Anakin signs with StreamMe

One of the stars of U.S. Tekken has found a new home as Hoa "Anakin" Luu has joined StreamMe.

Anakin has been one of the strongest players in the United States for years, winning many major tournaments across several iterations of Bandai Namco's fighter and placing highly in many more. Most recently, he won Wizard World Philadelphia 2017 and is coming off a 2016 that saw him win both Combo Breaker and CEO.

Luu will join Carl "Perfect Legend" White in representing the broadcasting platform.

"Joining StreamMe's efforts to revolutionize the broadcasting community as their brand ambassador is an incredible opportunity," Luu said in a statement on StreamMe's website. "I'm looking forward to sharing StreamMe's platform with my followers and the fighting game community at large as I compete this season."

Files relating to possible DLC found in Tekken 7

Modders working with the PC version of Tekken 7 have found files that may reveal some of the game's upcoming downloadable content.

According to Avoiding the Puddle, sounds files for Tekken Bowl have been found along with other files that seem to indicate swimsuit, Idolmaster and school uniform costumes will be coming to the game. Furthermore, there are also files pertaining to T7's guest characters, but not much is able to be gleaned from them other than the fact that the first guest character has assets that indicate both ground and air projectiles along with the ability to use meter.

It is important to note, however, that these files guarantee nothing, as games often release with files relating to incomplete or scrapped ideas. On the other hand, readers can feel free to speculate on the content coming in the game's first two DLC packs during the summer and winter of 2017.

Digital Foundry checks out graphical power of Tekken 7 & its predecessors

The go-to people for graphics analysis at Digital Foundry got the chance to show off how each version of Tekken 7 is running and made a visual retrospective of the series.

DF's Thomas Morgan explains in detail how the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro and PC differ. This includes variances in resolution, post-processing effects and load times. A full text analysis, with screenshot comparisons, can be found here.

Dave Bierton talks about the evolution of the series and the hardware that powers each game. While Tekken has been a multiplatform series in recent entries, it has been one of the franchises that grew alongside Sony's PlayStation line of consoles before that shift. This growth starts all the way back at the original Tekken for the first PS system and the similar Namco System 11 arcade hardware.

Videos for the Tekken 7 graphical analysis and the series/tech evolution can be found after the jump!

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Bronson Tran shares his thoughts on new characters to Tekken 7

A new video from Yahoo Esports offers a look at how one veteran player ranks all the brand-new additions to the character roster in Tekken 7.

Northern California's Bronson Tran is a player who is never short on words or opinions, even going to far as to commentate some of his own matches during the Tekken 7 tournament at NorCal Regionals 2017. 

In 13 minutes of footage from Yahoo, Bronson gives very short and concise opinions about most of the new characters coming to Tekken 7, pointing out their various faults or deficiencies. While he seems to not think many of them are very strong, he finds one or two worth suggesting to players looking for a new challenger in the Bandai Namco title.

Readers can check out the video after the jump.

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Tekken 7 console characters coming to Fated Retribution this summer

The characters being added to the console version of Tekken 7 will also be included in an update for arcades.

At the end of EVO Japan's Sai tournament, Bandai Namco announced that Miguel, Lee, Kuma, Panda, Eddy and Eliza will all join the regular cast of Tekken 7: Fated Retribution in an update sometime in summer 2017.

This is welcome news after the arcade version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 never received the characters and stages that were added to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360 versions of the game.

Readers can check out the announcement, via Flying Wonkey, after the jump.

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AfreecaTV & NiceGameTV announce Tekken 7 singles tournament league

South Korea's popular streaming service AfreecaTV will soon begin its inaugural Tekken tournament series featuring the nation's best.

AFREECATV TEKKEN LEAGUE SCHEDULE 

The AfreecaTV Tekken League, with help from NiceGameTV, invited 16 high-level Tekken players including Knee, Qudans, Jeondding, Lowhigh, Kkokkoma to compete for a total prize pot of 6,000,000 won. Unlike NiceGameTV's Tekken Strike, ATL will be a singles tournament instead of a team tournament.

Tekken fans in South Korea can come to the NiceGameTV studio in Seoul, South Korea. Everyone else can tune into Afreeca's international stream for ATL on Fridays (Korean stream here), and this coming Saturday, at 10:00 p.m. PDT. You can check out the schedule in the link above.

"Road to King of Iron Fist" goes inside 2016's Tekken Tour, debuts May 16

A new documentary filmed during Bandai Namco's Tekken Tour will bring a closer look at the competitive side of Tekken to viewers on May 16.

