As the fighting game that truly revolutionized the genre, “Tekken 7” shall be returning the storied fighting game franchise to its purest form.
It shall feature bone-crushing head-to-head bouts, new developments in the game’s canon storyline centered on the struggle for power amongst the members of the Mishima clan, and technical prowess that will take the fighting game circuit by storm.
With an Unreal Engine 4 powering it under the hood, “Tekken 7” would deliver numerous new modes and enhancements including an epic Story Mode that enables players to fully experience the canon storyline of “Tekken,” details the Flickering Myth.
“Tekken 7” players will also be able to play as new fighters such as Kazumi Mishima, Claudio, Josie, Shaheen, Katarina, Lucky Chloe, Gigas, and Akuma from the “Street Fighter” franchise among an impressive stable of fighters for the first-time-ever outside of the arcades.
Part of PLAY Expo in Manchester
Incidentally, “Tekken 7” will be one of the two major high-profile games from Japanese game developer Bandai Namco that will be highlighted in the upcoming PLAY Expo to be held in Manchester, United Kingdom.
The PLAY Expo will be held on October 8 to 9 and the other Bandai Namco game to be featured in the event is “Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.”
During the event, guests and visitors at the PLAY Expo shall be given the opportunity to play both titles for free and if their skills are up to it, they can pay a small entry fee to the battle upon the Fighting Stage for a share of the grand prize of almost $650.
Andy Brown, Director for Replay Events, recently said that there’s little doubt that Japanese game developer Bandai Namco has the most exciting roster of fan-favorite fight games due for release soon.
Apart from being given the opportunity to see the gameplay walkthrough at the PLAY Expo, gamers shall be allowed to compete in tournaments both live and on-stage.
Organizers are positioning the PLAY Expo Manchester 2016 as the best ever and just by looking at the long list of triple-A games to be featured during the event, panels, stages, tournaments, special guests, industry panels, retro-gaming, and so much more combined to make it a not-to-be-missed event.
A Heihachi-inspired jacket
Bandai Namco has recently announced that there would be a luxurious limited edition for “Tekken 7” that shall come with a Heihachi-inspired Sukajan jacket, reports Niche Gamer.
The jacket comes with a reversible design. It is a bomber style jacket crafted with inspiration from Heihachi himself. The price is $450 but gamers can choose from several variants
The limited edition comes with a copy of the game. Pre-orders are available exclusively on the Bandai Namco online store.
The fighting game is launching on the gaming consoles and the PC sometime early next year in North America and Europe. Japanese players will get the game sometime in the spring of next year.
“Tekken 7” on the Japanese gaming arcades is a great reminder to the gaming community that it is actually one of the best fighting games around these days.
Bandai Namco managed to show a gameplay trailer of the game during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2016 and it was clear that the developer made major changes to “Tekken 7” from its predecessor “Tekken 6.”
Just like its predecessor game, the fighting still takes place in a 3D space but it feels so much more parallel that it was before.
Those who were able to try out the gameplay walkthrough during the E3 2016 were one in saying that “Tekken 7” now has a certain level of fluidity that is quite impressive.
“Tekken 7” also gave some of the old characters drastic makeovers that Hwoarang and Yoshimitsu now look very different. There are new characters also looking great including the massive and hulking Gigas. But the gamer favorite is naturally Akuma and that was evident during the E3 2016.