Bandai Namco has pushed out Tekken 8 update 1.004 on consoles and PC today, and this brings patch version 1.04 changes to the game. Read up on everything new in the patch notes below,

Tekken 8 Update 1.004 Patch Notes

Update Contents

• New items added to the TEKKEN SHOP
• Feature improvements and bug fixes
• Properties and/or behavior for select moves of select characters were adjusted.

Update Details

New items added to the TEKKEN SHOP

• New costume packs “NINJA Pack” and “SHINOBI Pack” will be available for all playable characters.
• A legacy costume for “Lili” will be available.
• One free avatar customization item.

Functional improvements, Bug fixes.

• Optimization of packet transmission and reception as well as rollback processing during online matches.
• Improvement of the logic for detecting processing delay displayed as red icon in the bottom right corner of the screen during online matches.
• The parameter names for each item in “PLAY STATS” have been improved for better clarity.
• Improvement made to “My Replay & Tips” allowing players to skip entrance and victory animations during replay playback.
• Optimized loading times in “Exciting Replay.”
• Fixed an issue in “Character Customization” where it was possible to customize both “Kijin Face Guard” and “Surgical Mask” for Reina simultaneously.
• Fixed a bug in “Character Customization” where the skin color of the upper body was not as intended.
• Other miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes were implemented.

Behavior/properties of moves will be adjusted for some characters.

The full balance changes can be seen in the images in the gallery.

Scope of Update

The application of the update data will result in the following impact on each mode and feature.

• “DOWNLOADED REPLAYS”, ”MY REPLAY &　TIPS”: Replay data from before the update will be unavailable for playback.
• “ONLINE REPLAY”: Replay data from before the update will be deleted.
• “SUPER GHOST BATTLE”, ”GHOST MATCH”: Character behavior and move properties will reflect that of the post-update state.

Bandai Namco made the following announcement regarding patch 1.05 as well.

Patch 1.04 will focus on strengthening the characters in category 1, while making adjustments to the performance of characters that fall into category 2. Characters balance not adjusted in Patch 1.04 will be addressed in Patch 1.05 (Victor, Lili, King, Paul, Yoshimitsu, etc.)

— TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) April 30, 2024

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