TEKKEN 8 Season 2 Character Pass: “The new challenger is not a guest character.”

TEKKEN 8 Season 2 features early access to Anna Williams, new game editions, stages, and more. However, we'll focus on the TEKKEN 8 Season 2 Character Pass here. This pass will introduce multiple fighters throughout the 2025 season, and one of them will be a brand-new challenger!

The TEKKEN 8 Season 2 Character Pass will include Anna Williams in the spring, a returning character in the summer and fall, plus a new challenger in the winter. In Japanese, Yasuda Esports and Katsuhiro Harada said that the new character will be a new and original to the TEKKEN franchise. They revealed this during the TEKKEN Talk Live Season 2 Special event last month.

Yasuda Esports also made a post on social media about this on March 24. "Just to clarify in case anyone is misunderstanding, the NEW CHALLENGER is not a GUEST CHARACTER," he wrote. "The term NEW CHALLENGER refers to a completely original new character in TEKKEN."

While the new challenger remains a mystery at the time of publishing this article, players with the TEKKEN 8 Season 2 Character Pass can look forward to using Anna Williams and two returning characters. Additionally, those with the TEKKEN 8 Season 2 Stage Pass can be excited about two upcoming stages. The first of these two will celebrate Pac-Man's 45th anniversary.

In terms of unlocking the Character Pass and Stage Pass, players can do so via the new game editions. According to the game's official account on X, these new TEKKEN 8 Season 2 editions will replace the current Deluxe and Ultimate offerings.

That's all for now. Are you ready for another year of TEKKEN 8? Stick around on esports.gg for more news and updates.