Update: The official Tekken 8 patch notes have been released, and Clive is now available to use for owners of the Year One Character Pass.
Final Fantasy is back in Tekken, but it’s not quite the representative that many fans were thinking they were going to get.
Bandai Namco is set to run extended server maintenance today in Tekken 8 to prepare the game for its Version 1.10.01 update and the arrival of Final Fantasy 16’s Clive Rosfield.
The server maintenance period is slated to start a bit earlier than usual today at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET and is scheduled to be down longer too.
Tekken’s new update itself should be available to download around 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET, however, the online servers themselves won’t be back until around 8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET.
During this time, all online features and functionality will remain unavailable including matchmaking, lounges, the in-game shop, battle pass and more.
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On top of Clive himself, Bamco is also going to be adding new Final Fantasy collaboration DLC packs to the Tekken Store as well.
One includes Joshua Rosfield’s costume for character customization as well as the Moogle Nektar the Bold while the other lets you dress as Jill Warrick and comes with an avatar skin for Clive.
Each set is priced at 500 Tekken Coins or $5 apiece.
The lead developers from both Tekken and Square Enix came together to create multiple special Dev Talk videos discussing Clive’s inclusion in the fighting game, all the crazy stuff he can do in the gameplay, his customization abilities and what he means to the teams.
They managed to give Clive all of his Eikons from FF16 (what the game calls Summons) as well as his faithful hound Torgal plus Limit Break for his moveset, which the Square devs didn’t even think could be possible.
Final Fantasy 16’s Creative Director also requested that the Bamco guys please make Clive a regular member of Tekken games moving forward beyond 8.
Stay tuned to EventHubs for the full patch notes that accompany Clive as they become available soon.