Summary
Following the Grand Finals of the 2024 Tekken 8 World Tour, series producer Katsuhiro Harada announced two newTekken 8updates for 2025. The winter update forTekken 8will include new photo mode and customization features, and a spring 2025 update will bring major balance changes and new moves to all playable characters.
The news came a few months afterTekken 8released its autumn 2024 DLC fighter, beloved franchise villain Heihachi Mishima. Although Heihachi was announced during Evo 2024, the leader of the Mishima clan would not arrive until early October inTekken 8Patch 1.08. However, the Playable Character Year 1 Pass has one more fighter that has yet to be revealed at the time of writing. Harada confirmed that the fourth DLC fighter forTekken 8will be shown off during The Game Awards 2024, which will air on Thursday, December 12, at 7:30 PM Eastern.Tekken 8is in the running forThe Game Awards' Best Multiplayer honors, alongside titles likeHelldivers 2andCall of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Although fans will not have to wait much longer to find outwhoTekken 8’s fourth DLC fighter will be, other features are on the way. A new trailer from Bandai Namco showed whatTekken 8fans can expect in the months ahead. Alongside the fourth DLC fighter, the winter update will bring more photo mode options toTekken 8, including hand gestures and facial expressions that can be changed when taking a still screenshot. A player search option will be added inTekken 8’s winter update, making finding new friends and rivals easier to manage. Cosmetics themed around theTekken30th Anniversary will also be included.
Tekken 8 Shares Upcoming Winter and Spring Update Plans
However,Tekken 8was not finished offering surprises to players, as the spring 2025 update will include a major balance update for all playable fighters. Each fighter will also gain new moves, though it remains to be seen what those moves will be. The spring 2025 segment also showed Nina Williams pursued by a helicopter loaded with missiles with a kiss mark on them. The missiles may be a possible reference to Anna Williams, Nina’s sister and aclassicTekkencharacter who has yet to appearinTekken 8, though only time will tell if that’s the case
The trailer concluded by confirming theTekken 8World Tour would return in 2025. WhileTekken 8’s Gemaji Temple stage controversyhit a sour note with fans, how Bandai Namco will handle things in 2025 remains to be seen.
Tekken 8
WHERE TO PLAY
Tekken 8 brings the fight to the latest generation of consoles, powered by Unreal Engine 5. Feel the power of every hit in Tekken 8, the latest entry in the legendary fighting game franchise from Bandai Namco. Utilising the power and realism of Unreal Engine 5, Tekken 8 pushes the envelope for fighting games by taking full advantage of the power of the latest generation of consoles. Ground-breaking new features, breathtakingly detailed character models and dramatic environments make this one of the most visually stunning and immersive titles in the genre yet. Tekken 8 picks up after the gruesome battle that ended in Heihachi Mishima’s defeat in Tekken 7, focusing on a new rivalry, pitting father against son as Jin Kazama stands in defiance against Kazuya Mishima in a city-shattering face-to-face showdown.
