Tekken 8 PS5 demo drops later this week

Bandai Namco has announced a demo for Tekken 8 will be available for PlayStation 5 players from 14th December.

A week later on 21st December, Xbox and Steam players will be able to join in.

Tekken 8 is set to release on 25th January, 2024. Bandai Namco has already conducted network tests (rest in peace sweet CNT

) and most recently held a closed beta test in October, which PC players managed to get early access to.

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The next demo will be free for anyone to try out and contains the first chapter of Tekken 8’s story mode, The Dark Awakens, and a local versus mode.

Tekken 8 has confirmed 32 playable fighters so far, including newcomers Reina and Victor Chevalier, as well as old faces like Jun Kazama.

Lewis Parker was impressed in his Tekken 8 preview by the way Bandai Namco has taken both newcomers and seasoned fighting game players into consideration.