Tekken 8’s Katsuhiro Harada Calls Player Reaction So Far ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’

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At San Diego Comic-Con 2023, we had the chance to chat with Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada and producer Michael Murray and learn the latest details on the much-anticipated next entry of the legendary fighting franchise.

During the interview, we touched on a wide variety of topics, including how the team is dealing with player feedback, how that feedback is making them a bit nervous as it's been "overwhelmingly positive," who the best-dressed fighter in the Tekken universe is, which move would hurt the most in real life, and much more.

Tekken 8 currently has no release date, but a PlayStation 5-only closed network test is currently taking place through today, July 24, and all platforms (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC) will have one from July 28 to 31. Unfortunately, sign-ups have already closed for these tests.

In our Tekken 8 hands-on preview, we said, "Tekken 8 looks phenomenal, its hits feel as impactful as ever, and its iconic cast of characters are even more uniquely defined thanks to the new Heat system. There’s still a lot we have yet to see, but as far first impressions go, Tekken 8 is a knockout."

You can learn a ton more about Tekken 8 below, and be sure to also check out the details on crossplay and rollback netcode, as well as our exclusive first interview with Harada about the game.

IGN: What's up everyone? Stella Chung here. I'm outside of the Tekken 8 area and I'm so excited, because we're going to be talking to the developers, Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray. Let's go inside and see what they can tell us. So, with there now being unique intro dialogue between specific characters before a match begins, do you have any specific favorite pairings or quips between two characters?

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