Tekken x Street Fighter Still Planned for Current Gen

Back when Street Fighter x Tekken was unveiled in 2010, the announcement contained one note that many people have forgotten: Namco said it would be developing its own version of the game, Tekken x Street Fighter. While Street Fighter x Tekken is developed by Capcom and puts Tekken characters into the 2D style of Street Fighter, Tekken x Street Fighter would do the opposite, incorporating Street Fighter characters into Tekken’s universe and adding 3D combat arenas.

Two years later, we’ve hardly heard a thing about Tekken x Street Fighter -- minus some hand-drawn artwork tweeted by producer Katsuhiro Harada late last year -- causing many to speculate that the game may have moved to next-gen consoles. In a new interview, Hirada says that isn’t the case, as Namco is still targeting current hardware.

"There's still a large number of players out there with a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 who are looking forward to the game," Harada told Eurogamer, "so we feel it's probably more relevant to get the title out to them on the current hardware. We're not completely sure, but that's the direction at this moment."

The exact status of Tekken x Street Fighter isn’t known, but the fact that the project is still on track is good news for fighting fans. For more on Namco’s ambitions for the project, check out our interview with Harada about the game after its original announcement.

Street Fighter x Tekken, meanwhile, continues to thrive and was featured in last weekend’s EVO fighting tournament. The game’s long-awaited character downloadable content will be released later this month, and a PlayStation Vita version of Street Fighter x Tekken is still set to hit stores later this year.

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Rumored 7” iPad Expected Later This Fall

According to two separate reports from Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, Apple is planning to release a smaller iPad, with a screen between 7-8”. The tablet would directly compete with recently announced and expected tablets such as the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire 2. Apple currently holds 61.4% of the tablet market with the company’s 9.7” iPad models, according to Gartner.

Bloomberg expects this new iPad model to be announced in October, to release the following March (the same time Apple releases new iPads annually). This is telling, as Apple typically doesn't announce new products so far in advance of release.

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Pricing is still unknown, but analysts expect this smaller iPad to rival competitors pricing, though it would likely be slightly more expensive than the competition. The reports also indicate that the display will have a significantly lower resolution than the Retina display on the iPad.

Some reports suggest the smaller iPad will contain a 16:9 widescreen display instead of the current 4:3 on the iPad, with a lower resolution of 720p. This configuration would make it a prime competitor against other 7” tablets, but require developers to completely re-work previous iPad apps.

These reports may still prove false. The 7-inch tablet business has seen few victors, besides Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which subsidizes the low price for exclusive content available through the company’s Amazon Prime service. The Nexus 7 will likely prove to be another hot seller.

This isn’t the first time such reports have surfaced, but it is the first time two very similar reports have been released simultaneously from two completely different sources. We will continue to report on this as more information becomes available.

What do you think about a 7” iPad? Would you buy one, or get one over the current iPad? Or is it all fake?

Source : ign[dot]com