During gamescom Opening Night Live 2023, Bandai Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada showed off a new Tekken 8 Arcade Quest mode and announced the release date. The game will appear on January 26, 2024. Pre-orders open on August 22, 2023. There will also be Arcade Quest avatar costumes if you pre-order. The new trailer also confirmed 32 characters at launch.
With Arcade Quest Mode in Tekken 8, players create a custom avatar. They then head to an arcade for a fighting game community-inspired experience. This will exist alongside a more traditional story mode. The pre-order bonus gives people an Avatar Costume of Paul Phoenix. On PlayStation consoles, there is an exclusive Avatar Skin set for Mokujin and Tetsujin.
Here is the gamescom 2023 Tekken 8 trailer:
Bandai Namco’s regularly revealed new Tekken 8 character trailers. Both new characters, like Azucena, and returning ones will show up. In case you missed some, here are the people we know will be in this installment:
- Asuka Kazama
- Azucena
- Bryan Fury
- Claudio Serafino
- Emilie “Lili” De Rochefort
- Jack-8
- Jin Kazama
- Jun Kazama
- Kazuya Mishima
- King
- Lars Alexandersson
- Leroy Smith
- Ling Xiaoyu
- Marshall Law
- Nina Williams
- Paul Phoenix
- Raven
The Tekken 8 release date is January 26, 2024. It is in development for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
