Ganryu & Fahkumram officially revealed for Tekken 7 Season 3

Looks like the leaks were right, sumo wrestler Ganryu and Muay Thai champion Fahkumram will be joining the Tekken 7 roster in Season Pass 3. Ganryu, Leroy Smith and the Frame Data Display DLC are all arriving together on December 10th with Fahkumram and the new stage slated for Spring 2020. The reveal trailers for the new characters are now available on the official channels:

Bandai Namco Entertainment America ≫ https://www.youtube.com/user/NamcoBandaiGames/

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The early days of Tekken with Masanori Yamada

While it was no secret that the early years of Tekken development were a turbulent storm, no one could predict the impact that came with the rise of the very first PlayStation. Masanori Yamada was the main programmer for Tekken 1 through to Tekken 3 and found himself on the forefront of emerging new technology. Talking with Polygon, Yamada-san reminisces on his older and more hectic days of developing Tekken games while under corporate deadlines and the advancement of 3D graphics. "We were all told not to go home without authorization, even on weekends,” he explains during a dinner session with former Sony developers and businessmen. Yamada goes on to conclude that he misses the early days when it came to video game development considering the level of challenge and innovation needed at the time and compares them to the level today where he voices concerns that the games themselves aren't changing much. There's a broad range of topics covered in this conversation with Archipel/Polygon so you can find some snippets posted down below but check out the full documentary style interview for the bulk of the history behind gaming development during the times:

[Polygon] The early days of Tekken ≫ https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/12/2/20992483/staying-up-all-night-and-riding-in-a-car-trunk-the-early-days-of-tekken

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Rumor: Microsoft Store leaks Tekken 7's Season Pass 3 contents

While the world finals for Tekken 7 begins today in Thailand, Microsoft have seemingly gone ahead and revealed the characters coming to Tekken 7 early in Season Pass 3. According to the recently updated Season Pass 3 listing, joining Leroy Smith and paid frame data this winter is none other than the Tekken sumo wrestler Ganryu as DLC #11. After Ganryu, a brand new fighter named Fahkumram will also be joining Tekken 7 sometime next year alongside a brand new stage. Although we haven't seen this new name in action yet, the name origin seems to imply a brand new Thai fighter. We don't have anything beyond the accidental Microsoft Store listing to go from but the reveal should occur tomorrow before the Tekken top 8 like usual. The listing for Season Pass 3 as of now was already updated to remove the leak but the info is already out there and I'm hearing that they've already started banning people from mentioning the leak on the official Tekken Twitch channel. Thanks go to @ArtisanOfIhsaan on twitter for bringing the news to our attention.

Microsoft Store Season Pass 3 listing ≫ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/tekken-7-season-pass-3/9ppbfq2scbft

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Tekken 7 to receive full balance update mid-December says Harada

Relaying the word from Twitter, Tekken head Katsuhiro Harada mentioned a 'full' balance update to Tekken 7 is planned for mid-December after the TWT finals. Given the timing of the upcoming balance patch, some are already speculating that this might come alongside the other game additions in Season Pass 3 with Leroy Smith, 1 additional DLC character and the paid Frame Data feature. Perhaps the dev team is back to finish the job with Akuma? I guess we'll find out during the TWT Finals event in Bangkok, Thailand on December 7th.  Thanks goes to the Josie Bot on twitter for bringing the news to our attention. Oh and uh, if you're bad-mouthing Harada on twitter about how much you hate Law or whatever, it's probably a lot better to tweet it in English since using a machine translation can alter your intent lol.

「12月中旬に(TWT後)全体調整予定ありますが」 ≫ https://twitter.com/harada_tekken/status/1199183188536332288

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Tekken 7 v3.03 patch notes

A character balance update is rolling out to once again nerf Akuma in the form of reduced meter gain. Other balance changes include adjustments to either damage or frame date for Zafina, Shaheen, Dragunov and Negan. Full patch notes aren't out but Michael Murray has posted up the balance changes early on his twitter.

Edit: Turns out these are the full patch notes with version 3.03. Link is updated:

TEKKEN 7 Version 3.03 ≫ https://www.bandainamcoent.asia/news/tekken-7-ver-3-03-update-note/

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