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POSTED: Thursday,
March 30th, 2023
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(3-31-2023)
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TEKKEN
8 Closed Alpha First Impressions Video Roundup, All Rage Arts, Character Intros
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 Before
its upcoming appearance at EVO Japan 2023 this weekend,
the first playable build of TEKKEN
8
debuted at an exclusive Bandai Namco event over in France, with some lucky
members of the fighting game community getting their hands on the closed
alpha. Here's a roundup of first impressions and fresh gameplay
footage from
a variety of well-known TEKKEN players on YouTube, including renowned
Kazuya Mishima expert TheMainManSwe who offers his first impressions
after playing the closed alpha. Main Man also goes in depth on some of the
changes and new moves for several returning characters in
TEKKEN 8.
Maximilian
Dood also shared some of his early TEKKEN 8 impressions
after spending several hours with the game. Below, also check out two
videos from Spag featuring a TEKKEN 8 overview as well as a montage
of all new character intros & victory animations, Rage Arts, and
Special Intros thus far.
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Today,
Bandai Namco also announced a new video series called TEKKEN Talk
the first episode being hosted
by Sumichu and
featuring guests
Michael Murray, Maximilian Dood, and Rip. In the 33-minute video
(below), Murray, Max, Rip, and Sumichu discuss their first impressions of TEKKEN
8.
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Yesterday,
Bandai Namco confirmed the next two location tests for the TEKKEN 8
Closed Alpha
which will be playable at The Mixup in Lyon, France (April 22-23),
as well as at Combo Breaker 2023 (May 26-28) in Chicago, Illinois.
Below is the official tweet from Bandai Namco Esports announcing the
upcoming dates.
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The
same closed alpha build of TEKKEN 8 seen in the video footage above
will also be playable at this weekend's EVO
Japan 2023 (taking
place March
31 April 2). That said,
be sure to stay tuned this
weekend for even more
details, new gameplay footage, and potential upcoming announcements.
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[UPDATE] 
Last but not least, enjoy 40 minutes of uninterrupted
gameplay in a video compilation (above) by us featuring
full matches with in-game audio (no commentary). Several of these matches make
a point to demonstrate TEKKEN 8's "Special
Style" controls, offering a simpler control scheme for beginners
which provides assistance in combos, auto-combos, easier Heat system attacks, etc. While this control option seems like a great tool for
beginners, it also greatly limits the number of attacks a character can
perform from their movelist.
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In related news, the article link below contains the most recent TEKKEN
8 character trailer for Ling
Xiaoyu in addition to IGN's first impressions video as well as an interview
with Harada and Michael Murray.
Stay tuned on Fighters Generation for updates and more TEKKEN
8 news during EVO Japan 2023 weekend.
~TFG Webmaster, Frank Joseph
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| Sources:
TheMainManSWE,
Spag,
Maximilian
Dood, @BNEesports
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