Tekken 8 Won’t Have Denuvo Anti-Piracy Software – Director

Tekken 8 is flexing new gameplay systems, impressive graphics, and a massive roster ahead of its release.

During today’s Opening Night Live show at gamescom 2023, Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada showcased a brand-new trailer for Tekken 8. Unlike the past several trailers, which tended to focus on a single character, this one unveils a whole slew of veteran fighters at once as well as a new single-player mode for fans and newcomers to enjoy. We also now finally know Tekken 8’s release date, which is January 26 of next year.

As previously confirmed, Tekken 8 was one of several games to take the stage at Gamescom Opening Night Live, with Bandai Namco showcasing an extensive new trailer for Tekken 8. In addition to showing more glimpses of what the fighter’s story mode will have in store, the trailer also confirms that there will be 32 characters in the roster at launch. 

Bandai Namco’s Tekken 8 is confirmed to appear at Gamescom Opening Night Live tonight, and with its recent age rating in South Korea, a release date could be announced. However, it seems that may have already leaked, courtesy of @ALumia_Italia on Twitter, which follows the Xbox Store’s backend.

Tekken 8’s apparent release date has appeared online.

With Gamescom Opening Night Live now right around the corner, its lineup of confirmed titles is continuing to fill up, and another major upcoming game has now joined that list. Taking to Twitter, Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada and Gamescom ONL producer and host Geoff Keighley recently confirmed that Tekken 8 will be shown off at Gamescom Opening Night Live tomorrow, on August 22.

Katsuhiro Harada, the director of Tekken 8 and long-time veteran of the series, has responded to what he refers to as “silly threats.” In a recent tweet, he hits back at online trolls with a pretty lengthy statement about what harassment leads to.

Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada has revealed that the «silly threats» some purported fans send to him and other Tekken 8 development team members have a significant impact not just on morale but also on costs and even the inclusion of some characters.

Recently at Evo, Bandai Namco showed off Tekken 8 once more, confirming two more characters for its ever-growind roster of fighters with Raven and newcomer Azucena. Excitement surrounding the game has continued to mount with each new showing, but when exactly can we expect it to launch? Though Bandai Namco has yet to announce a specific release date for the highly anticipated fighter, recent developments might be indicating that an announcement for the same might not be far away.

Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada has spoken up the impact of trolling, revealing that even «silly threats» affect «everyone» in the fighting game community.

Tekken 8 still appears to be quite a ways away, with the game only having just wrapped up its first Closed Network Test earlier this month. That means that we still don't know a lot of the game's base roster, and fans have been unsurprisingly bugging Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada with character requests. Unfortunately, it seems like a some of these requests are a bit more aggressive than Harada would like, as he recently put a fan on blast for a "silly threat" with a detailed explanation on why fans shouldn't do it.

Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada has warned fans that even the silliest of threats can have big implications on future game events, reveals and even the future of your favourite character.