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Update [29/12/2022]: Weeks after the event transpired, The Malaysia Esports Federation (MESF) has made the following statement, stating that the posts mentioned in the original story were due to "clear breach of protocol and clarity on individuals involved in making statements [...] without MESF's approval". The issue pertaining to statements ma...
The organizers of the upcoming EVO 2022 fighting game tournament this early August just revealed the number of entrants in its stable of fighting game competitions. Unsurprisingly, Guilty Gear Strive is in first place with 2,161 entrants. This is followed by Street Fighter 5 with 1,320 entrants and Tekken 7 with 1,220 entrants. The organizers al...
Fans of animated video game adaptations on Netflix, you are eating heavy this half of 2022. Tekken: Bloodline's new trailer just dropped, and it looks promising. We now get a clearer vision of the show, though the recent sneak peeks did help. We see two fighters (presumably Jun and her son Jin) in one version of the Infinite Azure, perhaps the m...
Bandai Namco Entertainment have joined forces with ILCA Inc. to establish a new company called Bandai Namco Aces Inc., which is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Bandai Namco is most notable for games such as Tekken, Ace Combat and most recently Elden Ring. So we know their capabilities when it comes to game development and publication. ILCA on the...
It's been five years since the release of Tekken 7, and it's still going strong until today. Bandai Namco's own Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada announced that Tekken 7's total sales has surpassed 9 million copies. He also mentioned that the entire series has surpassed 53 million units total. https://www.twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/1...
Tekken 7 esports tournaments are usually better offline, probably because of the game's not-so-hot netcode. Thankfully the game will revert back to offline tournaments with the upcoming Tekken World Tour circuit. Tekken World Tour 2022 was announced before the start of Tekken 7 top 8 at Combo Breaker 2022. According to Bandai Namco, the tourname...
The story of Tekken 3 will go into full swing in this upcoming video game TV series adaptation for Netflix. Netflix has announced Tekken: Bloodline, an animated series about one of the series' protagonists Jin Kazama and how he learns the Kazama-Style traditional martial arts as well as the tragedy that unfolded. And eventually finding out his l...
The coming of the new year means that Chinese New Year is just around the corner. In case you didn’t know, 2022 is also the year of the Tiger. So, to celebrate the Lunar New Year and this year’s animal zodiac, we at KKP have listed out several tigers throughout gaming worth mentioning, in no particular order. 1. Long - Bloody Roar...
Nintendo just published a new Nintendo Direct focused on the latest addition to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Tekken's Kazuya Mishima. Most importantly, he'll be available sooner than you think. Game director Masahiro Sakurai talks about the philosophies in bringing a 3D fighter like Kazuya into the 2D SSBU mix. He picked Kazuya not because of his...
E3 2021 ends with the Nintendo Direct E3 2021 live stream, featuring various release date announcements and new game reveals. Check out the games below. Super Smash Bros Ultimate X Tekken Tekken's Kazuya Mishima will join Super Smash Bros Ultimate as a playable DLC fighter. Nintendo will host a “Mr. Sakurai Presents Kazuyaâ€...
Good news for you 3D fighting game fans out there. Bandai Namco's Tekken 7 has surpassed 7 million copies according to a new announcement from series producer Katsuhiro Harada. Yep, the number isn't a coincidence; bet they've been waiting for this moment to make this sort of news. https://twitter.com/TEKKEN/status/1382861304696872964?ref_src=tws...
After much teasing, we now get to see Poland Prime Minister Lidia Sobieska's gameplay and fighting style in Tekken 7. If you like karate and a lot of fast strikes, you'll want to watch this. The Bandai Namco trailer showcases Lidia taking down Tekken characters like Bryan, Paul, Heihachi, and Jin Kazama. Her moves are really fast and come with t...
The COVID-19 coronavirus has been affecting one esports tournament after the other, to the extent that such news is almost expected rather than surprising now. If you're wondering what got cancelled, postponed, or moved online, we've made a list of major tournaments (or tournaments involving major games) that got affected by this pandemic. Various...
The Coronavirus events-claiming & postponement continues. Bandai Namco announced online that the Tokyo Tekken Masters event of the Tekken World Tour is being delayed. The tournament will be delayed to a "later date in 2020". https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1234584420893388800 Before all this, the tournament was supposed to be held du...
It's a beautiful day for this generation's top 3D fighting game featuring oodles of guest characters. Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada mentioned on Twitter that Tekken 7 has achieved over 5 million sales worldwide since December of last year. This brings the total copies of Tekken games sold worldwide to 49 million. Congratulations! To celebrate,...
Bandai Namco just dropped a ton of news regarding its staple fighting game Tekken 7 to the delight of fans and pro players. Let's go through them one-by-one: New Characters In Season 3 In addition to more Leroy Jenkins Smith, we are also getting returning sumo wrestler Ganryu and newcomer Muay Thai user Fahkumram. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V...
ONE Esports will be hosting the inaugural ONE TEKKEN Tokyo Invitational on 5 October 2019 at Belle Salle Shibuya Garden. Nine of the world's best Tekken 7 players will be battling it out to get the lion's share of the US$15,000 prize pool. The tournament is structured in a 3v3 format and will see three teams of pros competing. The confirmed teams ...
During the awesome Tekken 7 top 8 matches for EVO 2019, this happened: If you can hear it amidst the commentary & crowd ambience, you can hear the famous codec ring from the Metal Gear series. Fans would assume that main character Solid Snake would appear in Tekken 7 as a guest character, but EVO organizers said it was just "a little jok...
It's EVO weekend, ladies and gents. The world's best (video game) fighters will gather at Las Vegas to show what it's like to play with the skill and patience of a warrior. All hyperbole aside, us common folks will not only get to watch these gaming gods battle it out but also enjoy some great discounts on Steam. The EVO weekend sale starts today ...
According to a recent interview on Japan's Weekly Famitsu (via Twinfinite), Capcom's Head of Consumer Games Developer Division 1/Resident Evil lead Jun Takeuchi and Bandai Namco's newly-appointed General Manager (and still Tekken boss) Katsuhiro Harada was asked to give their thoughts about PlayStation's next-generation console. These range from t...
