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Street Fighter X Tekken dev 'disappointed' in DLC being hacked

Brendan Sinclair
By Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor

Producer Tomoaki Ayano expresses dismay at unauthorized unlocking of 12 on-disc characters, surprise at skill of hackers.

Street Fighter X Tekken producer Tomoaki Ayano is disappointed that hackers are already playing with the dozen fighters planned as downloadable content for his game. Speaking with GameSpot, the developer expressed dismay at the hackers' actions but acknowledgement of their skill.

Ayano isn't the only one

Ayano isn't the only one "disappointed" by this whole saga.

"Personally, I was really surprised when I heard the news that the characters had been hacked, basically," Ayano told GameSpot. "So I was pretty disappointed by that. I was really surprised at how skillful the hackers were, basically. But I was really kind of disappointed that it created this kind of environment where a bunch of players were playing the characters but a bunch were unable to play with them."

Even though the characters aren't planned for public release until after the launch of the PlayStation Vita version of the game this fall, hackers have been able to play with them on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game because the completed characters are included on the disc.

The six characters that make up the Street Fighter side of the DLC are Blanka, Cody, Dudley, Elena, Guy, and Sakura. Meanwhile, the Tekken side will welcome Alisa Bosconovitch, Bryan Fury, Christie Monteiro, Jack, Lars Alexandersson, and Lei Wulong. They will be available from the start on the PS Vita version of the game, but console players will be charged $20 (1,600 Microsoft points) to unlock them.

[CORRECTION]: This article originally put the cost of the DLC at $10 instead of $20. GameSpot regrets the error.

Brendan Sinclair
By Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor

Brendan Sinclair has been a games journalist since 1999. His tastes are eclectic, though he has a definite affinity for games with arcade roots. He's Canadian, but has also been at home in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, and San Francisco.

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Xeno-Rufus
Xeno-Rufus

I love the fact that someone out there has had enough to the point where they figured out how to unlock the content. I think this is what my old English teachers would call poetic justice?

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