Tekken 7 Revealed This Past Weekend at EVO in Las Vegas

Written by Brandon Hofer on July 14, 2014

News: Bandai Namco revealed that Tekken is coming to the current generation of consoles and will be utilizing Unreal Engine 4.

Over the weekend at the EVO fighting game tournament in Las Vegas Bandai Namco revealed Tekken 7, powered by Unreal Engine 4. Tekken 7 took center stage at EVO, bringing the competition to a halt with a sizzling trailer hinting towards the ambitious technical feats that Unreal Engine 4 will make possible for Harada and the Tekken development team.

“The power and flexibility means that we can focus our efforts on making Tekken 7 the best possible game without worrying about spending time creating a stand-alone graphic engine,” said Katsuhiro Harada, Tekken series Executive Producer/Game Director at Bandai Namco. “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.”

“The Tekken franchise is beloved and we couldn’t be more excited to be working with the talented team at Bandai Namco,” said Taka Kawasaki, Studio Head at Epic Games Japan. “This marriage is perfect - the most powerful engine in gaming along with one of the most enduring brands in fighting games. We have no doubt that these forces coming together will yield fantastic results.”

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