Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada has revealed that crossover brawler Street Fighter x Tekken will make its European debut at Gamescom later this month.
According to an invite captured on Twitpic, both Harada and Street Figher IV’s Yoshinori Ono will be attending the Cologne-based event to showcase the hotly anticipated title.
The invite itself reads: “Witness the clash of two Legends of Fighting at gamescom 2010 for the Duel of the Decade. Join the exclusive premiere of Street Fighter x Tekken and meet the makers of the two best fighting games, Yoshinori Ono (Street Fighter) and Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken). Watch as the two fighting game icons Ryu and Kazuya test their might on stage and on screen."
As expected, Namco will be hosting the event as Capcom previously confirmed that the publisher won’t have any presence at this year’s show. The event will kick off at 2pm on August 19 at the Konrad-Adenauer-Saal in the Koelnmesse.
“Our gathering of Street Fighter fans at the special occasion of ComiCon in San Diego was marred when Harada pathetically attempted to bribe everyone present with free copies of his games,” commented Ono.
“I’ve properly notified in advance that I will participate in the TEKKEN fan event planned for GamesCom. Since it is by invitation of the TEKKEN team, I expect Harada to have various underhanded surprises planned.
“Knowing this, I still plan to participate in the event while overcoming any obstacles he may have planned so that I can show them what a real fighting game is all about.”
Harada also offered his two cents on the matter, teasing, “After releasing Street Fighter III: Third Strike in 1999, Ono disappeared from the fighting game scene. Even though there were many requests for a sequel from fighting game fans, and even veteran fighting game developers like myself, Ono, Ryu, Chun Li, and crew failed to show their faces for 10 years.
“Unfortunately, we weren’t able to settle things at Comi-Con but I’ll face him again this time in Europe – at Cologne! Blows are exchanged in place of civilities – that’s how it’s done at the Mishima Zaibatsu.”