‘Tekken 8’ officially announced during Sony’s State Of Play stream

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Tekken 8 was officially announced during Sony‘s State Of Play broadcast last night (September 13).The official live-stream began at 11pm BST, offering updates and new gameplay footage for 10 titles that are coming to the Playstation consoles and other devices.As Euro Gamer reports, it was revealed early in the online event that the eighth instalment in the Tekken franchise would be coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.A dramatic trailer for the forthcoming title sees Kazuya and Jin Kazama fighting each other in an atmospheric environment.

As the pair face off, they also battle torrential rain, a tornado, lightning and raging fires.The Tekken 8 logo then emerges from a broken and burning chain.

A message beneath the graphic tells gamers to “stay tuned” for further updates. The release date for the new game is not yet known.“this was captured from the story mode, it is not a pre-rendered movie made for the trailer but rather real-time rendered footage, running at 60 frames per second”#TEKKEN8—-Tekken 8 breaks into a new generation https://t.co/2A0TMBlcLk— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) September 13, 2022“Get ready!

Tekken 8 is coming,” the description under the trailer reads. You can watch the full preview video above.Series director Katsuhiro Harada, meanwhile, said on Twitter that Tekken 8 “breaks into a new generation”.Last month, Bandai Namco shared a brief teaser clip at Evo 2022 that suggested a new Tekken game was on the horizon.The footage featured the infamous cutscene of Kazuya launching Heihachi from a clifftop, which was originally from the 1994 PlayStation game.In June, Tekken 7 became the best-selling title in the long-running series, hitting the 9million milestone globally.