PlayStation Experience is almost here, and with it comes Capcom Cup — a climactic clash between the best Ultra Street Fighter IV world warriors.

Hours before Capcom Cup, we sit down with three fighting game legends to discuss the future of the genre. Join myself, Street Fighter V producer Yoshinori Ono, Tekken 7 director Katsuhiro Harada, and Rising Thunder developer Seth Killian for a fascinating discussion into what’s driving the next generation of fighting games.

• What: Fighting Games: The Next Generation
• Where: San Francisco, CA — Moscone West Hall, 3rd Floor
• When: Saturday, December 5th. 7:00PM Pacific (will end promptly at 7:35)
• Who:
  • Yoshinori Ono, Producer, Street Fighter V
  • Katsuhiro Harada, Director, Tekken 7
  • Seth Killian, Developer, Rising Thunder

Below, see the complete schedule for PlayStation Experience panels.

Time (PT) Title Participants
2:00PM PlayStation VR and The Future of Play Dave Ranyard, Director at London Studio
Anton Mikhailov, Media Molecule
And special guests!
3:00PM Uncharted 4: Stories from the Performance Capture Set Greg Miller, moderator
Neil Druckmann, Creative Director at Naughty Dog
Nolan North, actor
Richard McGonagle, actor
Troy Baker, actor
Laura Bailey, actor
4:00PM Call of Duty Black Ops 3: Unlocking the Potential of A.I. Gary Stelmack, Senior Designer
Sumeet Jakatdar, Senior Software Engineer
Yanick Lebel, Lead Animator, Animation
Craig Houston, Lead Writer
5:00PM PS I Love You XOXO Colin Moriarty, Greg Miller, Tim Gettys and Nick Scarpino
6:00PM The Future of Storytelling Cory Barlog, Creative Director at Santa Monica Studio
Jenova Chen, Creative Director at thatgamecompany
Kareem Ettouney, Creative Director at Media Molecule
Greg Kasavin, Writing & Design at Supergiant Games
7:00PM Fighting Games: The Next Generation Yoshinori Ono, Producer, Street Fighter V
Katsuhiro Harada, Director, Tekken 7
Seth Killian, Developer, Rising Thunder

*All panels take place on Saturday; located on the third floor of the Moscone West building

Hope you can join us this weekend! We’ve got some discounted hotel rooms still available, so if you’re looking to make a trip of it, get the full scoop here.

If you can’t make it to San Francisco, you can watch live on Twitch and live.playstation.com. See you Saturday!

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