Tekken 8 has been in the hands of players one month already and finding itself quite a bit of success and good will with more stuff coming along the way soon.
Bandai Namco released the official Version 1.02.01 patch notes for Tekken 8 along with the time the new update will release.
The official time of the update drop is scheduled for tomorrow, February 28, for those of us in North or South America at around 6 p.m. PST.
Server maintenance is set to run from 5:30 p.m. PST until up to midnight during which time all online content will be unavailable to access or use.
One of the big new additions to the game will be the previously announced Tekken Shop that’ll contain both free and premium items including character and avatar skins / items, which can be purchased with the newly introduced Tekken Coins premium currency.
A Uniqlo UT x Tekken collaboration is coming to the Tekken Shop upon release too that will add free T-shirts for characters and avatars based on the real Tekken 30th anniversary shirts Uniqlo is selling at their stores and online.
On top of that, Bandai Namco is taking action against reported cheaters, who will be removed from the leaderboards and have their ranks reset back to Beginner, while potentially more severe restrictions for cheaters and rage quitters remain in the works.
Finally, the Tekken Fight Lounge is going to receive a handful of quality of life improvements to make the experience better / smoother.
As for the game’s characters, Alisa, Asuka, Azucena, Bryan, Claudio, Dragunov, Feng, Hwoarang, Jun, Kazuya, King, Kuma, Panda, Lars, Law, Leo, Leroy, Lili, Nina, Raven, Reina, Victor, Xiaoyu and Yoshimitsu will be adjusted in the update.
Many of these will simply be fixing unintended issues or bugs though Leroy’s dog Sugar has notably received a nerf to make her hitbox disappear if the fighter takes damage before she makes contact.
Since battle adjustments are being made, replays from the current build of Tekken 8 will be deleted / made unavailable to view while Super Ghost Battle data will be updated to match the current state of the game.
You can check out the character adjustments in the image below as well as the full list of changes being made to the game or on the Tekken website as we update this story here.
Update Contents
• In-game collaboration “UT×TEKKEN”
• New feature “TEKKEN SHOP” will be implemented.
• Measures against players discovered cheating in RANKED MATCH
• Functional improvements.
• Bug fixes.
• Behavior/properties of moves will be adjusted for some characters.
In-game collaboration “UT×TEKKEN”
• Customization items with the same design as the UT collaboration T-shirts commemorating the 30th anniversary of TEKKEN, sold at UNIQLO stores, will be available for free in the TEKKEN SHOP. These items include customization items for playable characters (2 types) and avatar customization items (1 type).
New feature “TEKKEN SHOP” will be implemented
• In the TEKKEN SHOP, you can obtain various customization items such as popular legacy costumes for playable characters and avatar skins for specific characters. We plan to add new categories and items every month.
• Various items in the TEKKEN SHOP include both free and paid items. Paid items can be obtained by spending “TEKKEN COINS” purchased in each platform’s store.
Measures against players discovered cheating in RANKED MATCH
• High ranking players who were reported multiple times and were found to have cheated were removed from the LEADERBOARD, and their ranks were reset to BEGINNER.
Functional improvements
• In TEKKEN FIGHT LOUNGE, the matchmaking waiting state now continues after finishing a match in Match Anywhere without needing to select it again.
• In TEKKEN FIGHT LOUNGE, My Profile can be selected when accessing the customization shop’s staff or terminal.
• Status of members in a GROUP in PLAYER MATCH is now displayed.
• Maximum number of consecutive wins displayed increased from 99 to 999.
Bug fixes
• Fixed an issue in which some titles wouldn’t unlock via ARCADE QUEST progression. *affected players can obtain those titles automatically next time they enter ARCADE QUEST.
• In TEKKEN BALL, fixed an issue where Panda and Leroy couldn’t do a long back dash.
• Fixed an issue where in certain instances a color unavailable in Character Customization was selectable when saved in Saved Colors.
• During an online match, selecting Rematch and then the opponent declining would sometimes cause the game to become unresponsive for a certain amount of time, however this issue has been fixed.
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