Tekken 8: Full Story Trailer and PS5 Demo Released

 

It’s almost time to get ready for the next battle.

Bandai Namco and Tekken Project Director Katsuhiro Harada are hyping up fans for the long awaited new installment in the Tekken franchise this week by releasing a brand new story trailer and PS5 demo for “Tekken 8” - which will see Jin Kazama fulfilling his redemption arc in defeating his father Kazuya Mishima as the latter stakes his claim for world domination and the Devil Gene.

Also, PlayStation 5 users now have access to the demo - which allows players to fight against the CPU, friends, or test out Arcade Quest and Story mode a bit before the game’s release on January 24, 2024.

Tekken 8: Kazuya Mishima Gameplay Trailer Revealed

 

After defeating his father in the previous game and now standing as the powerful force controlling the world until someone gets in his way, Kazuya Mishima is coming back to settle scores and take everything he wants - and he gets a new gameplay trailer that shows off his attacks, Devil form, and a new stage in Times Square that will all be featured in Tekken 8!

Check out the leader of G Corporation's moves as he faces off his own son Jin Kazama in the gameplay video below.

TEKKEN 8 - Kazuya Gameplay Trailer

Tekken 8 is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC very soon.

Tekken 8 Debuts New Key Art and Gameplay Trailer

 

Premiering during this year's The Game Awards and showing off some new story and gameplay footage for the highly anticipated new entry, Bandai Namco released a new trailer for "Tekken 8" - which focuses on the Mishima rivalry legacy anew as Heihachi Mishima is gone and now Kazuya Mishima is aiming to take over everything - with only his son Jin Kazama standing in his way to end the blood feud once and for all.

Here's the trailer below.

Tekken 8 - Story & Gameplay Teaser Trailer | PS5 Games

Also here's some new character key art released after the trailer's debut (including the one above", showing Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, the returning Jun Kazama, Lars Alexandersson, Paul Phoenix, Marshall Law, and Jack-8.

Tekken 8 will be powered by the Unreal Engine and will be coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam.

Tekken's Kazuya Mishima joins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the latest DLC fighter on June 29!

 

After the reveal trailer shown during the Nintendo Direct presentation at this year's E3, Nintendo, Bandai Namco Entertainment, and Mr. Masahiro Sakurai himself have revealed that Tekken's own Kazuya Mishima will be gracing the game sooner than we expected - TOMORROW on June 29 as the latest DLC character to join the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Vol. 2 line-up!

Check out everything you need to know in preparation for this Tekken veteran's debut in Smash below with "Mr. Sakurai Presents"!

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Mr. Sakurai Presents "Kazuya"

Kazuya will be pruchasable in Fighters Pass Vol. 2 tomorrow as part of Challenger Pack 10 or getting that entire bundle!

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.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Update: Devil Kazuya Revealed!

It seems like Tekken Series Producer Katsuhiro Harada spilled very big beans for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in his official Twitter account, as he officially revealed the ability for players using Kazuya Mishima to transform into his alter ego, Devil (or a partial transformation at least), during a match in the game!

It seems that Kazuya has to be paired with Devil Jin in order for this trick to work, but anyone who's familiar with the Tekken series should know that it makes perfect sense, especially with dark background of the Devil Gene and tragic history of the Mishima Bloodline. It all started when Kazuya Mishima, having been abused and beaten by his father Heihachi, sought to gain the strength and power to defeat his dad by any means necessary. To this end, he literally made a deal with the Devil, and henceforth had evil power flowing in his veins... even passing on to his son, Jin Kazama, who becomes Devil Jin. The curse of the Devil Gene remained uncontrollable to the Mishima/ Kazama afflicted with it, but since Tekken 4, Kazuya was able to reconcile both halves AND gain access to that part of his power. Now we see that controlled aspect of his power in TTT2... but will it prove to be an advantage or a hindrance? Time will tell for sure when the game gets released in arcades this summer!