Within the fighting game community, Takashi Nishiyama is known for having created both the Street Fighter and Fatal Fury series during his respective times at Capcom and SNK.
These days, Nishiyama acts as the president of Dimps. Notably, Dimps was involved in the development for games like Street Fighter 4, Street Fighter X Tekken, and Street Fighter 5.
It was recently announced that Dimps is teaming up with The Ring to develop a new boxing game. This game will feature original characters and is not connected to any other source material.
Within this announcement, The Ring specifically highlighted Nishiyama’s history as the creator of the Street Fighter and Fatal Fury franchises. This seems to suggest that this boxing game will be especially interesting to fighting game fans.
Together with legendary Japanese video game designer Takashi Nishiyama, The Ring is proud to announce a forthcoming boxing game featuring original characters.
This strategic partnership marries The Ring’s unmatched authority in boxing with game developer Dimps’ decades-long experience in crafting classic games.
Nishiyama is best known as the creator of the iconic Street Fighter franchise – arguably the greatest fighting game series of all time – while at Capcom.
He worked on classic games such as The King of Fighters and Metal Slug while at SNK and also created Fatal Fury.
Dimps, since its creation in 2000, has been involved with many best-selling games ranging from various Dragon Ball titles, Sonic titles, and Street Fighter 4.
Development of our untitled boxing game with Dimps will begin soon and we can’t wait to unveil more details in the future.
Check it all out below:
Together with legendary Japanese video game designer Takashi Nishiyama, The Ring is proud to announce a forthcoming boxing game featuring original characters.
This strategic partnership marries The Ring’s unmatched authority in boxing with game developer Dimps’ decades-long… pic.twitter.com/uQDfW9OKrb
— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) May 5, 2025