Bandai Namco Brand Manager on Soul Calibur 6 Esports: 'You Need to Make a Good Game First'

PAX East is taking place this weekend and more and more attendees are trying their hands on the new Soul Calibur game. Darrian P. Mack from the Leaderboard is one of the lucky few to make it out to PAX East and score an interview about Soul Calibur 6 with the Bandai Namco Brand Manager Mark Religioso. While a lot of the interview mainly focuses on introducing the game to people and seeing if he can get a quick confirmation or tease on some missing character inclusions (spoilers: he failed lol), Mark was able to detail their current stance and focus with the game at it's current stage of development."You need to make a good game first and then the community comes out and supports it. If they want like an Esports type of execution or program then we can do that." Mark goes on to say that the current focus on SC6's development is really solid gameplay. Hard to disagree there and should be hopeful for the casual playing audience since it's reassurance that they're not compromising on the single player content for the sake of Esports. You can check out the full interview from PAX East over on the Leaderboard's YouTube channel.

The Leaderboard ≫ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYEKuyQJXIXunUD7Vy3eTw

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Geralt in Soul Calibur 6 Preview from Official Xbox Magazine

With the reveal of Geralt of Rivia as the Soul Calibur 6's guest character, more developer insights behind the merging of worlds have come out and this time it's from the Official Xbox Magazine. The staff at OXM got hands on time with an updated demo build of the game and detail the experience and polish to the game in the May 2018 issue (#163) of the magazine. Developer comments from both Bandai Namco and CD Projekt Red are added to express the level of care done in realizing The Witcher's Geralt in the world of Soul Calibur. Transcribed below are the developer quotes from the issue but if you're interested in reading the full Soul Calibur 6 gameplay preview including their experiences with the other characters in the roster, you can purchase the magazine online to read the section and context in full.

The White Wolf Joins The Fray In SOULCALIBUR VI (@daniellamlucas) ≫ https://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/gaming/official-xbox-magazine-subscription

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Soul Calibur 6 - Geralt of Rivia Character Introduction Video

The latest Soul Calibur 6 character showcase / introduction video is on the recently announced Geralt guest character from the Witcher series. For this occasion, you can hear the Witcher series game developers describe the character in detail and divulge what to expect of his appearance in the new fighting game world. A magical, acrobatic swordsman with potions, bombs and witcher signs, he's described as fighting more like his Witcher 3 incarnation. You can check out the character introduction video posted over on Twitter.

Bandai Namco Europe ≫ https://www.youtube.com/user/NamcoBandaiGamesEU

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Soul Calibur 6 - Sophitia Character Introduction Video

Get familiar with Sophitia in Soul Calibur 6 in this new showcase/breakdown/introduction like video with the game's producer Motohiro Okubo providing developer insights. She appears younger this time around so Okubo-san hopes you find her fun to play and look forward to how she appears within the story. You can find the Sophitia character video up on Bandai Namco's official channels:

Bandai Namco Europe ≫ https://www.youtube.com/user/NamcoBandaiGamesEU

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Interviews with Harada on Tutorial Mode, Tekken 7 Development and the Future

New interviews with the Tekken head producer Katsuhiro Harada surfaced recently on some gaming sites. The PushSquare & PC Games N's interviews with Harada go over some pretty interesting topics like the current development circumstances for Tekken 7 as well as some minor insights on what they're thinking of for the future of the series. The PGN interview mainly goes over the decision to not include a tutorial into the game but the PushSquare features a more extensive discussion. I'll be adding notable snippets from both below but feel free to read the source interviews in full over on their respective sites:

PushSquare Interview ≫ http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2017/10/interview_talking_tekken_7_dlc_development_and_future_plans_with_director_harada

PCGamesN Interview ≫ https://www.pcgamesn.com//tekken-7/tekken-7-tutorial

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