During today's State of Play, Bandai Namco kicked the show off with a first look at Tekken 8, the next installment of the long-running fighting game franchise. The brief teaser trailer showed Jin Kazama facing off against his father, Kazuya Mishima, on a rainy and rocky cliff. Jin was able to switch to his Devil form on the fly, performing a massive punch after doing so. Massive storms rage behind the fighters during the battle, with tornadoes raging in the sea below. A PlayStation Blog post by Tekken executive producer Katsuhiro Harada confirms that all visuals seen in the trailer--the "character models, backgrounds, and effects"--are all in-game assets. The scene is taken from the game's story mode, but the blog says what is seen is similar to what players will experience mid-fight. Continue Reading at GameSpot
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