Good news for "Tekken" fans as Katsuhiro Harada has unveiled a lot of new details about "Tekken 7" during the recently concluded EVO 2015.
"Tekken 7" is one of the most hyped games right now as many are looking at it to be the resurgence of 3D fighting games. With Bandai Namco employing the Unreal Engine 4 to be the engine of choice for the game, they looking to make "Tekken 7" to be the fighting game for next gen consoles.
According to Ozzie Mejia of Shack News, Katsuhiro Harada unveiled a ton of new info regarding "Tekken 7" during the recently concluded EVO 2015.
During the "Tekken 7" panel at EVO 2015, Harada confirmed that the "Tekken" team decided on Dave & Busters and Round One as the location for "Tekken" arcade machine tests. Harada noted that "Tekken 7" arcade machine availability on other arcades would depend on the arcade operators as to whether they want to invest in the machines and join the local tests for "Tekken 7". Harada also confirmed that the addition of online play for the arcade versions of "Tekken 7" in America could be added if enough people demanded for it.
Harada also gave a slight hint to the "Tekken 7" release date for the PS4 and Xbox One as he noted that Bandai Namco and the rest of the "Tekken" team would focus on the arcade version of the game so that they could have a polished game by the time the console versions of the game would be released.
Meanwhile, Harada noted that the "Tekken" team is currently taking feedback from Japanese players about the game but would soon take feedback from American players sometime after the release of "Tekken 7" in arcades.
In addition, Harada discussed that character reveals have been stopped at the request of EVO 2015 tournament organizers. He noted that the tournament organizers wanted tournament players to learn the characters that were already out there instead of focusing on recently released characters that may ruin the game flow.
The report notes that some characters from the "Tekken" franchise may not appear on "Tekken 7" but points out that their moves would be featured by the other characters. Harada also admitted that the "Tekken" team is looking into adding more Rage Arts variations along with cancels and alternate attacks.
As reported by Venture Capital Post, those who are interested in playing "Tekken 7" may visit these Dave & Busters and Round One arcades to play the game.
Dave and Buster's New York
234 W. 42nd St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10036
Dave and Buster's Dallas
9450 North Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75231
Dave and Buster's Milpitas
940 Great Mall Dr.
Milpitas, CA 95035
Round One Puente Hills Mall
1600 S.Azusa Ave, Suite 285
City of Industry, CA 91748
Round One South Center Mall
2351 South Center Mall
Tukwila, WA 98188
Round One Stratford Mall
152 Stratford Square
Bloomingdale, IL 60191