‘Tekken 7’ Coming To Current Gen Consoles!

During Evo 2014, the massive fighting game tournament in Las Vegas, it was announced by Namco Bandai that Tekken 7 is in development, coming to current generation consoles by way of Unreal Engine 4.

Longtime series director and occasional Heihachi cosplayer, Hatsuhiro Harada, is planning on taking advantage of the updated hardware to create the best version of Tekken his team possibly can. After the announcement, he explained what would be possible with the development of the next entry in the long running series.

“With Unreal Engine 4, we could rapidly achieve visual quality expected on next-gen platform and go beyond it… Not only is Unreal Engine 4 powerful and easy to use, but it allows us to immediately bring Tekken 7 to any platform we desire.”

In recent years, the once prominent 3D fighting franchise has taken a bit of a backseat, not having released a core title in seven years. While Tekken Tag Tournament 2 was a hit amongst fans, the fourth and sixth games in particular polarized fighting game enthusiasts. This, in addition to the tepid reaction to Soul Calibur V, Namco’s other popular fighting franchise, makes it looks like the company has been looking to regroup while assisting with development of the upcoming Smash Bros title before it stepped back into the arena. It’s looking like this will be Harada’s aim, assuring fans that the development team will “focus our efforts on making Tekken 7 the best possible game.”

Are you on board with the return of the King of Iron Fists Tournament?

Source: ign.com