原田勝弘氏が、ゲーム開発を専門とする新スタジオ「VS Studio」を東京に設立した。5月1日に正式に発足した同社は、SNKの連結子会社として同社からの出資と支援を受ける。これは、昨年バンダイナムコを退社した原田氏のゲーム開発復帰を意味するものである。
原田氏は、伝統にとらわれず完璧さを追求するという同スタジオの理念を語った。同氏は、VS Studioが技術、感性、専門知識を融合させ、究極のゲーム体験を提供すると述べている。また、開発者が最高のパフォーマンスを発揮できる環境を構築することを目指すと表明し、ビジョンを共有する新たなチームメンバーを募集した。
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Katsuhiro Harada, longtime director of the Tekken fighting game series, has visited a Waffle House for the first time. The developer shared the news on his X account late on May 24.
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Shuhei Yoshida, former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, revealed at Australia's 2026 ALT: Games festival that Jim Ryan fired him in 2019 for refusing to follow orders. Yoshida described the dismissal lightheartedly, noting Ryan wanted him out of first-party development because he did not listen. He stayed with Sony in an indie support role until retiring in 2025.
Former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida defended Sony's approach of delayed PC releases for major titles, expressing doubt about day-and-date launches and stating no evidence of a strategy change—comments coming after a Bloomberg report on halted single-player ports.
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Housemarque studio head Ilari Kuittinen said the developer intends to stick with challenging gameplay in future titles, drawing inspiration from FromSoftware.