Tekken 8 announced at EVO 2022 - at least we think so

Tekken 8 was announced this weekend during the EVO 2022 fighting game championship. At least, we think it was, going by the vague teaser.

Tekken 7 has been persevering for seven years now, and has fostered an incredibly faithful community that has made the Tekken World Tour one of the biggest events in gaming. We recently spoke with Tekken 7 pros about what they want from Tekken 8.

We’re due for a new entry in the Tekken series, but this weekend’s teaser trailer was a little vaguer than what fans were hoping for.

A year and a half since Tekken 7‘s last update, a brand new trailer confirmed a new balance update to come to Tekken 7, which will introduce “new tactics,” and it also confirmed that the Tekken World Tour finals will take place in Amsterdam in February 2023.

The trailer finished with the climax of the original Tekken game, which sees Kazuya throw an unconscious Heihachi off a cliff. Or into a volcano, depending on how you interpret the environment. A close-up on Kazuya’s PS1 face flashed and transitioned into a brand new 3D model of Kazuya, never before seen.

This definitely hints at the future of the Tekken series, but unfortunately, that was all we had. Players expected a more solid confirmation, like a logo or some gameplay footage, but it certainly seems that Tekken 8 is in development, and we might see more at the Tekken World Tour finals, if not before that.

Of course, this could equally be a new entry in the Tekken series but not a mainline one. Tekken Tag Tournament is a beloved sub-series, and fans would not complain about Tekken Tag Tournament 3 being the next game in the series.

There’s still time to speculate on what we might see from the future of Tekken, but with continued game updates and a new entry on the horizon, the future looks very bright.

Written by Dave Aubrey on behalf of GLHF.