Tekken 8 release date, rumors, info, everything we know
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Tekken 8’s reveal came several months ago, but do we know when the release date for Bandai Namco’s arcade fighter is?
Tekken 8 was revealed in August, as a teaser attached to the end of the latest announcement of the Tekken World Tour. Since then, we’ve had a reveal trailer, and other small details about Tekken’s latest entry have come out. But when will Tekken 8 be released? Keep reading to find out all the details we have.
When is Tekken 8 coming out?
Tekken 8 currently doesn’t have even a hinted release date, with the latest trailer just stating “Stay Tuned.” Before this, the teaser at Evo had just stated “Get Ready.”
However, we can assume, based on the trailer and when it was announced that Tekken 8 is in production. Production time on AAA games takes anywhere between 18 months to four years, but we can expect Tekken to have a lot of resources thrown at it by Bandai Namco. As a result, we’d project it to be released at some time in 2023, perhaps on the later end of the year.
Everything we know about Tekken 8
Currently we don’t have much information on Tekken 8. We know it will feature Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, and their devil forms, but beyond that we don’t have much info. The game was shown in 4k on the trailer, so we can assume it’s going to be a next gen game with 4k capability.
Incredible Tekken 8 Trailer released as part of September State of Play
In the trailer, you can watch dysfunctional family members Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama battle it out in the rain on top of a volcano in the way only the Mishima’s know how.
One of the reasons Tekken 8’s development will take some time is likely because Bandai Namco are also developing the arcade board run on in Arcades. Each version of Tekken has run on a different board, and even Namco’s latest arcade boards, the Namco System ES3 and Namco System BNA1, may not be up to snuff to run a next gen title.
It’s rumored that Namco is currently developing a new, more powerful arcade board that will be able to run Tekken 8. But, obviously, hardware development is a complex process that may lengthen the time it takes for us to see a Tekken 8 release date.
