Tekken 8 disappointed players at EVO Japan 2025. „Collective despair and disappointment” with new DLC

Tekken 8 disappointed players at EVO Japan 2025. „Collective despair and disappointment” with new DLC

The EVO Japan 2025 tournament brought a lot of excitement and some news about fighting games, not necessarily positive. Tekken 8 once again irked fans, despite promising changes.This info Tekken 8 disappointed players at EVO Japan 2025. „Collective despair and disappointment” with new DLC was first published on Gamepressure.com 12 May 2025.

Tekken 8 was a great success for the release in February 2024. Over two million units sold in the first three weeks speak for themselves. Fans were happy about the return of many favorites like Kazama and Nina Williams, at the same time Tekken 8 also brought some exciting new additions. But after the big update of the second season brought massive balance problems with it, and now Bandai Namco draws consequences and radical steps from it. more

Tekken 8 crosses one of the most turbulent moments in the history of fighting games. After the launch of Season 2, with more than 1500 changes that seriously affected the balance, the game received one of the worst review bombs on Steam for a title of the genre. The reaction was so negative that content creators abandoned Tekken 8, opting to play and emulate classics like Tekken Tag Tournament 2, while thousands of players left their public revi…