Even if for the moment, Bandai Namco Entertainment is careful not to communicate any date for Tekken 8, the Japanese publisher has nevertheless unveiled a release window as part of a conference call with its investors. As reported Insider Gaming, Michael Murray (the producer of the series) and his teams aim to market the game during the 2023-2024 fiscal year, i.e. between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024. Our colleagues are right to point out that it is difficult to identify a trend: Tekken 7 arrived on consoles and PC in June 2017, and Tekken 6 in October 2009. In short, very clever whoever would aim right, knowing that in theory, Tekken 8 can therefore land both in 2023 and in 2024.
In any case, it is not impossible that Bandai Namco Entertainment will take advantage of the Game Awards 2022 (December 8) to draw a new trailer, just to remind you that the game is in development on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC and PS5 , and that it will be based on the Unreal Engine 5.”Entirely remodeled in high-definition, the actions of each character benefit from immersive graphics to animate hair and muscles to the rhythm of their movementscan we read on the official website. As announced in the epilogue of TEKKEN 7, this new opus will be centered on the fight between father and son, opposing Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama.“