It’s a new year, and means there’s plenty of new fighting game releases and updates to look forward to over the coming 12 months across the board.
Bandai Namco is currently kicking off January by offering a peek and some details for Tekken 8’s upcoming Winter update.
The developer’s first new posts of 2025 delve into two features being added in the Version 1.11 patch that’ll mostly benefit players who like to dress up their fighters.
First off, the main menu is seeing an upgrade to allow users to not only show their favorite characters, but to display their own customized fighters as well — so all the Lili mains can rejoice.
This footage was technically already included in the prior Winter update and Season 2 reveal trailer for Tekken 8 last month, but the text details offer up some new information.
Part of that being Bamco is adding a new “Shared” tab to the character customization screen that adds 20 more slots to the game, which can be used by any fighter, though it’s not immediately clear what the benefit of this is over adding more openings for individual roster members.
Perhaps it’s just a resource saver since the data likely shows most players only spend time dressing up only a few of their favorite characters anyway.
There’s obviously more planned for the upcoming update as well that were shown in the trailer including the ability to view and use selected Tekken fan art in the game and a special 30th anniversary fight pass.
This is separate from the larger Season 2 patch that’s coming a bit later on.
For the next season, major system and balance changes are coming to Tekken along with new moves for every character — and of course another DLC fighter too.
Although there’s a vocal section of the player base not exactly pleased with where the game is at currently, the Tekken 8 developers are promising big changes for Season 2 to hopefully keep players happy and engaged.
There’s still no date yet for the Winter update, but it’ll presumably be dropping within the next month or two.
Tekken 8’s much larger Season 2 patch isn’t coming until the Spring, so that’s going to be a longer wait to see how the game is going to evolve in its second year.
Let’s start 2025 with a sneak peek at two upcoming features in #TEKKEN8 Patch 1.11!
1⃣The Main Menu is getting an upgrade!
You will now be able to display customized characters in the main menu
Show us which skin you’re going to feature first in the comments pic.twitter.com/VyubbJfDb1
— TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) January 3, 2025
2⃣ Additional customization slots!
Customization fans, it’s time to expand your collection
A brand new ‘Shared’ tab, that can be used by all characters, and 20 more customization slots will be added to the game.
Let your creativity run wild pic.twitter.com/KfdrElQ1yg
— TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) January 3, 2025