'Tekken 7' Xbox One, PS4 Release Date on March 10 Confirmed! BRUTAL Opening video teases final battle for Mishima clan

By Staff Writer

Feb 17, 2015 03:30 AM EST

Tekken 7 release date for PS4, Xbox One has been confirmed to arrive on March 10 and will be the first in the game franchise to be powered by UNREAL 4 engine so as to deliver the latest technology in fighting impact in gaming. 

The highly anticipated ninth installment of the Tekken franchise is only three weeks away from now for the long time fighting fans to get their hands on the game and get all hyped after Bandai Namco has launched the smoldering opening cinematic trailer featuring a battle between Heihachi Mishima and his son Kazuya.

Game producer Katsuhiro Harada has confirmed that Tekken 7  is set to run on the latest Unreal Engine 4 to guarantee PS4 and Xbox One fans with top caliber quality on graphics and offer the highest potentials of an ultimate next-gen consoles gaming experience that would deliver utmost satisfaction.

"With Unreal Engine 4, we can rapidly achieve visual quality expected on next-gen platforms and go beyond it," Harada revealed. "Not only is Unreal Engine 4 powerful and easy to use, but it also allows us to bring Tekken 7 to any platform we desire."

Studio head of Epic Games Japan Taka Kawasaki has also confirmed new games to come that would absolutely offer gamers the mind blowing experience with the quality gameplay that each gaming buff must have.

"As part of being the leader in the development of multiple free-to-play titles, I was also involved in the efforts to change the structures of the console gaming industry with the first party group of SCE, I hope to keep this going into (2014) as well," he said in an interview.

Meanwhile, an extensive list of game characters will also be featured in upcoming release of Tekken 7 as revealed on the game's official website such as:

  • Claudio
  • Katarina
  • Lucky Chloe
  • Shaheen
  • Kazuya
  • Heihachi
  • Lars
  • Asuka
  • Lili
  • Alisa
  • Xiaoyu
  • Feng
  • Paul
  • Marshall Law
  • Steve
  • Leo
  • Hwoarang
  • King
  • Dragunov
  • Bryan

Earlier reports wrote that the arcade version of Bandai Namco Games' upcoming Tekken 7 arcade version will be released in Japan on February 18. This was revealed by a Japanese arcade place called Super Nova Fukushima on Twitter.

Harada, however, has announced on Twitter that this is just the pre-launch and that the official Tekken 7 release date for Xbox One, PS4 will be this coming March.  

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