When Heihachi Mishima was revealed to be Tekken 8’s next DLC character, I was both surprised and not surprised. The series antagonist was killed off in the previous entry, Tekken 7, by being thrown ...

Heihachi is the man who will not die in Tekken’s longstanding lore. The King of the Iron Fist and off-and-on head of the Mishima Zaibatsu has been “killed” several times over and just comes back ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. When it launched near the start of the year, Tekken 8 was praised for its dazzling visuals, over-the-top storytelling, gameplay focus on aggression ...

Bandai Namco Games has debuted the first Tekken 8 Heihachi Mishima gameplay trailer, and if you’re a fan of the old man, you’re in for a treat. Heihachi, in his own words, is back ‘stronger than ever.

Heihachi is back from the dead. Again! In Tekken 8's upcoming update, everyone's favourite grandad has survived his trip to the lava and is in the ring yet again. But, his return brings with it a lot ...

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One of the most iconic fighters from one of the most popular fighting sagas of all time refuses to die and is back in Tekken 8. In the video in question, we can see how, after Kazuya was defeated by ...

There’s a trend in certain media and franchises that the “dead don’t stay dead.” In comic books, dead characters get back all the time. In video games, look at characters like Bowser, Ganondorf, Sora, ...

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Now that Heihachi Mishima is about to debut as Tekken 8 DLC, Producer Katsuhiro Harada took to social media to discuss the character’s family line and illegitimate children and explain why there are ...

Jin Kazama debuted in Tekken 3 in 1997 and quickly became a series mainstay up through Tekken 7 in 2017. He even played the antagonist in Tekken 6 (the updated Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion may have ...

If you haven’t been keeping up with Tekken, you might be wondering why it was such a big surprise to see Heihachi added to Tekken 8‘s Season 1 DLC. After all, he’s one of the biggest characters in ...