Katsuhiro Harada Confirms Rollback Netcode and Crossplay in Tekken 8

Katsuhiro Harada recently hosted a short AMA session on his personal Twitter account. The director of Tekken 8 answered some questions from fans about the upcoming project, including confirming features such as rollback netcode and crossplay:

Harada also confirmed that all future rounds of Tekken 8 Closed Alpha would be held exclusively at offline events, and those who want to try the game at home will have to wait a little longer:

The game designer also mentioned that we should expect a more expansive roster at launch than in the basic version of Street Fighter 6 and said that the recommended system requirements for the fighting game are not confirmed at the current stage of development:

Tekken 8 is being developed for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The team has kept the release date a secret, but the fighting game may go on sale as early as 2023. 

According to plans, Tekken 8 is now one of the publisher's most important games in development. The product is described as "to release in 2023 or later", which means it can be presented to the public in the fiscal year 2023, starting after March 31, 2023. Of course, this still leaves a chance for a release window in early 2024, as the fighting game is being developed on Unreal Engine 5 only for the latest generation of PlayStation and Xbox home consoles.