Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the gameplay reveal trailer for Roger Jr., one of many characters for the Tekken 8 preventing recreation’s Season 3, on Sunday. The character shall be obtainable for early entry on November 11, and can launch formally on November 16. The video additionally previews the in-game mannequin for an additional Season 3 character Yūjirō Hanma, the daddy of protagonist Baki Hanma from the Baki manga and anime sequence. The video introduced {that a} new Yūjirō Hanma trailer will premiere on January 17 on the Tekken World Tour Finals occasion, which shall be held in Singapore.
Different Season 3 characters embrace Kunimitsu and Bob. Kunimitsu launched on June 2 in Japan and June 1 in america. The character launched on Early Entry on Might 28 in Japan and Might 27 within the U.S. Bob launched for early entry on August 19, and formally launched on August 24. Yūjirō Hanma will debut in early 2027.
Season 2 added Anna Williams in March 2025, Fahkumram in July 2025, Armor King on October 13, and Miary Zo on December 4.
Tekken 8 launched for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC by way of Steam in January 2024.
The sport featured the next characters at launch: Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, Nina Williams, Jun Kazama, Paul Phoenix, Marshall Regulation, King, Lars Alexandersson, Jack-8, Ling Xiaoyu, Asuka Kazama, Leroy Smith, Lili, Hwoarang, Bryan, Azucena, Claudio, Raven, Satan Jin, Lee Chaolan, Alisa Bosconovitch, Victor Chevalier, Reina, Leo, Steve, Dragunov, Feng, Yoshimitsu, Shaheen, KUMA, Panda, Zafina, and Lee Chaolan.
The story of the sport takes place practically six months after Tekken 7. The Guinness World Data acknowledge the Tekken franchise as having the longest working narrative in online game historical past.
Eddy Gordo was added to the sport in April 2024 as the primary DLC character, followed by Lidia Sobieska in July 2024, and Heihachi Mishima in September 2024. The sport added Clive Rosfield, the protagonist of Square Enix‘s Remaining Fantasy XVI recreation, as a playable character in December 2024.
The Tekken: Bloodline anime sequence, which follows the storyline of the Tekken 3 preventing recreation, premiered on Netflix in August 2022.
Tekken 8 recreation director Kohei Ikeda (often known as Nakatsu) announced on June 1 that he has left Bandai Namco Leisure, having labored on the firm for 20 years. Ikeda was the sport director on the preventing video games Tekken 7 and Tekken 8, the producer on the Tekken 3D Prime Version recreation, and a designer for Tekken Tag Match 2. He was additionally a designer and battle impact director on SoulCalibur IV.
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