Wed. Apr 24th, 2024


Sony kicked off the State of Play with a fighting game reveal, one teased at Evo 2022. Tekken 8 has been officially announced with a new trailer. It only mentioned the PlayStation 5 in the trailer, but Bandai Namco later confirmed it was coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC, too. No release window was given.

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This footage showed Jin and Kazuya fighting in a rainy environment, demonstrating the higher visual fidelity. It had juggles and familiar combos, but there was no gameplay explainer or further details.

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Tekken 8, or some Tekken project, was teased during Evo during a Tekken 7 update trailer. However, it was unclear what exactly it was teasing since it was so brief.



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.