Bandai Namco have launched a teaser for…properly, one thing Tekken associated, though precisely what’s open to interpretation. The temporary trailer, proven yesterday at Evo 2022, replays the second from Tekken 1 through which Kazuya Mishima drops his father’s physique off a cliff, earlier than reducing to a way more trendy wanting Kazuya and the easy invocation: “GET READY”.
The teaser, which reveals up within the final 20 seconds of the video above, has warranted a flurry of questions alongside basic pleasure, as a result of, properly, “prepare” for what, precisely? The most typical consensus appears to be that that is most likely an announcement for Tekken 8. Though footage from the unique Tekken makes up a lot of the teaser, the inclusion of Kazuya’s later look, full with purple glowing eye, would recommend that it is not pointing in direction of a remake.
Within the Evo livestream the place the footage debuted, the feed minimize from the enigmatic picture again to the excited of us cheering on the commentary desk. And Tekken collection director Katsuhiro Harada briefly appeared amongst them, leaping and pointing, earlier than leaving with out giving any precise data, and even saying something in any respect. Complicated!
Though it bought considerably overshadowed by the tease, it was additionally introduced {that a} free steadiness replace shall be coming to Tekken 7 on August 17. The finals of the Tekken World Tour 2022 additionally bought their very own date; that’ll be going down on February 4th and fifth subsequent 12 months in Amsterdam.
Hopefully they will not depart followers ready that lengthy for extra particulars on no matter this new factor seems to be.
Er, an earlier model of this text incorrectly acknowledged that it was Capcom reasonably than Bandai Namco behind the Tekken collection. I blame my 15 years of Ace Lawyer fandom for making me fixated on the previous. Sorry!