Everything we know about Tekken 8: Trailer, gameplay and more
(Pocket-lint) — Tekken is one of the most influential and storied franchises in the history of fighting games, but it's been a long seven years since the last game in the series was released.
That explains some of the enormous hype that was generated when Tekken 8 was announced in September 2022, and we've got all the details about the game right here. If you're on the lookout for other titles, check out our list of the most exciting upcoming games for the PlayStation 5, right here.
Tekken 8 wasn't even really being heavily rumoured, despite the amount of time that had passed since the last Tekken game, so it was a major and welcome surprise when Sony included it in a State of Play broadcast in September 2022.
It's not even a tiny teaser trailer! It includes a couple of minutes of in-engine footage, which might not be raw gameplay but is close enough to really whet our appetites.
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The one major disappointment in that cool trailer above comes when it ends — rather than any sort of a release window, even one that was really far off, the trailer simply says to «Stay Tuned» for more information.
We'll be honest — anyone who's optimistic about videogame release dates probably hasn't been around too long. This means that the very earliest you can realistically expect Tekken 8 is at the tail-end of 2023, with 2024 also a very realistic (in fact, likely) option.
That means we're still quite a long way off the game coming out, but you never know — maybe that'll all change with a surprise announcement at some point.
While Sony was the one to take the wraps off Tekken 8, it won't be exclusive to its PlayStation 5 console.
Instead, Tekken 8 will come to
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