Tekken 7 Dev Diary: Leroy Smith & Fahkumram

Tekken 7 Director Nakatsu and Producer Michael Murray sit down to discuss the two new faces of Tekken 7 in Season Pass 3. From the conception of the character designs to the motion capture of the real world martial arts, to even the music featured in the reveal trailers, the head figures behind Season 3 share all the interesting behind-the-scene details in bringing these characters to life. Check out the latest dev diary now available for viewing over on the Bandai Namco US YouTube channel:

Bandai Namco Entertainment America ≫ https://www.youtube.com/user/NamcoBandaiGames

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The Art of Tekken: A Complete Visual History Hard Cover Artbook Coming October 30th

A new hard cover artbook for the Tekken series has been revealed to be coming out on October 30th via an Amazon store page listing. The description for the artbook details a huge 250 pages filled with Tekken concept art, developer insights/interviews and the Tekken series' entire history and lore up to the latest game of Tekken 7. It's being published by Dynamite Entertainment with Nick Hurwitch as the author and pre-orders for The Art of Tekken is now open for $40 on the US Amazon store page. Thanks goes to jdevil for the tip.

The Art of Tekken on Amazon ≫ https://www.amazon.com/Art-Tekken-Complete-Visual-History/dp/1524107735

Gallery - Soul Calibur 6 Maxi Character Reveal Screenshots

Maxi has been revealed for Soul Calibur 6 so it's his turn (part 7) for the next batch of in-game screenshots, character bio and character artwork by Takuji Kawano. Enjoy, and here is a link train to the previous screenshot batch:

Sixth Batch (Taki) ≫ http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/news/2018/5/2/gallery-soul-calibur-6-taki-character-reveal-screenshots.html

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Gallery - Third Batch of Soul Calibur 6 Gameplay Screenshots

Soul Calibur 6 gameplay screenshot dump part 3. This batch features images from the Evo Japan build of the game so expect to see some Nightmare, Grøh, Xianghua & Kilik in here. I'll also be adding their character concept art and profiles that appear within the game. Internet data warning for those on slow or on data plan connections, the images in here are full sized 1080p images (resized to fit the page but you can expand and download them in full.) If you're looking for the previous batch of SC6 screenshots, you can find it over here:

Second Batch ≫ http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/news/2017/12/18/gallery-second-batch-of-soul-calibur-6-gameplay-screenshots.html

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Gallery - First Batch of Soul Calibur 6 Gameplay Screenshots & Concept Art

Enjoy this first batch of Soul Calibur 6's debut gameplay images, key artwork and concept art of both Mitsurugi and Sophitia in game. All the media found inside are fairly high res so do note if you happen to be on a very slow or mobile data connection. It wasn't mentioned anywhere but I believe the character concept artwork was done by the Soul Calibur series illustrator Takuji Kawano. Have yourself a gander at it all below.

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