{"id":44717,"date":"2025-02-25T15:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T06:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44717"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T06:43:47","slug":"tekken-8-announces-anna-williams-as-first-season-2-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-8-announces-anna-williams-as-first-season-2-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekken 8 announces Anna Williams as first Season 2 character"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After throwing fans a curveball with <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/final-fantasy\/final-fantasy-16-protagonist-clives-tekken-8-inclusion-meets-mixed-reception-as-players-lament-tifas-absence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the release of Clive Rosfield<\/a>, <strong>Tekken 8<\/strong> returns to form with the addition of one of the franchise\u2019s most popular characters. Anna Williams, the younger sister of Nina Williams, is Tekken 8\u2019s next playable fighter and the first of four characters in the Season 2 pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TEKKEN 8 \u2013 Anna Williams Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6hYwWoOrDk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When players last saw Anna in Tekken 7, she was getting ready to be married to an elite soldier she met while working for G Corporation under <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210630-1085\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kazuya Mishima<\/a>. Unfortunately, Anna\u2019s fianc\u00e9 was also an executive of the Italian Mafia, making him a prime target for his soon-to-be sister-in-law and for-hire assassin Nina Williams. Nina supposedly murdered Anna\u2019s fianc\u00e9, rekindling her sister\u2019s hatred for her. Anna has been hunting Nina ever since.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"842\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250225-44717-001JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Williams in Tekken 8\" class=\"wp-image-44722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250225-44717-001JPG.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250225-44717-001JPG-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250225-44717-001JPG-768x428.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on her Tekken 8 gameplay trailer, Anna\u2019s obsession with her sister seems to have overtaken her love and grief for her fianc\u00e9. She\u2019s as witty as ever, referring to Nina as her \u201cinferior half\u201d and occasionally spouting innuendos. She also looks to have fostered a rivalry with Lidia Sobieska, as the two can be seen sparring in the trailer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"848\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250225-44717-002.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Williams's Lovely Tom in Tekken 8\" class=\"wp-image-44723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250225-44717-002.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250225-44717-002-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250225-44717-002-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>n terms of gameplay, Anna plays somewhat similarly to her sister Nina. Her rocket launcher, Lovely Tom, seems to be the star of the show, as she can use it to clobber close-range enemies and blast them from afar. Lovely Tom can also be used to perform feints, which can throw foes off-guard while Anna performs different moves. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna Williams arrives in Tekken 8 on March 31 (PDT) for Early Access adopters and April 3 for everyone else. Tekken 8 is available for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1778820\/TEKKEN_8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10006270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/tekken-8\/9ppsm14vkclw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After throwing fans a curveball with the release of Clive Rosfield, Tekken 8 returns to form with the announcement of Anna Williams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":44720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-44717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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