Even though Street Fighter 6 has a very recent release, that doesn’t mean the fighting game community isn’t already looking ahead to upcoming launches. Mortal Kombat 1 is coming out on September 14th and is making a great impression in the betas that have been playable so far. Something we can also say about Tekken 8, the other major fighting game alongside Street Fighter, except for the fact that it doesn’t have a release date. Except that it seems to have been leaked ahead of time.
The release date for Tekken 8 would be January 26, 2024, according to Aggiornamenti Lumia. Having made numerous accurate leaks in the past, this lends credibility to their latest disclosure. Especially since they claim to have sourced this information from the most reliable place: the public Tekken 8 page on the Microsoft Store.
As of now, if you look at the Microsoft Store page, the game lacks any release date. This is understandable. If the date is to be announced today during the Opening Night Live presented by Geoff Keighley, it wouldn’t be unusual for the public details to accidentally appear when updating the game listing, allowing them to be visible long enough for a leak to occur. This aligns with the fact that Geoff himself has confirmed that we’ll learn more about Tekken 8 tonight.
Tekken 8 was announced last September 2022 during the PlayStation State of Play stream. Since then, numerous trailers introducing the game’s characters have been released, along with various open and closed betas that allowed players to extensively test the game’s systems. Although the official confirmation of the release date is still pending, all signs point to us starting off 2024 by donning our finest attire and engaging in fistfights with one of the best fighting game franchises of the moment.
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