Summary
Following the praise it has received from fans and critics alike,Tekken 8already has players excited about future content updates. Speculation surrounding DLC characters is a common part of the current era of the genre, but the massive cast of Bandai Namco’s flagship 3D fighting game series has become an especially major source of hype. There has been alleged information floating around regarding the roster ofTekken 8for months prior to its launch and various reveals, but the focus is now squarely on what the future additions will be.
The news thatEddy Gordo isTekken 8’s first DLC charactercame before the game was even properly released, but he’s only the first of four fighters that are set to make up Season 1 of the game’s new content.Tekken 7established the series as one willing to expand with DLC through the use of returning, new, and guest characters alike, leaving the future of its sequel just as unpredictable. Between several different sets of rumors and recent allegations regardingT8’s files, however, there is a chance that the game’s upcoming characters have already been leaked.
Alleged Datamining Has Possibly Revealed Tekken 8’s Season 1 DLC Roster
Future DLC According to Leaker Shootmans
The return of Eddy, a classic staple of the series since Tekken 3, may have seemingly set a tone for the rest of Season 1, but a high-profile rumor has now indicated an unexpected direction instead. According to a known dataminer,twoTekken 7characters are returning as DLC, Fahkumram and Lidia, fighters most players wouldn’t have counted on given their lack of popularity compared to older faces. Marduk is also included in this report, with all of these names actually being inferred from their home countries and fighting styles being present in the data. There also appear to be vague mentions of Anna without these labels, so the overall leak includes the following forTekken 8’s DLC:
Rumors Previously Circulated Prior to Tekken 8’s Recent Datamine
The Alleged PlayStation Store Leak
Before the base game’s launch, the biggest leak was theTekken 8German PlayStation Network listingthat was allegedly screenshotted by a fan who saw it before it was taken down. This featured a different lineup from the rumors that would follow, as its cast is a bit more predictable than repeating multipleT7DLCs. This screenshot indicates that Armor King and the kangaroo Roger will return alongside a total newcomer in the form of someone named Xiao Meng, meaning Season 1 could consist of:
T8’s Supposed Roster Photo and Other Rumors
Outside the more solid nature of the major rumors surroundingT8’s upcoming additions, there have been several smaller ones that are similarly unconfirmed. One came in the form of a somewhat grainy photo of the game’s entire roster with multiple new slots also shown on top, and the validity of these portraits has been a source of debate among fans. This image not only seems to show Armor King, Roger, and Fahkumram in a substantiation of other leaks, but alsoTekken’s boxing raptor Alexand someone who appears to be Julia.
With two other unknown portraits in the roster screenshot, fans have considered that these could be Eddy and Xiao Meng respectively. There is also a separate account of seeing a delisted trailer on YouTube forT7’s Josie Rizal, as well as rumors about James Rival, a character who may be hinted at in the game’s Urban Square stage. Between these allegations, any of the following could also appear as futureTekken 8roster members:
