Tekken developers drop major hint beloved characters are set to return in latest instalment

THE Tekken series debuted in 1994, and from the beginning Katsuhiro Harada worked on the game as a consultant.

By Tekken 3 he had moved up to co-director, and by Tekken 6 he was the face of the series.

I was lucky enough to be able to talk to Harada-san about his work on Tekken while he was visiting London.

Harada-san tells me: “I’ve been working on the game for 30 years, so normally it doesn’t hit me that it’s affecting so many people.