The newest installment of the acclaimed brawler is already being promoted more and more boldly by Bandai Namco representatives.
Marking the occasion of the Regional Finals in North America, developers shared a number of striking shots and told a little more about the production.
Genre enthusiasts recently had a lot of reasons to be happy – not only the release date of Street Fighter 6 was revealed, but additionally Katsuhiro Harada’s team boasted a fresh trailer showing Tekken 8, which will get a lot of significant changes in the setting at first glance.
From the first announcement, the developers stress that we can count on extremely polished and detailed graphics.
In the latest gameplay fragments we can take a look at several fighters in action – including Paul Phoenix. Katsuhiro Harada as well as Michael Murray alluded to the issue of the Heat system (unrelated to RAGE), shown on several very attractive scenes from duels, while adding that we will feel it slightly differently in each hero, and it will be possible to activate it in several ways.
We’ll know more details about the solution early next year. Additionally, they told about the extensive destruction system we will see during duels.
In one of the recent interviews, Japanese announced that the upcoming Tekken 8 would be extremely aggressive – brawlers will make an impression both when playing and watching, which will be influenced in no small part by the use of the capabilities of Unreal Engine 5.
In developing the game, not only did the studio keep Tekken 7 in mind, but it also thought about an expanded esports scene. The series’ lead developer wants to encourage more offensive gameplay for players.
