Tekken 8 Announces Emergency Patch For Season 3 Update

Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced an Emergency Patch for Tekken 8, aimed at addressing fan displeasure with the Season 3 update. 

In a blog post on their website, they said that they would be rolling out an emergency patch for Tekken 8 mid april, based on submitted feedback by fans. 

"In Ver.3.00.00, we implemented adjustments aimed at maintaining each character’s individuality while reducing excessive rewards—particularly those stemming from the Heat system and character-specific enhanced states—in order to improve overall balance. However, we recognize that the battle experience we intended to deliver has not fully met your expectations", the post reads.

"Moving forward, we will continue to pursue a battle experience where offense and defense are balanced around the Heat system, allowing players to engage in meaningful mind games and decision-making against their opponents", it continues.. 

"While maintaining the direction of the Ver.3.00.00 adjustments, we will continue addressing elements that still result in excessive rewards or one-sided gameplay. These issues will be improved step by step through individual behavior fixes and performance adjustments".

This comes following what was a promised "Back to Basics" for the fighting game- which has come under some criticism for its hyper-aggressive format, which sees every character turned into a rushdown. 

Tekken 8 Emergency Patch Details

The Tekken 8 Emergency Patch will come in three waves, with 3.00.01 launching on March 25th- this patch will merely fix some bugs, possibly including one where Heihachi was doing fully charged punches instantly. 

Meanwhile, another emergency fix is coming  with 3.00.02, which is set to release mid-April.

Finally, the 3.01 patch is scheduled for "Late Spring". 

While specific changes aren't being announced just yet, Bandai Namco Entertainment have said that the changes are based around user feedback. 

This isn't even the first time the Tekken team has had to walk back big changes, as last year's Season 2 update saw similar backlash from fans. 

The current uproar has lead to the game being review bombed, with Tekken 8 sitting at Mostly Negative on recent reviews on Steam.