"Road to King of Iron Fist" shows the journey of Tekken 7 players throughout months of competition leading up to and including the King of Iron Fist 2016 world finals in Tokyo, Japan.

The film was directed and produced by Esteban "The Besteban" Martinez in conjunction with Bandai Namco. According to Martinez, the documentary focuses on the "FGC-event side of the Tekken tour" and is "a great intro for non-Tekken fans."

"Road to King of Iron Fist" will debut on the official Tekken Twitch channel at 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT) on May 16, 2017. The film will also be available to Amazon Prime users in the future.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling x Tekken shirts to be available outside Japan

In a surprise announcement, wrestling T-shirt website ProWrestlingTees will begin selling the shirts representing Tekken's collaboration with Japan's premier pro wrestling company.

Beginning on May 3, 2017, the website will begin taking orders for shirts as part of its ongoing partnership with NJPW. The deal as announced will include two shirts: the Bullet Club Tekken shirt and the Rainmaker King shirt. The latter features IWGP heavyweight champion Kazuchika Okada dressed as King from Tekken.

Readers can check out the design for the Rainmaker King shirt after the jump.

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Eliza steps out of the darkness with gameplay on "Tekken Talk"

A recent Bandai Namco stream delivered more information about the female vampire who will serve as Tekken 7's preorder bonus character.

Mark "MarkMan" Julio and Maximilian joined Bandai Namco's Dalton Link to explore the character in depth during "Tekken Talk" and revealed that Eliza will have a super meter much like Akuma in T7.

Eliza will build this meter either through certain throws, which show the vampire biting foes, or by going into her sleep stance. While in sleep stance, Eliza slowly gains meter but can do nothing else and has some recovery before being able to act again. She can use her meter to create enhanced versions of some of her moves, create a super fireball or cancel some moves to continue pressure.

The stream also showed off more of the upcoming game's modes, including Story Mode, Jukebox, Gallery and Treasure Battle. Readers can check out the Twitch archive after the jump, with Eliza's gameplay coming between 16 and 32 minutes in the broadcast.

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Modes trailer for Tekken 7 show off new story content & other features

Check out the latest Tekken 7 promotional trailer detailing what modes you can expect in the home release after the jump!

Story mode is one of the major aspects found in the video with "The Mishima Saga" being the marquee piece. It features new footage of what players will take part in such as a flashback to the Mishima Dojo attack from Tekken 5's intro cutscene. This mode will also allow special moves to be performed with simple commands for casual players. Along with the main story, there will also be character-specific scenarios.

Treasure Battle is one of the new modes that allows players to get special items for Customize mode. This mode also features special fights including battling Kazumi already in devil form as well as Turbo battles originally found in Tekken Revolution.

Players can also expect the usual offline and online modes such as ranked match, arcade and practice. The trailer also mentions the expansive Gallery mode, platform-specific perks and more.

Tekken 7 is coming to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 2, 2017!

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Tekken 7 article highlights console modes, new characters

Famitsu has dedicated a 16-page layout to the upcoming Tekken 7 console release, explaining the game, its history and its characters.

The article offers a breakdown of the game's system by Nobi, descriptions of the new characters for the console version of T7 and even details how certain characters like Jack, Ling, Yoshimitsu and Lee have evolved throughout the game's sequels.

More importantly, it also lists the game's modes, which include Story Mode, side Character Episodes—Kazuya vs. Akuma, Heihachi vs. young Kazuya and a third featuring Jack and King—,Online Tournament Mode, Customization Mode, Arcade Mode, Treasure Battle, Gallery and Jukebox.

For all the images from the article, check out Avoiding the Puddle.

New Tekken 7 information emerges from Hypespotting 6

Glasgow, Scotland's, recent Hypespotting 6 event hosted the newest build of Tekken 7, giving players more details about the upcoming game.

In addition to being the first appearances of Kuma, Panda and Eddy in a tournament environment, players were making notes and Tweets about changes to the game and tweaks to the pre-existing Tekken 7 cast.

TekkenGamer has compiled many of those alterations and updates, including:  

New offline game mode called Treasure Battle

Kuma and Panda unblockable move ‘Fatal Wind’ removed

Bryan Fury’s qcb+3 no longer combos, nor launches on counter hit

Duomo di Sirio (“Cathedral of Sirius” in Italian) stage music has changed

Character Select music has changed

The Main Menu no longer has question marks (?????), but shows the following menu items: Story Mode, Offline, Online, Customization, Jukebox, Gallery, Options, Player Information, PlayStation Store, VR Mode

There is even a new way to map attacks and button check from the main menu. For more changes, as well as gameplay from the recent event, players can check out the article at TekkenGamer.

