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ERIK KO & KEN SIU-CHONG ON THE RETURN OF STREET FIGHTER
After a few months of being completely off the radar, UDON is returning in October with a relaunch of Street Fighter (part of the larger "Street Fighter Month" as well as Exalted, a comic adaptation of the White Wolf RPG. Also, with the return, UDON is taking on a new challenge as well - self-publishing.
We caught up with UDON's Chief of Operations Erik Ko and Street Fighter II writer Ken Siu-Chong to talk about the company, the Capcom relationship, and the upcoming return to Street Fighter.
Newsarama: First off, what the hell happened? Street Fighter - admittedly, it wasn't a monthly, but at least it was coming out, and Darkstalkers seemed to be finding an audience, and then... nothing.
Erik Ko: First of all, I'd like to say sorry to all the fans who thought UDON fell off the face of the Earth! We're still here! Though the lengthy hiatus was a little longer than even we expected. There were a number of factors that contributed to it. You're right - sales were still going strong for Street Fighter, and Darkstalkers was picking up steam, but there were some other outside factors.
First and foremost, there was some restructuring of UDON's ownership that - to make a long story short - led to the decision for us to dive into self-publishing. As you can see in this month's Previews catalog, UDON is setting out on its own as a full-fledged publisher in October as a part of Street Fighter Month. It was just something that we felt we needed to do to allow UDON to grow as a company.
After a few months of being completely off the radar, UDON is returning in October with a relaunch of Street Fighter (part of the larger "Street Fighter Month" as well as Exalted, a comic adaptation of the White Wolf RPG. Also, with the return, UDON is taking on a new challenge as well - self-publishing.
We caught up with UDON's Chief of Operations Erik Ko and Street Fighter II writer Ken Siu-Chong to talk about the company, the Capcom relationship, and the upcoming return to Street Fighter.
Newsarama: First off, what the hell happened? Street Fighter - admittedly, it wasn't a monthly, but at least it was coming out, and Darkstalkers seemed to be finding an audience, and then... nothing.
Erik Ko: First of all, I'd like to say sorry to all the fans who thought UDON fell off the face of the Earth! We're still here! Though the lengthy hiatus was a little longer than even we expected. There were a number of factors that contributed to it. You're right - sales were still going strong for Street Fighter, and Darkstalkers was picking up steam, but there were some other outside factors.
First and foremost, there was some restructuring of UDON's ownership that - to make a long story short - led to the decision for us to dive into self-publishing. As you can see in this month's Previews catalog, UDON is setting out on its own as a full-fledged publisher in October as a part of Street Fighter Month. It was just something that we felt we needed to do to allow UDON to grow as a company.
