Tekken 7: Fated Retribution announced; Street Fighter's Akuma joins the roster

Following the conclusion of The King of Iron Fist Global Tekken 7 Tournament, Bandai Namco Games and Katsuhiro Harada (via Shoryuken) unveiled to the world a brand new trailer showcasing the next update to the newest installment in the Tekken franchise with "Tekken 7: Fated Retribution". Featuring a story sequence that fleshed out more of Kazumi Mishima's request to have her husband Heihachi stopped should something happen to her, the audience finally found out who she was talking to... And it was none other than Capcom's "Raging Demon"and Ansatsuken master, Akuma/ Gouki from Street Fighter!

After debuting in the tournament, Bandai Namco Games officially released the trailer online.

Tekken 7: Fated Retribution
While an update to Tekken 7 was all but certain, NOBODY could have predicted Akuma's arrival to the scene and be integrated into the story of the series no less! This comes a few years after Capcom's Street Fighter x Tekken, so this could be finally the first step in seeing a Tekken x Street Fighter treatment soon!

Tekken 7: New opening cinematic intro sees Kazuya Vs Heihachi

Coming to arcades next week in Japan as an early release of the game itself, Bandai Namco Games has released the opening cinematic to their next installment in the long-running Tekken fighting game series, with Kazuya Mishima facing off against his own father Heihachi Mishima for the intro to Tekken 7!


Tekken 7 Intro
It's all going down soon and hopefully brings a reasonable conclusion to the Mishima saga. The question now is... Where is Jin Kazama? Tekken 6's ending so the son of Kazuya down after fighting Azazel... So will he return as a secret character in future updates and the console version? Only time will tell.

For now, only 20 characters are expected to be in the first early release of the game. Thanks goes to Event Hubs for the updates on the story.

 Tekken 7 hits arcades next week in Japan.

Tekken 7: Katsuhiro Harada unveils poster, details, and first location testing event on October 3-5 in Japan

The King of Iron Fist Tournament celebrates 20 years of existence in the video game world... And Tekken franchise director Katsuhiro Harada is ready to unveil to the world the first look of the latest installment in the series in action, as he and Bandai Namco Games announce that Tekken 7 will begin location tests for the game in Tokyo and Osaka from October 3-5!

As reported and detailed by Famitsu, the event will also feature special Bana Passport gift cards for the first 100 players to sign up and answer questionnaires given, as well well as special stickers that those who attend the location tests will receive. Event Hubs also reports that the game will make use of Online Matchmaking, which is a first in the series as well.

Tekken 7 - Full-Length SDCC 2014 Trailer
Announced a month ago and as the 7th canonical installment in the series, Tekken 7 will serve, according to Harada, as the conclusion to the long running Mishima Bloodline saga that involves series mainstays Heihachi, Kazuya, and Jin Kazama. The story will also answer what happened to Kazuya's mother Kazumi Mishima, and why Heihachi had to kill her and what the mystery surrounding the Devil Gene is all about.

No release date has been given for Tekken 7, but it uses the Unreal Engine 4 will come out for arcades first before hitting consoles.