So, Gamescom is not just a way for lots of European people to get sneak peeks at awesome video games. It’s also a good place for companies to make some pretty major announcements about their games. Case in point is the Tekken 3D 3DS game Namco Bandai was hinting about at E3 2011. The company used Gamescom 2011 to let everyone know it’s for real and will be called Tekken 3D Prime Edition. Yes, it’s copycatting Capcom and Super Street Fight IV 3D Edition by sticking the terms “3D” and “edition” into Tekken‘s title…

Time to get out your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and grab a new app. Don’t worry, you won’t need any cash in your iTunes wallet. Namco Bandai has decided to get people hyped up about the November 2011, PS3 release of Tekken Tag Tournament HD by releasing the mini-game Tekken Bowl on iTunes for free…

Here’s a video of some Street Fighter X Tekken action for all of you fighting junkies out there. Please note that this game really has nothing to do with Tekken with the exception of the series’ characters and story lines. I overhead a few E3 attendees discussing SFXT before the event wondering how anyone could even pull off merging two such completely different fighting systems. The gameplay in SFXT is based entirely in the Street Fighter world with a seamless transition of the Tekken characters’ moves and combos.

In Japan, “X” – pronounced “cross” – is sometimes used when two titans of entertainment work together on a song, an album or a movie. When Capcom and Namco announced that the two biggest franchises in fighting were finally coming together to do battle and put another “who would win” debate to bed. Capcom won the coin toss and will be releasing their game firs and they had it out for play at E3 2011

Namco Bandai is out to prove that we may never see the end of the Tekken era with two new Nintendo platform release titles.

Both the 3DS and Nintendo’s new system the Wii U will receive Tekken titles, which are going under the super simple working title Tekken for now.

The release of Tekken on the Wii U will show the first ever home system release on a Nintendo system. Tekken had previously been released primarily on Sony systems. Namco Bandai is hoping that the new technology and gameplay experience of the Wii U will create a new fighting sensation for fans of the series.

Japanese newspaper The Tokyo Shimbun reports that Daisuke Gouri, the actor who voiced roles including Tekken villain Heihachi Mishima and DragonBall‘s Mr. Satan, died January 17, 2010.

The 57-year-old actor was discovered on the street in Nakano Ward with injuries to his wrist and a knife nearby, as well as a copy of his will. Police are investigating the case as a possible suicide.

Fighting games aren’t as popular as they used to be, right? Don’t tell that to Namco Bandai, as the company has put extensive resources behind Tekken 6, including ponying up enough money for Monday Night Football ads.

Namco Bandai has also confirmed the shipping of 2.5 million copies of the sequel available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Namco Bandai has announced its lineup of games that will be playable at its booth (#530) at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con.

NamBam, as I like to call them, is also hosting a four-day Tekken 6 tournament on July 23 through 26, 2009 in Mezzanine Room 17B at the San Diego Convention Center. Sign-ups being daily at 10 a.m. with multiple competitions taking place each day.

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A frightening world has just opened on Sony’s PlayStation HOME and I do warn you. It’s not for the faint at heart. On Thursday, May 7, 2009, the world of Siren: Blood Curse opened featuring the swamp scene from the game as a lounge and an entrance to the hospital complete with a crazy nurse behind the counter challenging you to escape the hospital within 5 minutes. Bodies of victims and zombie nurse (called Shinto) standees stand in front of the hospital for photo ops for those players with the camera feature on their virtual PSP. To play just see the nurse as you enter the Ward of Despair and be prepared to move like the wind.

Once inside the replica of the hospital’s first floor five players must work together to gather the missing items, distract the shinto (zombie nurses) and escape the basement as fast as they can armed with only a flashlight…

Namco Bandai Games has confirmed that Tekken 6, the latest installment in its popular Tekken fighting series, will be coming to the US for both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in Fall 2009. The game was originally launched in Japanese arcades last year (November 26, 2007).

According to a recent press release, Tekken 6 will boast the “largest character roster” of the series to date. Although a full character cast has yet to be to detailed, you can find a list of the 39 characters that appeared in the arcade version of the game on…