Capcom and Bandai Namco Entertainment will join forces once again as they will share several techniques on online matchmaking gameplay and will this lead to "Tekken X Street Fighter's" return in development.
Both Japanese video game publishers have entered a new agreement in order for Capcom to learn and improve the user experience in its online games and vice versa. "Street Fighter" was named among the titles to benefit from the new Capcom/Bandai Namco partnership, even if the press release does not explicitly mention "Street Fighter 5."
Capcom had several issues for "Street Fighter 5" regarding online usage and seeing as how "Tekken 7's" online function caught the eyes of many gaming fans, perhaps the partnership could help the latter to improve the online experience based on Bandai Namco's suggestions.
Hopefully, Capcom could achieve improvement on the online matchmaking experience, and also allow them to accelerate releasing of new content, since it will not have to spend as much time and resources on networking, VG 24/7 reported.
With that in mind, could Capcom and Bandai Namco's new partnership possibly revive "Tekken X Street Fighter's" development?
Earlier this year, Bandai Namco stopped development on the second crossover game, "Tekken X Street Fighter" as "Tekken" producer Katsuhiro Harada stated that the reason for them to stop production is because they did not want to split the "Tekken" and "Street Fighter" communities.
"Tekken X Street Fighter" is still currently on hold and Harada added that timing for the game is not right. When asked if players can still expect the game to be out at some point, Harada told Game Informer that releasing the second crossover will be fitting when everybody has forgotten about, and it would have the most impact, marketing-wise. As such, the development team should not expect the game to be released anytime soon.
Harada added that "Tekken X Street Fighter" will be possible depending on the success of "Tekken 7" and Capcom's "Street Fighter 5" in terms of sales.
For now, Capcom will try its best to learn more from Bandai Namco and hopefully their new partnership will lead to the return of "Tekken X Street Fighter" in the future.
Both "Street Fighter 5" and "Tekken 7" are available in the console and PC platforms.