Tekken 8 Emergency Patch Coming This Week

Fighting Games

April 15, 2025

Jordan Ashley

Tekken 8’s recent patch hasn’t gone down well, so a Tekken 8 emergency patch is being rolled out very soon! If you’re playing what’s supposed to be a competitively balanced fighting game, then hearing the words “emergency” along with “patch” is never a particularly good sign. But it could fix things back up after the recent mess.

The Tekken 8 emergency patch has a bit of a big job. It’s got its work cut out if it wants to get the game back to a balanced state. Tekken 8 currently isn’t the most popular fighter, especially compared to other fighting game esports. Hopefully this new patch can go some way towards fixing it. When exactly are we expecting it and what difference will it make to how Tekken 8 plays?

Source: Bandai Namco

Tekken 8 Emergency Patch is in the Works

After a terrible patch for Season 2, Bandai Namco are trying to fix the game back up. They’ve provided some extra guidance about what’s coming up soon and how they’re approaching balancing the game.

Tekken 8 will be getting quite a few changes with the Emergency patch. They’ll be dealing with the recent problems with the balance, and likely increasing the health for just about everyone. To try and balance out new too powerful combos which are all over the game. Nerfs will be coming to the high-reward moves too. It seems like a decent change is coming to the game to try and set things back.

The new patch will come to Tekken 8 on Thursday, April17th. At 11 AM JST. That’s the official time provided by the Tekken social media accounts.

The recent update needing an emergency patch might seem like overkill, but the backlash has been huge. The game’s reviews on Steam have gone down to overwhelmingly negative, definitely a bad sign. Pro players have been clear in their criticism too. The causes are simple to see, the game just isn’t remotely balanced anymore. The new Tekken 8 emergency patch should help get the game back in line. Especially with major events like EVO Japan coming up soon. But hopefully future problems can be avoided by a more cautious approach to patching.