Tekken 7 frame data translated by Ranking Battles Norway

Frame data for Tekken 7: Fated Retribution has now been translated for English speakers.

Ranking Battles Norway has compiled the information from the Japanese wiki inatekken and added it to an easy-to-read webpage with character images leading to each fighter.

The source of the data, inatekken, has been used by players in the Tekken scene for years as a largely accurate guide to the franchise's frame information. No official data for Tekken 7 has been provided by Bandai Namco.

Tekken 7 DLC plans promise two guest characters by mid-2018

The preorder information for Tekken 7 has shown up on the Japanese PlayStation Network, and Bandai Namco's plans for the game include two fighters from outside the world of Tekken.

Flying Wonkey has translated the information for the game's season pass offering, which details three different DLC packs for the game.

The first, coming in summer 2017, will feature a new game mode and more than 50 costumes being added to the game. A second will arrive in winter 2017 with the first "guest" character, along with a stage and costumes for that character. The third DLC pack will arrive in early 2018 and offer a second guest fighter along with stage and costumes.

Bandai Namco has added guest characters to its fighting games before—Gon appeared in the console version of Tekken 3, and the SoulCalibur series has had many cameos—but it remains to be seen how outside characters will be integrated into the Tekken 7 experience.

Tekken 7 will not feature online matchmaking across platforms

Bandai Namco's upcoming fighter will not allow players to challenge each other online from different platforms, according to recent online exchanges.

In tweets from both BN's official Australian account and Katsuhiro Harada the developer has said Tekken 7 will not have a cross-platform play. Harada offered that it was security policies of each company hampering the possibility, adding "Don't ask me. ASK [sic] 1st party."

While the news will not likely be a surprise to many, as cross-play is still rarely implemented for online matchmaking across games, it will surely be at least a slight disappointment.

Eddy Gordo confirmed for Tekken 7

It seems the rumors were true: Eddy Gordo is joining the cast of Tekken 7.

The capoeira fighter returns to T7 sporting a devastating array of kicks and tricky stances in his mission to avenge his master. Instead of his traditional green and yellow attire, Eddy wears street clothes fashioned after his alternate outfit in previous Tekken titles.

Eddy's trailer also debuts two returning Tekken stages: the helipad and arena.

Players can check out the Eddy trailer after the jump and head over to Avoiding the Puddle for more images of the new stages. Tekken 7 comes home on June 2, 2017.

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Aris talks about what it takes to be successful in Tekken

During a recent stream, Aris talked about the upcoming Tekken 7 and what new players may experience as they attempt to learn the game.

Now committed to text on Avoiding the Puddle, Aris' brief conversation with his stream highlights some of the biggest problems and realities of playing Tekken at a high level.

Aris' explanation is 11 parts, but is a quick read and an interesting perspective from someone who has been playing Tekken and 3-D games in general at a high level for years.

South Korean Tekken players Saint & JDCR sign to Echo Fox

Two new players join Echo Fox's growing fighting game division.

Kim "JDCR" HyunJin and Choi "Saint" Jinwoo, two of the strongest Tekken players in South Korea, have been signed to Echo Fox. The team now has a multitude of players from five different games including Street Fighter V and the Super Smash Bros. series.

More information can be found in the press announcement.

Make sure to visit their Twitch channel here as well as archives on their YouTube channel BattleFinger. Check out matches from Saint and JDCR after the jump!

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Ninth edition of Japan's biggest Tekken team tournament series Mastercup coming November 2017

The Mastercup tournament series in Japan will be on its 10th anniversary this year with a new entry.

The ninth 5v5 team tournament will take place on Nov. 4, 2017, with Tekken 7: Fated Retribution taking the helm. Since its inception back in 2007 with Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Mastercup has been growing with each entry.

Aside from the tournament's date and its location in Tokyo, Japan, no other details have been announced at this time.

For now check out footage of the finals from Mastercup 8 after the jump!

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Gameplay trailer for Tekken 7 pre-order bonus character Eliza

Check out the trailer to the once Tekken Revolution-only character after the jump!

Those who preorder Tekken 7 before its June 2, 2017, release will be able to play as Eliza. The female vampire character was chosen by fans during a character poll for TR. She was only unlockable in the free-to-play Tekken game by grinding matches for "blood scrolls."

Now that Eliza is returning for T7, she will be revamped to cater to the new gameplay mechanics.

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