The popular fighting game has a new update.

The developers have prepared another portion of adjustments and improvements for Tekken 8. Patch notes 1.04 contain many changes to character moves. Also, the update adds some new items to the Tekken Shop.

Tekken 8 update 1.04: Overview

According to the official social media account of Tekken, the current update is part of the massive improvements, prepared by the developers. Now, we get patch 1.04. The next wave of adjustments is happening in June 2024 with Tekken 8 patch 1.05.

The main focus of Tekken 8 patch 1.04 is the issue with some characters who do not demonstrate their full potential. Also, the changes come to some overpowered characters to improve the general fighting balance. One more issue to address with this update is connected to complaints of some players, which involves advantages for offensive fighting style.

The official tweet lists these three issues. Other characters will wait for their turn in patch 1.05.

Patch 1.04 release date and server maintenance schedule

Tekken 8 update 1.04 will be released on May 7 and 8. Here is the server maintenance schedule for different regions.

Time Zone
Date
Maintenance Schedule
US West (PT)May 76:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. (midnight)
US East (ET)May 79:30 p.m. - 3 a.m. (May 8)
Europe (CEST)May 83:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Japan (JST)May 810:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Online content will not be available during the Tekken 8 1.04 server maintenance.

Tekken 8 patch notes 1.04

This update includes three big parts:

  • New items in the Tekken Shop
  • General improvements and bug fixes
  • Adjustments to selected character moves

Let’s take a closer look at each section of patch notes 1.04.

New items

  • All playable characters get Ninja and Shinobi costume packs
  • Lili gets a legacy costume
  • The set of free avatars get an addition

Improvements and bug fixes

  • Online matchmaking has been improved: rollback processing, packet transmission optimization
  • Detecting processing delay has better logic
  • Play stats — items have clearer names
  • Players can skip entrances and victories while watching replays
  • Loading time in Exciting Replay has been optimized
  • Character customization bugs fixed

Character moves adjustments

The official Tekken 8 patch 1.04 notes include six pages.

Here we have improvements for all the characters.

Part 1 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)
Part 1 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)

Move adjustments for Tekken 8 characters Alisa, Asuka, Azucena, Bryan, Claudio, and Devil Jin.

Part 2 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)
Part 2 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)

Patch notes 1.04 for Dragunov, Eddy, Feng, Hwoarang, and Jack-8.

Part 3 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)
Part 3 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)

Jin, Jun, Kazuya, King, Kuma, Lars, Law, and Lee.

Part 4 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)
Part 4 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)

Leo, Leroy, Lili, Paul, Raven, Reina, Steve, and Shaheen.

Part 5 (image via Bandai Namco)
Part 5 (image via Bandai Namco)

Patch notes 1.04 for Xiaoyu, Yoshimitsu, and Zafina complete the list of these Tekken 8 character moves adjustments.

Part 6 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)
Part 6 (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)

A new character comes to Tekken 8 quite soon — we can expect more balance adjustments with Lidia. For everything important from this game and other fighting games, stay tuned to esports.gg.