Tekken 8 Brings Heihachi Mishima Back to Life

Tekken 8 has just announced its third DLC character: Heihachi Mishima, who will cause chaos when he comes back to life.

The updates for the game have just kept coming since its release earlier this year, much to the delight of fans of the franchise. Developer Bandai Namco took to the Evo 2024 stage to reveal the character with a bombastic new trailer.

Tekken 8 Reveals Heihachi Mishima’s Return

The last time fans of the series saw Heihachi was when he was thrown into a volcano at the end of the series. Tekken7Director Katsuhiro Harada said last year that the character was “completely dead,” but it appears that’s not the case within the franchise’s lore.

The new trailer doesn’t show any direct gameplay footage of Heihachi, but it did give fans a glimpse of some very familiar moves for the demon-slaying karate master. These Involving his doublepalm, uppercut and Wind God Fist, according to EventHubs.

The final reveal shows that Heihachi and the Mishima style will play a major role in Tekken 8’s first Story Mode expansion featuring a group of “Tekken Monks”. The latter would take down the remnants of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

The trailer also featured Eddy Gordo and Lidia Sobieska, suggesting that the two characters could play a role in the game’s new story chapter. Another character shown was Reina, who can be heard saying, “It’s almost time.”

Releasing a new chapter in the story

In the new footage, Heiahchi is seen smiling while surrounded by fire, wearing the same insignia as the Tekken Monks, implying that he has become the leader of the group.

The announcement of the upcoming DLC ​​character was made at Ev0 2024, where Tekken 8 was a major attraction for players who wanted to play at a high level.

It was also something for viewers who wanted to see the best of the best fight against each other, GameSpot said.

Heihachi’s reveal has surprised many fans of the series, but it is also welcome news as he is a fan favorite and one of the main antagonists of the series. He is expected to appear in Tekken 8 sometime in the fall of 2024.

Harada and producer Michael Murray also said Lidia Sobieska will be released on July 22, 2024 in the United States and on July 23, 2024 in the rest of the world.

She will be joining all the players who access to photo mode and beach stage, according to VG247.