With Lidia joining its roster in July and iconic villain Heihachi Mishima arriving in October, Tekken 8had a busy few months, but it looks like Bandai Namco isnt quite ready to talk about whats next just yet. With the Global Finals for theTekkenWorld Tour 2024 tournament set from December 5 to 8, many had assumed that thats where we would learn about the fighting games next DLC character, though it turns out thats not what Bandai Namco has planned.Taking to Twitter, the games development team has revealed that it will be sharing details on upcoming updates forTekken 8at the aforementioned finals, it wont be revealing the games next DLC character. Instead, the next fighters announcement and release are planned for later in the winter.With the excitement growing for the upcomingTekkenWorld Tour 2024 Global Finals, theTekkenteam would like to share more details regarding the major events coming up this week, the dev teams message reads. New information about future updates forTekken 8will be announced; however, regarding the next playable character, no additional information will be revealed during the events. Our team is currently working on the announcement and release later this winter to ensure we can fully meet everyones expectations.Bandai Namco hasnt specified when in winter we can expect to hear more about (or get our hands on) the next DLC character forTekken 8, though The Game Awards, set for December 12, might serve as the stage for the announcement- unless Bandai Namco has something else planned, of course. Either way, it sounds like it wont be terribly long before we find out, so stay tuned.Tekken 8is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.pic.twitter.com/pTlpA4ZL3o TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) December 3, 2024