Whether you love or hate Namco's long-running Tekken series, you have to admit that it sure was weird not seeing its latest installment as part of the EVO 2014 line-up. But, Heihachi Mishima fans can rest easy now: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has just been announced as one of the titles that the world's best fighting game…
Namco's Tekken series is making the leap to the Wii U. The fighting game favorite is one of the first big games slotted for the console. But does it pack enough punch on the Wii U?
Fighting games are prom. Seriously, think about it.
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It looks like the already huge roster of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be sporting even more fighters when the game comes out tomorrow.
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Namco Bandai has unveiled a new online service that they'll launch alongside Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and it's called the "World Tekken Federation."
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The announcement of a fighting game sequel always comes with two varieties of nervous tension. First comes the worry of "Who's gonna be in it?," where one wonders if their favorite fighters will be showing up in a new installment of Series X. Then comes the panic that developers might have nerfed or ruined your…
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I know Snoop does just about anything for a cheque these days, but hearing him rap about Tekken Tag Tournament was still a little surprising.
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The sequel to one of the most popular PS2 games will be arriving on the Xbox 360 and PS3 this fall. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 re-assembles Jin, Xiaoyu and the other brawlers of the King of Iron Fist tournament for a nother go-round, with a few new special features.
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Here's a pure hype video for Tekken Tag Tournament 2, to be shown later tonight at the Spike Video Game Awards. Namco says it'll be here for the holiday season next year.
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The tasty blend of Tekken Tag Tournament HD, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue and Tekken Blood Vengeance 3D—we call it Tekken Hybrid—is getting its own limited edition on the PlayStation 3. What might convince you to drop sixty bucks on a handful of old and new Tekken games?
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Bowling with Tekken characters is coming to the PlayStation 3 this fall with the release of Tekken Hybrid, the Blu-ray disc bundle that includes one computer animated movie, Tekken: Blood Vengeance, and one PlayStation 2 remake, Tekken Tag Tournament HD.
