Kula Shaker
On 2 July 2008 the band announced they were back in the studio working on their fourth studio album with working title "Pilgrims Progress". However soon after the band became locked in a legal dispute with their label which resulted in most of the work for the next album being frozen. As of May 2009, work on the new album had recommenced.
Yuri Sakazaki
Yuri appears in the spin-off game "The King of Fighters Neowave" with the original Women Fighters Team. In "The King of Fighters: Kyo" the lead character Kyo Kusanagi finds Yuri telling Takuma and Ryo that she wants to return to the Women Fighters Team. After a long discussion, Kyo proposes a fight with them to decide if Yuri can leave. Yuri later appears helping Kyo to find his kidnapped girlfriend Yuki along with Ryo and Robert. She appears as an assistant character (named "Striker") in "The King of Fighters EX" for the Art of Fighting Team, and as a playable character along with Ryo and Takuma in "The King of Fighters EX2". She is also featured in the 3D games "" and "" participating in new tournaments from Southtown. The spin-offs "King of Fighters R-1" and "King of Fighters R-2" feature Yuri as part of the Super Babe Team alongside Athena Asamiya and Kasumi Todoh.