Two Tekken 8 Characters Have Been Accidentally Leaked

There is almost nobody in the gaming industry who hasn’t heard of Tekken. Developed by Bandai Namco Studios, this fighting game is an all-time fan favorite. Now, the Tekken franchise is all set to bring their upcoming game Tekken 8 to the fans. Although the team hasn’t announced any official release date, fans are definitely excited for this tenth installment in the Tekken series. 

Despite there being no release date, fans seem to be very excited about this game. Now the team has accidentally revealed an exciting secret to the players. Fans now know two characters that will feature in Tekken 8. 

Who are the two Tekken 8 characters?

After Bryan Fury’s trailer, the Bandai Namco team accidentally leaked the presence of the character Azucena in Tekken 8. Raven will also be making a comeback from the franchise’s older games. Although fans are yet to be sure about Azucena‘s look, one Reddit user shared a leak about Azucena being a woman with flowers on her head. Meanwhile, Raven’s comeback is definitely good news to Tekken fans. 

Two Tekken characters were accidentally posted early by Bandai Namco Europe (yes…again) newcomer character name is revealed to be Azucena, Raven from older Tekken games makes a return
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This video game developing company’s Europe division released Tekken 8’s Bryan Fury. A trailer of the character in the game went viral when the company’s Europe branch posted Bryan Fury’s trailer from Tekken 8 on both Twitter and YouTube on 28th May. This trailer contained details about the character and its in-game abilities. However, sources confirmed that this trailer wasn’t supposed to hit the media so early.

VGC News’ source revealed that this Bryan Fury trailer was kept aside to be released during the Combo Breaker fighting game tournament. Bandai Namco had planned to release it at the event, streaming it through their official Esports YouTube channel. However, clearly, some of their employees were too keen to share this news with the fans. 

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How is Bandai Namco responding to the Tekken 8 leaks?

Bryan Fury’s trailer leak from the Europe division saddened the director, Katsuhiro Harada. His now-deleted Tweet revealed that he was enraged at the team for disclosing the trailer way before the planned time. Harada’s disappointment was certain, considering the intense hard work he and the team put into developing better gameplay for Tekken 8.

However, he is yet to speak anything about the leak of Azucena and Raven’s character from Tekken 8. Despite the speculation, the team’s excitement about the game is visibly definite. Tekken 8 will release on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S Series, and Windows. Are you excited? 

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