According to reports from NeoGAF, a forum I'm sure to be banned from as soon as I'm outed as a Kotaku employee, Namco is planning to release the arcade version of Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection for the PlayStation 3. The game is due to be released via the PlayStation Store, and not unlike Gran Turismo HD Concept, the game will essentially be an HD port of its arcade counterpart.

Among the improvements on the arcade original will be the aforementioned resolution upgrade and the addition of one additional character, Jinpachi Mishima, father of Heihachi and current unplayable boss. Other new features are still to be determined.

No details on when we can expect the game nor how much we're expected to pay, but hopefully Namco will follow Polyphony Digital's lead, giving us a proper, graphically improved sequel in Tekken 6.

Props to Japanese magazine newshound duckroll for keeping us Westerners well informed. Michael McWhertor

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