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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 69451" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Katsuhiro Harada has announced his departure from Bandai Namco having worked on the Tekken series for 30 years.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Harada, who worked on all the Tekken games right up until last year’s Tekken 8, said in <a href="https://x.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/1997952347709034747" target="_blank">a statement posted to social media</a> that the loss of close friends in his personal life and the retirement or death of senior colleagues has caused him to reflect on the time he has left as a creator. Advice from Ken Kutaragi — the legendary ‘father of PlayStation’ — supported Harada in making the decision, he said. Harada did not say what he plans to do next, but he did not say he was retiring himself.</p><p></p><p>Harada has had a somewhat frought relationship with the Tekken series and indeed Bandai Namco in recent years, and has spoken about the development difficulties he's endured while at the company. Most recently, Tekken 8 has caused a great deal of friction between players and the development team, and Harada has stepped in multiple times on social media to address fan concern.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Perhaps the most high-profile example of this came in October last year, when <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-8-chief-katsuhiro-harada-says-hes-going-to-rethink-his-role-following-dlc-stage-backlash" target="_blank">Harada stepped into a row over the sale of a premium DLC stage for Tekken 8</a> after fans accused Bandai Namco of “corporate greed.” His explanation for the DLC stage basically came down to his role on Tekken within Bandai Namco, and his separation from the business side of the operation to focus on development. This structural set-up was a mistake, Harada admitted in a tweet he eventually deleted, and he confirmed plans to reorganize not only the Tekken business but his role within it to ensure community expectations were met in the future.</p><p></p><p>Here's what Harada said, at the time:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It was a typically frank statement from Harada, who was never shy to criticize his paymasters at Bandai Namco over their management of Tekken and the company’s various fighting game franchises. In June last year, for example, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-chief-katsuhiro-harada-gets-remarkably-candid-discussing-why-soul-calibur-disappeared" target="_blank">Harada was remarkably candid in discussing why Soul Calibur disappeared</a>, and has spoken about <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-boss-katsuhiro-harada-actually-tried-to-get-colonel-sanders-as-a-guest-character-but-kfc-turned-him-down" target="_blank">trying and failing to get KFC mascot Colonel Sanders in Tekken</a>.</p><p></p><p>Here's Harada's exit statement in full:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Breaking…</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Photo by SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-development-chief-katsuhiro-harada-announces-bandai-namco-exit-after-30-years" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 69451, member: 1"] Katsuhiro Harada has announced his departure from Bandai Namco having worked on the Tekken series for 30 years. Harada, who worked on all the Tekken games right up until last year’s Tekken 8, said in [URL='https://x.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/1997952347709034747']a statement posted to social media[/URL] that the loss of close friends in his personal life and the retirement or death of senior colleagues has caused him to reflect on the time he has left as a creator. Advice from Ken Kutaragi — the legendary ‘father of PlayStation’ — supported Harada in making the decision, he said. Harada did not say what he plans to do next, but he did not say he was retiring himself. Harada has had a somewhat frought relationship with the Tekken series and indeed Bandai Namco in recent years, and has spoken about the development difficulties he's endured while at the company. Most recently, Tekken 8 has caused a great deal of friction between players and the development team, and Harada has stepped in multiple times on social media to address fan concern. Perhaps the most high-profile example of this came in October last year, when [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-8-chief-katsuhiro-harada-says-hes-going-to-rethink-his-role-following-dlc-stage-backlash']Harada stepped into a row over the sale of a premium DLC stage for Tekken 8[/URL] after fans accused Bandai Namco of “corporate greed.” His explanation for the DLC stage basically came down to his role on Tekken within Bandai Namco, and his separation from the business side of the operation to focus on development. This structural set-up was a mistake, Harada admitted in a tweet he eventually deleted, and he confirmed plans to reorganize not only the Tekken business but his role within it to ensure community expectations were met in the future. Here's what Harada said, at the time: It was a typically frank statement from Harada, who was never shy to criticize his paymasters at Bandai Namco over their management of Tekken and the company’s various fighting game franchises. In June last year, for example, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-chief-katsuhiro-harada-gets-remarkably-candid-discussing-why-soul-calibur-disappeared']Harada was remarkably candid in discussing why Soul Calibur disappeared[/URL], and has spoken about [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-boss-katsuhiro-harada-actually-tried-to-get-colonel-sanders-as-a-guest-character-but-kfc-turned-him-down']trying and failing to get KFC mascot Colonel Sanders in Tekken[/URL]. Here's Harada's exit statement in full: [I]Breaking… Photo by SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images. Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-development-chief-katsuhiro-harada-announces-bandai-namco-exit-after-30-years"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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