Tue. Nov 5th, 2024


Many of the recent Tekken 8 trailers have been all about characters who have already been revealed in one way or another. But this newest one stars a previously unconfirmed fighter, as it focuses on Lars Alexandersson.

Lars’ trailer has many familiar attacks, some of which are augmented by lightning because of his Mishima lineage. A few of the other moves channel the new Heat system, which will give players more options during fights.

Lars is the newest character to be revealed thus far, as he only joined the roster in Tekken 6. He’s the half-Swedish and half-Japanese son of Heihachi, meaning he’s Kazuya’s half-brother. As has been the case in other familial trailers, Lars can be seen beating up Kazuya here (as well as Jack the robot).

Despite an onslaught of character trailers, Bandai Namco still has yet to give Tekken 8 a release window.

By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.