Tekken 8 Roster Leaked, Highlighting Fan-Favourite due to Return

Publish date: 2024-05-07

The Tekken 8 roster was partially leaked recently because of a Network Test datamine and longtime fans of the huge fighting game franchise have yet another reason to get excited. If you have been familiar with Tekken lore since the beginning, you already know how beloved Yoshimitsu is. The good news is that he is apparently returning in Tekken 8, as he should, because a Tekken game is never complete without our favorite swordsman.

Since the game’s announcement, Bandai Namco has been steadily and officially announcing characters in the Tekken 8 roster one by one. But the most recent datamine leak even includes characters that have not been officially revealed or confirmed by the developer. All of this became possible because of a computer application called Cheat Engine, which basically lets players modify the games that they play through countless scripts created by the app’s community itself.

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The Alleged Tekken 8 Roster

Various Discord communities related to Tekken have been circulating the latest rumors about the Tekken 8 roster. They claim that if you run the above-mentioned Cheat Engine in the recent Closed Network Test for Tekken 8, you will get to see the roster of the game, albeit partially. Before all of this news about the alleged complete roster, Bandai Namco officially revealed some of the returning icons from the series.

The confirmed official Tekken 8 roster includes OG characters like Jin Kazama, King, and Marshall Law. However, Bandai Namco still needs to officially announce fan-favorite characters like the Tekken 8 Yoshimitsu. The roster revealed by Cheat Engine felt complete, but because of Kuma not being present in it, fans have started to question if the alleged list is actually partially incomplete.

To be fair, Kuma absolutely has to be a part of the Tekken 8 roster because the character has been an integral part of each and every mainline Tekken game, including the previous Tekken 7 roster. Other iconic characters from the series, including Tekken 8 Lili, Raven, Steve Fox, Shaheen, Alisa, and Leroy Smith are also allegedly set to return in Tekken 8. Combining the confirmed and rumored characters on the Tekken 8 roster gives us a total number of 22 characters until any further announcements.

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List of Potential Characters on the Tekken 8 Roster

Let’s check out the list of characters on the Tekken 8 roster, including the ones that have been officially revealed by Bandai Namco and the potential ones that fans found through the Cheat Engine application:

Bandai Namco announced Tekken 8 last year in September 2022 during an anticipated livestream of PlayStation State of Play. Since then, the developer has kept the fans updated regarding the Tekken 8 roster. We still don’t have an official Tekken 8 release date for the fighting game sequel, but we know that Tekken 8 will be released for the next-gen consoles, including PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, while also having a PC release through Steam.

More updates about the Tekken 8 roster keep coming from Bandai Namco, and earlier in February, the developer hosted a 36-minute showcase for the game. It included much-needed details about Tekken 8‘s gameplay mechanics, which introduce new elements such as the heat system, the recovery gauge, and the rage system. Are you excited for the game after all these Tekken 8 leaks?

Did you get a chance to check out the Tekken 8 Closed Network Test? Who would you like to see on the Tekken 8 roster? Let us know in the comments!

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