Tekken 7 (officially) Announced for Consoles. PS4 vers. to have VR Functionality

After weeks of hinting from MarkMan, Namco officially announces Tekken 7 at the Paris Games Weekly expo that's currently taking place in France right now. While this really isn't news to anyone following Harada's interviews throughout the US tournament scene, what is new is the inclusion of VR functionality. Let's hope it's more than a gimmick like the TTT2-Prologue 3D functionality. The official Press Statement and full trailer of the announcements are below.

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The Player's Messej #22 Featuring Rip

Setnomessej uploaded episode 22 of his podcast series The Player's Messej with one of the most distinguished Tekken names in the history of the scene: Tempo|Rip. I recommend everyone to view this podcast, Rip has been a central part of the community for an extremely long time and there's a gold mine of history revealed in this podcast. They talk about the origins from Tekken 3 at SHGL, to how the game and scene evolved, to how the current FGC is manifesting. This was a joy to watch and finally being able to take in Rip's contributions throughout the decade so be sure to follow @Setnomessej and his twitch channel for the next episode!

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TTT2: Tekken Heat Tournament Archive

UPDATE: YouTube archives of the event is now up on the Tekken Milano YouTube channel! I've embedded the playlist of the matches below.

Tekken Milano recently streamed an Italian tournament that featured one of Japan's legendary players @Tissuemon. It ran a similar format to Strong Style where everyone competed in group stages of FT2 bouts before being seeded in 32 bracket FT3 double elimination bracket. The tournament did a great job showcasing European tekken players with a variety of characters. Can these results be a hint at what to expect for Ultimate Tournament XVI?

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Namco announce $30k Bonus Pot to Tekken 7 @ EVO2K15 + Lili/Eliza T-Shirt

Today, Namco announced $30,000 a bonus pot for Tekken 7 at EVO along with T-shirts with an artwork of Lili and Eliza by the same artist as the Devil Asuka design in last year's EVO shirt. It's nice of Namco to support T7, but it is blatantly unfair to give such a reward to a competition where 97% of the competitors don't have a chance against the Japanese who've had months of experience. 

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Bandai Namco Fighting Game Panel at Comic Con July 10

The official Comic Con website has updated its page to mention that Harada and a special guest will be present to talk about the artwork in Tekken 7. MarkMan will also be a part of the panel that will be an hour long. Rise of Incarnates will also be covered at this panel. With this event being a week exactly before EVO don't expect any new info about the game until the week after for the tournament.

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