Tekken 8: Armor King (2025) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Tekken 8: Armor King

The heel wrestler Armor King is joining the fight! Revenge beckons Armor King to take down his archenemy - the man who killed his brother. Enter King, who is determined to end his bloodthirsty vengeance and…

16 October 2025

What Tekken 8: Armor King is

Tekken 8: Armor King is a fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and released in 2025. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The heel wrestler Armor King is joining the fight! Revenge beckons Armor King to take down his archenemy - the man who killed his brother. Enter King, who is determined to end his bloodthirsty vengeance and challenge the dark wrestler. Armor King breaks the seal on a forbidden move which his brother had passed onto him in secret. "I'll tear down the champion by any means necessary. It's all fair in my world. This... is the life of evil. And I live it to the fullest!"

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Tekken series

Tekken 8: Armor King is the 79th of 84 entries we hold in the Tekken series. The next entry was Tekken 3 in 2025.

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What it launched against

Tekken 8: Armor King launched on 16 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and ARC Raiders. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders.

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