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As government money tightens its grip on fighting games, the push back to grassroots events gains momentum
"My stance will always be: put your money where your mouth is."
BANDAI NAMCO Studios
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Opinion
The Saudi Arabian takeover of fighting games' biggest tournament means players - and the wider community - have a choice to make: between its culture and a payout
The fighting game scene is desperate for financing - but that same financing might ultimately kill it.
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Kirby Air Riders' grand Direct unveiling was classic Sakurai, as he jokes it's not another Mario Kart clone
"Why is making a game so hard?"
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News-in-brief | Switch 2 exclusive Kirby Air Riders has a release date and it's just three months away
Nintendo is launching Kirby Air Riders exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 on 20th November.
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News-in-brief | Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct announced for 19th August
Get 45 minutes of info and gameplay for one of the next big Switch 2 games.
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Will Tekken 8 come to the Switch 2 any time soon? Maybe, but it'll take "a lot of work"
Playing on the new Tek-ken.
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Guilty Gear Strive developer Arc System Works reports "data leakage due to unauthorised access"
But company is confident player account information remains secure.
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Bandai Namco's cancelled MMORPG Blue Protocol will release outside of Japan this year
Coming to both PC and mobile.
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Tekken 8 receives "emergency patch" in response to Season Two balancing backlash
"The result is a disconnect between what the community wants and the tuning results."
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Tekken boss responds to fan criticising new Anna design in bid to curb toxicity
"There will always be people like you."
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Tekken boss says he just wants to "meet more people" as fans spot LinkedIn post looking for work
"I don't actually have that many friends."
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Final Fantasy 16's Clive coming to Tekken 8 as first season's final DLC character
Sorry Tifa fans.
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Bandai Namco's cancelled MMORPG Blue Protocol is coming back as Star Resonance
Blue not go gentle into that good night.
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Smash Bros creator confirms work on new project, but is it a Switch 2 launch game?
Development in parallel with YouTube channel management.
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Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai is ending his acclaimed game design YouTube series this month
With one "special finale" to follow.
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Super Smash Bros. director "so sorry" to fans playing for thousands of hours
"The time players spend in a game is a cost."
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Bandai Namco and Amazon Games published MMORPG Blue Protocol has worldwide release cancelled
"It will not be possible to provide a service that satisfies all of you."
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Nintendo rescinds Splatoon 3 World Championship winners' title after racist messages surface online
"We take our responsibility to uphold our Community Guidelines seriously."
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