{"id":2016970,"date":"2026-06-29T11:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2016970"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:23:29","slug":"tekken-8-is-adding-bob-to-its-roster-and-players-seem-pretty-hyped-despite-the-fighting-games-mounting-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2016970","title":{"rendered":"Tekken 8 is adding Bob to its roster and players seem pretty hyped, despite the fighting game&#8217;s mounting struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tekken-8\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Tekken 8<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Tekken 8 is adding Bob to its roster and players seem pretty hyped, despite the fighting game&#8217;s mounting struggles<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Hunger&#8217;s the root cause of conflict.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Bob-Tekken-8-custom.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Bob in Tekken 8 - custom\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Bob-Tekken-8-custom.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Bandai Namco Entertainment<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-29T11:23:29+00:00\">June 29, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"b8d2fdfe-08ed-4524-b044-8fccd8f782b8\" data-name=\"Tekken 8\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Tekken 8\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Tekken 8\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Tekken 8\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Tekken 8\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Tekken 8\" title=\"Follow Tekken 8\"><br \/>\n  Follow Tekken 8<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tekken-8\">Tekken 8<\/a> has been in a tight spot for a good while, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tekken-8-review\">its strong debut<\/a> in early 2024. High-profile departures of key staff like Tekken legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tekken-boss-katsuhiro-harada-is-out-at-bandai-namco-after-30-years\">Katsuhiro Harada<\/a> and game director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tekken-8-director-kohei-ikeda-leaves\">Kohei Ikeda<\/a> have deepened woes about the game and larger series&#8217; future after middling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/after-tekken-8-season-3-led-to-a-mostly-negative-rating-on-steam-bandai-namco-is-working-on-an-emergency-patch-to-win-fans-back\">outright terrible<\/a> seasonal updates. New characters and patches are on their way, however &#8211; and it seems that Bob&#8217;s long-awaited arrival later this summer could be a major win.<\/p>\n<p>At least, those are the vibes we&#8217;re getting from comments on the game&#8217;s latest trailer &#8211; released during this past weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/evo.gg\/\">Evo 2026<\/a> event &#8211; which praise his new moves and the fact he&#8217;s seen tanking Kazuya&#8217;s Heihachi-demolishing punch with his belly. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sp1BF4Ov55A\">gameplay trailer<\/a> also confirms a 19th August release date.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Tekken 8 - Official Bob Gameplay Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_-vKPEpmDeE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_-vKPEpmDeE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Tekken 8 &#8211; Official Bob Gameplay Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Tekken 8 &#8211; Official Bob Gameplay Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_-vKPEpmDeE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Powerscaling people are gonna go crazy with the fact Bob tanked Kazuya with his belly,&#8221; one user pointed out about one of the fight intro animations seen in one of the clips. It must be noted Bob does that right after casually dodging Kazuya&#8217;s satellite-destroying death laser too, making the whole scene even more jaw-dropping.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another fan commented he hasn&#8217;t lost any of his surprising speed. In fact, veterans will notice he &#8211; like most characters in Tekken 8 &#8211; seems faster than ever before: &#8220;To quote Eddy from Ed, Edd n Eddy, &#8216;How can someone that big move so quick!?'&#8221; Weight won&#8217;t slow our guy down.<\/p>\n<p>Over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Tekken\/comments\/1ui9xx9\/tekken_8_bob_gameplay_reveal_trailer\/\">r\/Tekken<\/a>, comments seem positive too: &#8220;I love that silly fun is coming back to Tekken. Both Bob and Roger will be a very welcome addition. I&#8217;m not a Bob player but liked the trailer much more than I expected to. I might give him a spin at some point,&#8221; one player pointed out. &#8220;Bob is awesome. I enjoyed the whole trailer. This may get me to purchase Season 3 now,&#8221; another one added. Such statements are noteworthy considering Tekken 8&#8217;s Season 3 pass is currently sitting at Mixed reviews <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4129110\/TEKKEN_8__Season_3_Pass\/\">on Steam<\/a>, with some players being loud about how &#8220;messed up&#8221; the game feels right now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Character tuning and nerfs make little rhyme or reason&#8221; is a good example of what the negative <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1778820\/TEKKEN_8\/\">Steam reviews<\/a> posted recently say. &#8220;I hate being punished for having a slightly defensive style,&#8221; another user said after trying to switch play styles following the more divisive gameplay updates.