Tekken 8 will likely be playable by the general public subsequent month in what Bandai Namco is looking Closed Community Assessments, the corporate introduced Friday.
Testing will start on July 21, with registration now open for PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Sequence X. The Closed Community Assessments will happen throughout two weekends, with the primary unique to PlayStation; the second will embody cross-play with Xbox Sequence X and PC as properly.
The Closed Community Take a look at will likely be accessible to anybody in North or South America, however individuals will likely be chosen through random drawing. Whilst you’ll want an web connection to play, you gained’t want an energetic PlayStation Plus or Xbox Stay Gold subscription.
When does the Tekken 8 Closed Community Take a look at begin?
Week 1: PS5 solely
- July 21 @ 4 a.m. EDT – July 24 @ 3 a.m.
Week 2: PS5, Xbox Sequence X, and PC (through Steam)
- July 28 @ 1 a.m. – July 31 @ 3 a.m.
(The Closed Community Take a look at will likely be down for upkeep from 4-7 p.m. on July 21 and 4-7 a.m. on July 29.)
What’s within the Tekken 8 Closed Community Take a look at?
The Closed Community Take a look at will enable gamers to compete in cross-platform ranked matches as much as rank 10, utilizing 16 characters (together with the newly revealed Claudio) throughout 5 arenas. Extra particulars can be found in an FAQ on the Tekken 8 website.
Though it could be tempting to consider this community check as a “closed beta,” Bandai Namco has but to disclose a launch window for Tekken 8, which means that it’d nonetheless be some time earlier than the sport launches.