Summary
According to a new leak,Tekken 7’s Lidia and Fahkumram will be included inTekken 8’s first season pass as DLC fighters.Tekken 8has a roster comprised of a healthy mix of newcomers and veterans. Some of the characters that were introduced inTekken 7have returned for the eighth mainline entry, which include the Wing Chun practitioner Leroy Smith, the exorcist Claudio Serafino, and the Saudi Arabian fighter Shaheen.
Tekken 8is already set to get DLC, with a season pass of four additional fighters.Tekken 8’s first DLC character will be Eddy Gordo, a veteran who has been a part of the franchise sinceTekken 3. Fans believed that Eddy was a shoo-in forTekken 8, based on a leak from December 2023, along with Eddy being an iconic character of the franchise. While no details about the other three fighters have been revealed by Bandai Namco yet, a new leak has provided some hints about the characters that might be included in the upcoming season pass.
This leak comes from dataminer Shootmans, who posted anextensive Twitter threadthat detailedTekken 8’s possible DLC roster. According to Shootsman, these data entries point towards howTekken 7’s Fahkumram and Lidia will be making a return. These claims are supported by elements of a character’s listed fighting style and even country of origin being left in the game, which include an unknown fighter from Poland and a character from Thailand who uses Muay Thai, both descriptions fitting Lidia and Fahkuram respectively.
Possible Tekken 8 Season Pass 1 Roster
Fahkumram was a brand-new Muay Thai practioner introduced toTekken 7’s roster, though fans found him a contentious substitute for the character he was replacing, Bruce Irvin. On the other hand,Lidia Sobieska wasTekken 7’s final DLC character, who was praised for her design and fighting style.
Shootmans also presented evidence that Craig Marduk, another fan favorite and highly requested character, would be returning as DLC. This claim was based on how data previously found inTekken 8’s closed network test was left in the final release, along with Australia being added as a country of origin for an unknown character. Shootmans believes that the characters will be released in summer, autumn, and winter 2024, though he doesn’t know the order of the characters.
This roster is different fromthe previousTekken 8DLC leak, which claimed it was going to include Eddy, Xiao Meng, Armor King, and Roger as DLC. Shootsman theorizes that Armor King and Anna Williams will likely be included as Season 2 DLC, while also claiming that the Xiao Meng character was just someone trolling the community. Fans should take this leak with a grain of salt until Bandai Namco presents more official information aboutTekken 8’s upcoming DLC.
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Bandai Namco’sTekken 8is the franchise’s debut entry on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and the fighting game is built in Unreal Engine 5. The story revolves around Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama’s relationship.
