Tekken 8: Eddy Gordo DLC Coming on April 4 | Learn More Here
Tekken 8
PlayStation 5™ & Xbox Series X™ – US, EU, Japan & Asia
Eddy Gordo is coming as a downloadable content character for Tekken 8 on April 4. Character Year 1 Pass owner will get him early on April 1 at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET. Eddy launches along with version 1.03.01.
Here’s the patch notes of version 1.03.01 below via Bandai Namco.
New playable character Eddy Gordo:
- 72-hour early access made available to owners of the Playable Character Year 1 Pass.
- Playable Character Year 1 Pass is included in the following:
- Tekken 8 Deluxe Edition Upgrade Pack
- Tekken 8 Ultimate Edition
- Tekken 8 Deluxe Edition
- New feature Tekken Fight Pass added to Tekken Shop:
- During the specified period, players can increase their level by completing daily and weekly missions in online matches, allowing them to obtain various items.
- In the Premium tier, where items are even more luxurious, players can also acquire Tekken Coins, which can be exchanged for various items in Tekken Shop.
- New items added to Tekken Shop:
- New costume sets “Cyber Pack 01” and “Cyber Pack 02” available for all playable characters.
- A legacy costume for Yoshimitsu
- Eddy Gordo Avatar Skin
- Functional improvements and bug fixes:
- A feature has been added to Ranked Match, Quick Match, and Group Match modes to allow for the termination and invalidation of matches if the network connection quality falls below certain specified conditions.
- An indication has been added to the versus screen in Player Match mode to display when the stage has been randomly selected.
- A Quit option has been added to the Main Menu to allow the game to be exited from sources other than the options menu (Steam version only).
- Behavior / properties of moves will be adjusted for some characters:
- In version 1.03, continuing from the previous version 1.02, focus was placed on correcting unintended move behavior.
- Work on an update focused on battle system balance is underway, but we are undertaking this with utmost caution by carefully evaluating user play data collected from around the world. Version 1.04 is scheduled for release in May following the conclusion of EVO Japan 2024.
- Version 1.04 will primarily focus on buffing characters who haven’t been able to fully showcase their uniqueness. However, adjustments to certain moves that exhibit significant strength will also be made.
Scope of Update
The application of the update data will result in the following impact on each mode and feature.
- “Downloaded Replays,” “My Replay & Tips”: Replay data from before the update will be unavailable for playback.
- “Online Replay”: Replay data from before the update will be deleted.
- “Super Ghost Battle,” “Ghost Match”: Character behavior and move properties will reflect that of the post-update state.
Check out Eddy Gordo’s trailer below.
Thanks, Gematsu!
Game Overview
The iconic Japanese fighting game franchise is back, as Tekken 8 is here! This game takes advantage of the full power of the latest generation of gaming consoles.
Tekken 8 brings you to the after a gruesome battle that ends in Heihachi Mishima’s defeat. It also brings us to the new rivalry between Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima.
Check out the additional details from the chief producer Katsuhiro Harada via the PlayStation Blog.
Hi, this is Harada, chief producer of the Tekken project. We have kept you waiting for a long time, but we are finally able to announce that Tekken 8 is in production. Have you seen the first trailer yet?
This trailer was actually taken directly from a certain part in the current work-in-progress Tekken 8‘s story mode, played on PlayStation 5. In other words, all the character models, backgrounds, and effects are the same ones that are used in-game. Although this was captured from the story mode, it is not a pre-rendered movie made for the trailer but rather real-time rendered footage, running at 60 frames per second, similar to how you would experience the game in versus battle modes. (Of course, some of the effects, dialogue as well as the camera angle is currently being updated and may change when the game launches)
The Tekken series has always been known for the dramatic pre-rendered movies from its story mode. And in addition, we also have plenty of other exciting content from Tekken 8 we would very much like to show you. However, for our first announcement, we chose to focus on the content that showcases the quality of this game on PlayStation 5.
In the trailer, you can see this level of quality in the newly created playable character models that completely sets itself apart from the current Tekken 7, and in little details like how water droplets run down the character’s skin. This is not footage created solely for trailer purposes, but an actual real-time rendering of what is happening on the game screen.
Also, if you pay attention to the background during the battle, you can see dynamic waves and tornadoes, a huge tanker gradually breaking apart, storm rendering so realistic that you can feel the wind pressure, the density of the rain.
These are all battle stage effects to be used in this title. We are of course working hard to enhance the quality even further. In the latest version of the work-in-progress build, the quality is dynamically improving each day, with the giant tanker moving closer to the shore in the background and large flames flare up near where the character is standing. We hope you look forward to seeing them in-game!
Also, the Tekken series holds the record of being the longest-running story in a video game. Just as the ending dialogue of Tekken 7 mentioned, this new entry will focus on the father and son showdown between Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama. As for the meaning of the scene in the trailer and how significant it is to the main story… we look forward to you finding it out when the game releases.
However, the game is still in development, so I’m afraid we will have to ask you to wait a little longer.
The entire development team is working hard to make this title worth the wait so thank you so much for your support.
So…
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