Live broadcast of the Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable, scheduled for August 1


Japan Fighting Game Editors Roundtable

Arc System Works, Arika, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Koei Tecmo and SNK will host the “Japan Fighting Game Editors Roundtable” on August 1 at 9:00 JST, the company announced. You can watch it on YouTube channels to Tekken, Arc System Works, Capcom Fighters JP and Alive or dead.

The show will feature Japanese publishers and producers who make and sell fighting games, who will discuss previously chosen topics by users about fighting games, eSports, and more from the developers’ perspective. Participants include:

  • Arc System Works
    • Daisuke Ishiwatari (Guilty Mechanism CEO of the series)
    • Kazuto Sekine (battle general manager)
  • 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
    • Yohei Shinbori (Dead or alive 6 producer)
  • SNK
    • Yasuyuki Oda (SNK producer)
    • Nobuyuki Kuroki (SNK director)

Stay tuned.

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