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Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable announced

Fighting game devs join forces
by rawmeatcowboy
27 July 2020
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Some of the heaviest hitters in the Japanese fighting game scene have announced a special streaming event. Arc System Works, Arika, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Koei Tecmo, and SNK will host the “Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable” on August 1st, 2020 at 9:00 JST, and it will be streamed on the YouTube channels for Tekken, Arc System Works, Capcom Fighters JP, and Dead or Alive. The stream will feature producers and directors from the companies mentioned above, and they'll be talking about what it takes to make, sell, and promote fighting games. The official lineup of devs is as follows.

Arc System Works

- Daisuke Ishiwatari (Guilty Gear series general director)
- Kazuto Sekine (general battle director)

Arika

- Akira Nishitani (Fighting EX Layer producer)

Bandai Namco

- Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken series chief producer)
- Motohiro Okubo (Soulcalibur VI producer)

Capcom

- Shuuhei Matsumoto (Street Fighter V producer)
- Takayuki Nakayama (Street Fighter V director)

Koei Tecmo

- Yuhei Shinbori (Dead or Alive 6 producer)

SNK

- Yasuyuki Oda (SNK producer)
- Nobuyuki Kuroki (SNK director)

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