An in-depth breakdown of Tekken 8 has revealed the return of Nina Williams.
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Bandai Namco streamed a 36-minute breakdown of the preventing sequel’s gameplay mechanics, together with its warmth system, rage system and restoration gauge together with a trailer which launched Williams for the primary time. She has been a Tekken mainstay for the reason that authentic recreation in 1994. You possibly can view it beneath.
The corporate additionally confirmed a closed alpha check for Tekken 8 might be going down throughout a number of places globally, as a way to collect suggestions on the brand new battle programs launched within the recreation, stories videogameschronicle.
The primary closed alpha check might be held at Evo Japan subsequent month. As a way to take part, gamers might want to apply through a particular web site which might be opening later in February.
A gameplay trailer for Tekken 8 was shared final December at The Recreation Awards 2022.
The reveal video previewed legendary Tekken characters Jin and Kazuya preventing on the facet of a volcano, earlier than it confirmed them brawling in quite a lot of completely different places – one thing that Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada got here onstage to disclose was working in actual time, in-engine.
Tekken 8 is coming to PS5, PC and Xbox Collection X|S and was first teased in August final yr. The total announcement got here throughout Sony’s State of Play showcase in September, and it’s the primary entry within the collection since Tekken 7 appeared in arcades in 2015, though most didn’t play it till it jumped to residence consoles in 2017.
Final June, Tekken 7 grew to become the best-selling title within the long-running collection, hitting the 9million milestone globally. It was additionally revealed on the time that the franchise had offered 53million copies total, setting excessive expectations for Tekken 8 to reside as much as.