<\/p>\n<p>While Tekken 8&#8217;s content roadmap &#8211; which also includes Baki&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/videos\/tekken-8-official-yujiro-hanma-announcement-trailer\">Yujiro Hanma<\/a> &#8211; is looking strong, it remains to be seen whether the shaken-up development team can roll things back to a better state before the game&#8217;s post-launch run is done. But it appears we all love Bob no matter what.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tekken-8\">Tekken 8<\/a> has been in a tight spot for a good while, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tekken-8-review\">its strong debut<\/a> in early 2024. High-profile departures of key staff like Tekken legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tekken-boss-katsuhiro-harada-is-out-at-bandai-namco-after-30-years\">Katsuhiro Harada<\/a> and game director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tekken-8-director-kohei-ikeda-leaves\">Kohei Ikeda<\/a> have deepened woes about the game and larger series&#8217; future after middling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/after-tekken-8-season-3-led-to-a-mostly-negative-rating-on-steam-bandai-namco-is-working-on-an-emergency-patch-to-win-fans-back\">outright terrible<\/a> seasonal updates. New characters and patches are on their way, however &#8211; and it seems that Bob&#8217;s long-awaited arrival later this summer could be a major win.<\/p>\n<p>At least, those are the vibes we&#8217;re getting from comments on the game&#8217;s latest trailer &#8211; released during this past weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/evo.gg\/\">Evo 2026<\/a> event &#8211; which praise his new moves and the fact he&#8217;s seen tanking Kazuya&#8217;s Heihachi-demolishing punch with his belly. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sp1BF4Ov55A\">gameplay trailer<\/a> also confirms a 19th August release date.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Tekken 8 - Official Bob Gameplay Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_-vKPEpmDeE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_-vKPEpmDeE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Tekken 8 &#8211; Official Bob Gameplay Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Tekken 8 &#8211; Official Bob Gameplay Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_-vKPEpmDeE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Powerscaling people are gonna go crazy with the fact Bob tanked Kazuya with his belly,&#8221; one user pointed out about one of the fight intro animations seen in one of the clips. It must be noted Bob does that right after casually dodging Kazuya&#8217;s satellite-destroying death laser too, making the whole scene even more jaw-dropping.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another fan commented he hasn&#8217;t lost any of his surprising speed. In fact, veterans will notice he &#8211; like most characters in Tekken 8 &#8211; seems faster than ever before: &#8220;To quote Eddy from Ed, Edd n Eddy, &#8216;How can someone that big move so quick!?'&#8221; Weight won&#8217;t slow our guy down.<\/p>\n<p>Over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Tekken\/comments\/1ui9xx9\/tekken_8_bob_gameplay_reveal_trailer\/\">r\/Tekken<\/a>, comments seem positive too: &#8220;I love that silly fun is coming back to Tekken. Both Bob and Roger will be a very welcome addition. I&#8217;m not a Bob player but liked the trailer much more than I expected to. I might give him a spin at some point,&#8221; one player pointed out. &#8220;Bob is awesome. I enjoyed the whole trailer. This may get me to purchase Season 3 now,&#8221; another one added. Such statements are noteworthy considering Tekken 8&#8217;s Season 3 pass is currently sitting at Mixed reviews <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4129110\/TEKKEN_8__Season_3_Pass\/\">on Steam<\/a>, with some players being loud about how &#8220;messed up&#8221; the game feels right now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Character tuning and nerfs make little rhyme or reason&#8221; is a good example of what the negative <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1778820\/TEKKEN_8\/\">Steam reviews<\/a> posted recently say. &#8220;I hate being punished for having a slightly defensive style,&#8221; another user said after trying to switch play styles following the more divisive gameplay updates.<\/p>\n<p>While Tekken 8&#8217;s content roadmap &#8211; which also includes Baki&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/videos\/tekken-8-official-yujiro-hanma-announcement-trailer\">Yujiro Hanma<\/a> &#8211; is looking strong, it remains to be seen whether the shaken-up development team can roll things back to a better state before the game&#8217;s post-launch run is done. But it appears we all love Bob no matter what.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Tekken 8 Tekken 8 is adding Bob to its roster and players seem pretty hyped, despite the fighting game&#8217;s mounting struggles &#8220;Hunger&#8217;s the root cause of conflict.&#8221; Image credit: Eurogamer\/Bandai Namco Entertainment News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on June 29, 2026 Follow Tekken 8 It&#8217;s no secret Tekken 8 has been in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2016970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2016970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2016970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2016970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2016970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}