Heihachi Mishima, a major character who seemingly died at the end of Tekken 7, is back! He’ll be making a return to Tekken 8 as part of the game’s current DLC season pass, and releasing in Autumn of this year.

Announced by director Katsuhiro Harada and producer Michael Murray, the reveal was shown alongside a selection of in-game cinematics and new story details, pointing towards additional story content coming to the game alongside his release.

Both Harada and Murray also stated that Lidia, the next new character coming to Tekken 8, will be releasing on July 22 (US) and July 23 (ROW). Along with Lidia, all players will get access to the photo mode and the seaside stage.

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