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Tekken 8 Director Joins VS Studio; Tides of Annihilation Recasts Lead Actor

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Kohei Ikeda, the chief producer and game director for Tekken 8, has joined VS Studio, founded by Katsuhiro Harada. Ikeda departed from Bandai Namco Entertainment to take on this new role. Separately, reports indicate that Grace Ashcroft is set to replace Jennifer English as the lead voice actor for the Chinese action game Tides of Annihilation. AI

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Tekken 8 Director Joins VS Studio; Tides of Annihilation Recasts Lead Actor

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Kohei Ikeda joins Katushiro Harada’s VS Studio Kohei Ikeda, the Tekken 8 chief producer and game director who left Bandai Namco after … 📰 Source: Gematsu 🔗 Li

    📰 Kohei Ikeda joins Katushiro Harada’s VS Studio Kohei Ikeda, the Tekken 8 chief producer and game director who left Bandai Namco after … 📰 Source: Gematsu 🔗 Link: https://www.gematsu.com/2026/08/kohei-ikeda-joins-katushiro-haradas-vs-studio # AI # ArtificialIntelligence

    LINKS gematsu.com/…/kohei-ikeda-joins-katushiro…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Resident Evil Requiem's Grace Ashcroft actor reportedly replacing Jennifer English as lead of lavish Chinese action game Tides of Annihilation Lavish Chinese

    🎮 Resident Evil Requiem's Grace Ashcroft actor reportedly replacing Jennifer English as lead of lavish Chinese action game Tides of Annihilation Lavish Chinese action game Tides of Annihilation seems to have found a replacement for Jennifer English, the award-winning actor who wi…

    LINKS eurogamer.net/grace-ashcroft-actor-replac…

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