The Tekken World Tour closing is quickly approaching, with one of the best of one of the best Tekken 8 gamers duking it out in Tokyo for glory, cash, and bragging rights. Whereas some implausible Tekken can be current for all to see, one factor that will not be there’s a new character trailer. As a substitute, that’ll be proven off later within the 12 months, main many gamers to look to Geoff Keighley for some hope on The Recreation Awards stage.

For some background context, the premier season of post-launch content material for Tekken 8 has 4 DLC character slots. We have already seen three of them, however there’s nonetheless one left which continues to be primed for a Winter 2024 reveal date. One hopes it will be a particular addition, as hitting the bar set by Heihachi earlier this 12 months can be onerous to do.

This hope of a Tekken 8 trailer at The Recreation Awards stems from an official Bandai Namco assertion which dropped at the moment. The assertion, which yow will discover in full beneath, reads: “Our staff is presently engaged on the announcement and launch later this winter to make sure we will totally meet everybody’s expectations.”

Okay, so you have to ask your self, what level in December Bandai Namco and the Tekken 8 staff can be ready for. Traditionally, Tekken 8 (and Tekken 7, for that matter) have proven off trailers at occasions. These are usually preventing recreation occasions certain, issues like Evo or Combo Breaker, however the vital factor is the corporate tends to go up on stage to disclose stuff like this. Tekken characters do not usually get dropped out of nowhere.

With that in thoughts, you have to take a look at the calendar and see what occasions are developing. There’s… properly, not a lot. It is December! The one factor you have actually received left to sit up for is The Recreation Awards in sunny Los Angelas. This, whereas not a affirmation by any means, has Tekken followers fixing their eyes on Geoff Keighley and his staff within the hopes a trailer would possibly present up for TGA.

Keighley, for what it is value, has saved his playing cards near his chest with reference to reveals. After all he has, who needs to see their christmas presents early? We’ll know for certain come December 12, when The Recreation Awards kicks off and we get to see all of the 12 months’s winners alongside a bunch of recent recreation trailers. Tekken 8 has probability of profitable this 12 months! So Tekken 8 followers have shot of getting a extremely good night time. Except MultiVersus wins finest preventing recreation. If that occurs, everybody’s p**sed.