Bandai Namco Entertainment of America announced in the new Tekken 8 game trailer that Lidia Sobieski will be the second DLC character, along with a season 1 roadmap that includes a photo mode, story update, and balance update by gameplay.

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Updates to balance gameplay will launch in the spring, a photo mode and new “Seaside Resort” level will be added in the summer, and the story will be updated in the fall. The fall update also introduces the “Ghost vs Ghost” mode along with “Online Practice”.

Eddy Gordo was added to the game on April 4 as the first DLC character. The character first debuted in Tekken 3. He was previously available on April 1 for those who purchased the Deluxe Edition or Ultimate Edition of the game.

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Tekken 8 launched for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on January 26. The game features 32 characters at launch. The game surpassed 2 million copies sold worldwide in February.

The story of the latest installment, Tekken 8, takes place nearly six years after Tekken 7. Guinness World Records recognizes the Tekken franchise as having the longest story in video game history.

Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, Nina Williams, Jun Kazama, Paul Phoenix, Marshall Law, King, Lars Alexandersson, Jack-8, Ling Xiaoyu, Asuka Kazama, Leroy Smith, Lili, Hwoarang, Bryan, Azucena, Claudio, Raven, Devil Jin , Lee Chaolan, Alisa Bosconovitch, Victor Chevalier, Reina, Leo, Steve, Dragunov, Feng, Yoshimitsu, Shaheen, Kuma, Panda, Zafina and Lee Chaolan are all playable characters.

The game added a Tekken store with additional free and paid content after launch. DLC characters will also have their stories expanded in story mode. The game added Tekken World Tour in its third update in April. The store will receive one to two updates per month, with the UNIQLO UT x Tekken pack being the first free content for players. A story mode will be added for additional characters over the summer, showing how the characters relate to the main story of the game. The stories will be explored as free expansions to the main story instead of individual episodes for each character.

The anime series Tekken: Bloodline, which continues the storyline of the fighting game Tekken 3, premiered on Netflix in August 2022.

Source: Bandai Namco America's YouTube channel via Gematsu

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