{"id":48342,"date":"2025-05-26T12:06:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T03:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48342"},"modified":"2025-05-26T12:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T03:06:52","slug":"armor-king-returns-to-tekken-8-as-third-season-2-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/armor-king-returns-to-tekken-8-as-third-season-2-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Armor King returns to Tekken 8 as third season 2 character\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It hasn\u2019t even been a month since Fahkumram was announced as <strong>Tekken 8<\/strong>\u2019s second season 2 DLC character, and Bandai Namco Entertainment is already pulling the curtain off the next challenger. After Fahkumram\u2019s gameplay trailer showcased the massive Muay Thai fighter, the final seconds revealed the much-awaited Armor King.\u00a0<\/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 \u2014 Fahkumram Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YAUcKyhbhqY?start=204&#038;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>Though some fans would have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ajleewow\/status\/1926776974787129399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">preferred Armor King as part of the base roster<\/a>, many are still happy to see him in Tekken 8 as a DLC character. Unlike King, whose pro wrestling style is more focused on holds, Armor King\u2019s pro wrestling is more offensive as it incorporates strikes inspired by karate and kickboxing. Armor King\u2019s gameplay has yet to be revealed, but we can probably expect his fighting style to be reminiscent of his past iterations in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Tekken 6, and Tekken 7 (there may even be some references to his Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken Revolution appearances).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1341\" height=\"757\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1341px) 100vw, 1341px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-48342-001.jpg\" alt=\"Tekken 8 Season 2 characters\" class=\"wp-image-48345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-48342-001.jpg 1341w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-48342-001-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-48342-001-768x434.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tekken 8 is one of the few fighting games that reveals its DLC characters piecemeal rather than at the start of the year or season (the latter practice has been adopted by other fighting games like <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-director-says-capcom-will-continue-to-announce-dlc-characters-early-to-avoid-player-frustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Street Fighter 6<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/guilty-gear-strives-season-4-battle-pass-adds-4-new-fighters-including-old-favorites-and-exciting-newcomers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guilty Gear Strive<\/a>, and even Mortal Kombat 1). While the piecemeal approach increases the hype for each character reveal, it can rub players (especially early season pass adopters) the wrong way when the roster doesn\u2019t include the characters they were expecting. With the reveals of <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-8-announces-anna-williams-as-first-season-2-character\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anna Williams<\/a>, Fahkumram, and now Armor King out of the way, the final Tekken 8 character is expected to be a new addition to the franchise.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fahkumram arrives in Tekken 8 on July 7 PDT for Early Access adopters and July 10 PDT for everyone else. Armor King is set for an Autumn 2025 release. Tekken 8 is available for the PC (Steam), PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Namco announces Armor King as Tekken 8&#8217;s third Season 2 character, following Anna Williams and Fahkumram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":48344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-48342","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 v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Armor King returns to Tekken 8 as third season 2 character\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bandai Namco announces Armor King as Tekken 8&#039;s third Season 2 character, following Anna Williams and Fahkumram.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/armor-king-returns-to-tekken-8-as-third-season-2-character\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Armor King returns to Tekken 8 as third season 2 character\u00a0 - 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