On stage at EVO 2022, after the Tekken 7 Grand Finals, Bandai Namco shared a trailer for the next Tekken 7 update. At the end of a trailer, they showed the iconic Tekken scene of Kazuya Mishima throwing his father, Heihachi Mishima off a cliff . At the point where the scene zooms in on Kazuya’s face, it immediately changes from the 1994 PlayStation version of Kazuya to a very modern version of the character. “Get Ready” then appears on screen, before the trailer fades to black. You can skip to the 1:40 mark in the video below to watch the teaser. Get your fists ready for more 👊 📣 A free update with battle balance adjustments will be applied to #TEKKEN 7 🗓 The #TWT2023 World Finals will be held on February 4-5, 2023 in Amsterdam …watch till the end! pic.twitter.com/47cMCc0VXI — TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) August 8, 2022 Series director Katsuhiro Harada appeared briefly on the official EVO stream, but did not elaborate on the tease. While we don’t know for sure yet, it’s probably safe to assume that this teaser is headed towards Tekken 8. However, the teaser explicitly used footage from the original Tekken, so there’s a chance it could be a remake or reboot of the series. There’s nothing official from Bandai Namco about what this project is, so we’ll just have to wait and see. Tekken 7 was originally released in 2017 and has received a ton of DLC support since its release. We gave the game a 9.5 in our Tekken 7 review, saying that the game, “strikes a fine balance between being accessible to series newcomers and retaining much of its technical tradition. For more fighting game news from EVO, check out SNK’s announcement of a brand new Fatal Fury game, Reset Netcode coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ, and PlayStation’s EVO survey on NFTs. Screens – Tekken 7 [Version 3.00]
