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Remember Tekken X Street Fighter? If you were worried Bandai Namco had forgotten all about their crossover fighting game, don’t be, Tekken Series Producer Katsuhiro Harada recently told Famitsu (via Siliconera) that the game is deep into development:

“I’ve been saying this since before, but the fact of the matter is that we’re at a pretty far stage into [Tekken X Street Fighter’s] development.”

“It might seem like we haven’t started on it at all, but the character lineup has been decided upon since a very long time ago, and we’ve already finished the polygon models, moves, and systems.”

Originally announced in 2010, and barely mentioned in the half-decade since, Tekken X Street Fighter appears to be closer now than its ever been before. We still don’t know many concrete details, but progress is apparently being made. Harada’s busy schedule is likely the cause for the game’s delay, as Harada recently oversaw the development of Tekken 7 and Pokken Tournament. With both of those games ready to make their arcade debut, the developer can now turn his full attention to Tekken X Street Fighter.

Street Fighter X Tekken has been available since 2012.

It’s hard to believe it’s only been three years since Namco Bandai announced Tekken X Street Fighter alongside Street Fighter X Tekken crossover. But it’s true.

Both titles were first unveiled at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con and while Capcom’s contribution has come and gone, we’ve barely heard a peep out of Namco Bandai about their half of the project. Katsuhiro Harada, a Producer on the Tekken series, broke the silence by speaking to Siliconera this weekend.

According to Harada, the game is still in development: “We will say first off that the game is still in development, so you don’t need to worry about that.” However, Harada also said that Namco Bandai has no desire to talk about the game or its possible roster publicly: “We are making progress, but everything is secret so we can’t say anything about that.”

I suppose we should be thankful that Namco Bandai has even started development on Tekken X Street Fighter.