Several news sites have reported that Bandai Namco Games might finally announce the official release date of its "Tekken 7" game.
Master Herald said that it would probably be announced in July during the upcoming San Diego Comic Con. The same is also being reported by Kdramastars, citing Venture Capital Post. These news sites also mentioned that the game will be powered by Unreal 4 engine.
Cross Map meanwhile reported that there have been whispers that it would come out during the Evolution Championship Series 2015. Breathe Cast actually seconded this, detailing that it would be this August. It also revealed that the PC version of the game would probably come out "at a later time" this year.
The newest character in the game is Josie Rizal who is from the Philippines. She knows Eskrima and Kickboxing. Her name comes from the Philippine's national hero, Jose Rizal. There have been much controversies regarding this character since the announcement. The other new character is Jin Kazama.
Here are the other "Tekken 7" characters according to the game's official website:
-Kazuya
-Heihachi
-Claudio
-Katarina
-Lucky Chloe
-Shaheen
-Lars
-Asuka
-Lili
-Alisa
-Xiaoyu
-Feng
-Paul
-Marshall Law
-Steve
-Leo
-Hwoarang
-King
-Dragunov
-Bryan
Master Herald reported that the leaks affected the game itself. "On the part of Bandai Namco however, the leak just had too much impact on its strategy for the game that it had to rethink its options...According to producer and series director Katsuhiro Harada, in his latest tweet, the leaks are such a nuisance to the 'Tekken 7' development team. He also disclosed that Bandai Namco is changing character development as well as the timing of the release of the video game," to quote the report.
Harada was earlier quoted by Crossmap as saying that there were at least 40 people working on the game production. When asked about the game, Harada kept mum. "It's very difficult to talk about; Obviously, I had originally planned to release it much earlier than we're currently looking at," Crossmap quoted him as saying. He however, declared that the new game installment will be their "big thing for the next while."
Harada also revealed that he would love to develop a new game which is not within the "Tekken" franchise. More specifically, such game would involve gathering popular gaming characters from the '80s, '90s, and 2000.
Watch the opening cinematic of "Tekken 7" here: