Tekken 8 Director Katsuhiro Harada has confirmed that the upcoming fighting game will feature crossplay.
Right now, the two big things you’ll find players asking for are rollback netcode (a technology that makes online play smoother than usual) and crossplay so they can easily play with their friends no matter what platform they’re on Play together. restart. So if you’re a Tekken fan looking forward to the eighth installment, but you’re playing on PlayStation and your friend is on Xbox, there’s good news: Tekken 8 will feature cross-play.
Harada confirmed when asked by fans on Twitter, writing, “Crossplay? Of course I will.” Interestingly, he also pointed out that he tried to make Tekken 7 cross-play on previous generation consoles, but couldn’t due to issues between the two platforms (PlayStation and Xbox). accomplish. “When the previous console generation was released, I had proposed cross-play between the two platforms. However, at the time they were at odds with each other over mutual interests (and P2P security issues) and repeatedly rejected it.”
in a individual tweetsHarada expanded on the problems with crossplay on last-gen consoles, saying, “Remember when they announced crossplay a few years ago? But actually, they weren’t actively supporting third parties at the time, and the hurdle was actually quite high.” Developer It also does state that “there are still some issues, but it’s possible,” so there’s always the possibility that the game won’t launch when it’s ready.
Harada also seems to confirm that Tekken 8 Beta It’s coming at some point in the future, so there’s a chance you can get your hands on the game before it’s official release.
Tekken 8 is due out sometime this year, but doesn’t yet have an official release date, and will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
