Arc System Works, Arika, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Koei Tecmo, and SNK will host the “Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable” on August 1 at 9:00 JST. You will be able to watch it on the Bandai Namco Twitch channel, as well as the YouTube channels for Arc System Works, Capcom Fighters, Capcom Fighters JP, Dead or Alive, and Tekken.

The program will feature producers and directors from Japanese publishers that make and sell fighting games, who will discuss themes chosen by users beforehand about fighting games, eSports, and more from the perspective of developers.

The schedule is as follows:

• 9:15 JST – Roundtable
• 10:00 JST – Announcements

Participants include:

• Arc System Works
  • Daisuke Ishiwatari (Guilty Gear series general director)
  • Kazuto Sekine (general battle director)
• Arika
  • Akira Nishitani (Fighting EX Layer producer)
• Bandai Namco
  • Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken series chief producer)
  • Motohiro Okubo (Soulcalibur VI producer)
• Capcom
  • Shuuhei Matsumoto (Street Fighter V producer)
  • Takayuki Nakayama (Street Fighter V director)
• Koei Tecmo
  • Yuhei Shinbori (Dead or Alive 6 producer)
• SNK
  • Yasuyuki Oda (SNK producer)
  • Nobuyuki Kuroki (SNK director)

Stay tuned.