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After seven long years, developer Bandai Namco Studios finally revealed Tekken 8. The title will continue after the events of Tekken 7, bringing next-gen advancements to the popular fighting series. This guide will cover everything we know about the game's release date, available platforms, story content, and a list of the available fighters revealed by Bandai Namco.
Update on 26 January 2024 - We've updated this article with the latest news and info for Tekken 8.
Latest Tekken 8 News & Leaks
Just below we'll keep you updated on any news in the lead-up to release, including any important announcements or leaks:
The tenth entry is the Tekken series has now been released!
Whether you're playing on PlayStation 5, PC, or Xbox Series X/S we hope you enjoy the game!
Gaming critics have spoken, Tekken 8 looks like another banger!
If you're desperate to play Tekken 8 the second it becomes available, then the below should help you. The official Twitter feed for the game has released a map showing the worldwide release times for the game.
Learn how you can sign up and get into the Tekken 8 Closed Network Test (CNT) and when it kicks off.
Tekken 8's beta might be coming soon as the game has been sneakily added to Steam's database, according to SteamDB.
It's time to kick it up a notch.
— TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) May 13, 2023
Hwoarang is back on his feet in #TEKKEN8!
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We've checked for Tekken 8 information and news to add to this article.
With Tekken 8 getting announced at The Game Awards 2022, we should see more information about the next big fighting game from Bandai Namco come in throughout 2023, so stay tuned.
- Jin Kazama/Devil Jin
- Kazuya Mishima/Devil Kazuya
- Jun Kazama
- Lars Alexandersson
- Jack-8
- King II
- Marshall Law
- Paul Phoenix
Bandai Namco has shared their best look yet at Tekken 8 with a new Story and Gameplay teaser trailer at The Game Awards.
You can watch the minute-long trailer just below, along with a few more details nabbed from the trailer description, which also gives a few more insights into some of the returning characters.
"Father. Son. Mother. This family reunion is going to be explosive. TEKKEN 8 is bringing back old grudges to the new generation – Kazuya, Jin, Paul, King, Law, Lars, Jack-8 and…the return of Jun Kazama! Get ready for the next-gen battle and look forward to a lot more in the next edition of Tekken – old and new!"
We are 100% certain that Tekken 8 will show up at The Game Awards 2022, so get ready!
Tune in the watch The Game Awards 2022 via the YouTube stream embedded below. It kicks off on 8 December at 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT and 9 December at 00:30 GMT.
A credible report suggests we will see a Tekken 8 reveal at The Game Awards 2022. Hopefully, this will even include some gameplay. Read our news piece about the Tekken 8 reveal and get ready for 8th December 2022.
According to a new rumor/leak, it appears that Tekken 8 has a chance of not releasing in 2023. The leak notes that the aim is to release Tekken 8 in the fiscal year 2023, which in Japan begins in Q2 2023 and ends in Q1 2024.
What is the Tekken 8 release date?
Tekken 8 was released on Friday, January 26, 2024, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
The highly anticipated release date was revealed during the Gamescom Opening Night Live stream, which took place on August 22, 2023. The announcement was accompanied by another banger of a trailer highlighting a diverse roster of returning fighters and giving fans a glimpse of what to expect when the eighth canon release and tenth overall entry in the Tekken fighting game series finally launches.
Tekken 8 Gameplay Overview & The Story So Far
Tekken 8 will follow the story of two main characters, Jin Kazama and father Kazuya Mishima, continuing the tragic saga of father and song grudge matches.
The new entry of Tekken 8 will continue after the events of Tekken 7, where Jin proclaims to destroy Kazuya and the cursed Mishima bloodline along with him.
Check out the Tekken 8 announcement trailer from the Sony's State of Play in September 2022 below.
In a PlayStation Blog post, Katsuhiro Harada, the Executive Producer and Director at Bandai Namco Studio, explains what you are seeing in the trailer: "This trailer was actually taken directly from a certain part in the current work-in-progress Tekken 8’s story mode, played on PlayStation 5. In other words, all the character models, backgrounds, and effects are the same ones that are used in-game.
"Although this was captured from the story mode, it is not a pre-rendered movie made for the trailer but rather real-time rendered footage, running at 60 frames per second, similar to how you would experience the game in versus battle modes."
As mentioned previously, Tekken 8 will include new gameplay using Unreal Engine 5. Giving your fights more stunning and destructive visual effects
Tekken 8 Character List At Launch
Here are the confirmed characters in the Tekken 8 roster at launch:
- Alisa Bosconovitch
- Asuka Kazama
- Azucena (newcomer)
- Bryan Fury
- Claudio Serafino
- Devil Jin
- Dragunov
- Feng Wei
- Hwoarang
- Jack-8
- Jin Kazama
- Jun Kazama
- Kazuya Mishima
- King
- Kuma
- Lars Alexandersson
- Lee Chaolan
- Leo Kliesen
- Leroy Smith
- Lili
- Ling Xiaoyu
- Marshall Law
- Nina Williams
- Panda
- Paul Phoenix
- Raven
- Reina (newcomer)
- Shaheen
- Steve Fox
- Victor Chevalier (newcomer)
- Yoshimitsu
- Zafina
It's also worth noting that Eddy Gordo will join the game in Spring 2024 as part of the Tekken 8 Season 1 Pass. Eddy is the first of four characters, presumably with the three remaining characters added in summer 2024, autumn 2024, and winter 2024. Stay tuned to GINX.TV for further post-launch DLC updates.
