We got to see a taste of Street Fighter x Tekken at SDCC 2010.  Now it’s Harada’s turn to run the show and reveal Tekken x Street Fighter.  He and Yoshinoro Ono, Street Fighter series producer, will take the stage in Cologne, Germany, at GamesCom on August 19th.  There will also be on-stage tournaments for SSF4 and Tekken 6, with competitors picked at random by Harada and Ono themselves.

For those in Cologne, the event is open to the public and takes place at 2:00 PM CET in the Konrad-Adenauer-Saal of the Kölnmesse.  Attendees will all receive exclusive Tekken x Street Fighter swag with special prizes going to the tournament winners for each game.  Be sure to follow Ono-san and Harada-san on Twitter for more info (and amusing banter).

What I found most entertaining about the announcement was the official back-and-forth between the producers.  Take a gander at this:

Ono, Street Fighter Series Producer – “Our gathering of Street Fighter fans at the special occasion of ComiCon in San Diego was marred when Harada pathetically attempted to bribe everyone present with free copies of his games.  Capcom, however, is an honorable company.  We don’t just crash other companies’ events.  So I’ve properly notified in advance that I will participate in the TEKKEN fan event planned for GamesCom.  Since it is by invitation of the TEKKEN team, I expect Harada to have various underhanded surprises planned.  Knowing this, I still plan to participate in the event while overcoming any obstacles he may have planned so that I can show them what a real fighting game is all about.  I’ll also take with me the shaving oil I received from Hakan and the shaving razor from Vega so that I can erase that overgrown beard of Harada’s, exposing that baby face to go with his childish actions.  It should turn out to be a great party!”

Harada, Tekken Series Producer – “After releasing Street Fighter III: Third Strike in 1999, Ono disappeared from the fighting game scene.  Even though there were many requests for a sequel from fighting game fans, and even veteran fighting game developers like myself, Ono, Ryu, Chun Li, and crew failed to show their faces for 10 years.  When they do finally show after a blank of 10 years, they don’t even bother to say a few words to the Mishima Zaibatsu, who helped maintain the fighting game scene for the 10 years they were gone.  Not only that, they flee Japan to have their little gathering of fanboys at ComiCon in San Diego.  So I made a sudden appearance at their little event, handed out a few free games to gain favor, and delivered a challenge to Ono.  Unfortunately, we weren’t able to settle things at ComiCon but I’ll face him again this time in Europe – at Cologne!  Blows are exchanged in place of civilities – that’s how it’s done at the Mishima Zaibatsu. ”

For those who don’t know already, TxSF will feature Street Fighter characters in the Tekken 6 game engine, fighting under the rules of the Tekken system (and vice versa for SFxT).  Tekken x Street Fighter and Street Fighter x Tekken are both loosely slated for a 2012 release and will be available for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

P.S. Don’t forget, it’s Tekken [cross] Street Fighter and Street Fighter [cross] Tekken.  Harada will beat your monkey-ass if you say “ecks” and Ono has vowed a tireless vendetta to anyone who calls it “versus”…  so be warned.