host, and a lifelong gamer who has been writing about the industry for nearly 5 years. His work is driven by a love for games that dates back to the NES, with ...

Kendall Cunningham is a writer, a podcast host, and a lifelong gamer who has been writing about the industry for nearly 5 years. His work is driven by a love for games that dates back to the NES, with ...

New studio launch: Katsuhiro Harada has established VS Studio in Tokyo with SNK’s backing, set to become a consolidated subsidiary. Creative philosophy: VS Studio’s motto is “Beyond tradition, crafted ...

Capcom posted its latest earnings and revealed that not only is the publisher mostly a PC gaming company now, but 93 percent of its total game sales were digital. And it expects that number to ...

New studio unveiled: Katsuhiro Harada has launched VS Studio in Tokyo with SNK support, following his departure from Bandai Namco in 2025. Creative vision ahead: The studio aims to blend technology, ...

A new bipartisan bill would remove the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), following several threats to President Trump’s life and a record-breaking lapse in DHS ...