For instance, the Rage Drive has been separated and reworked as 'Heat Smash', a 'Heat' system move. Furthermore, the Rage system from the preceding Tekken entry returns to Tekken 8, albeit with noteworthy changes. However, unlike the Tag mode-only health bar regeneration system from Tekken Tag Tournament games, fighters' recoverable health can only be recovered by attacking the opponent. When guarding against a normal state's heavy attack, or Heat State characters, fighters will receive a chip damage that enables health bar regeneration. The Heat State's timer can be stopped if fighters' movesets are being used. Fighters may also dash cancel their designated moves into the Heat State. The Heat State grants not only chip damage and additional movesets, but also changes the properties of some characters' moves, such as a heavy guard break. In addition, Tekken 8 is set to introduce a new gameplay system named 'Heat'. The eighth main and tenth overall installment in the Tekken series, the game is set to be released on Janufor PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows.Īccording to director Katsuhiro Harada, gameplay in Tekken 8 will focus on aggressivity, rewarding players who are proactive as opposed to those who are defensive. Tekken 8 ( Japanese: 鉄拳8) is an upcoming fighting game co-developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Arika and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.