The Japan Fighting Game Roundtable event is happening this March 21, and many fans believeTekken 8will get announced, here’s how to watch the live stream and our predictions.
The Japan Fighting Game Roundtable is back for a third time, with Arc System Works (Guilty Gear, DNF Duel), Arika (Fighting EX Layer), SNK (KOF XV), Capcom (Street Fighter 6), Sega (P4U2, Virtua Fighter), and Bandai Namco (Tekkenand others).
Japan Fighting Game Roundtable June 02, 2025 live stream time and how to watch
The live stream is happening at 2 AM EST, 11 PM PST on YouTube. An English restream and live translation is also coming with Jiyuna and Michael Murray. The stream will last for two hours and a half. You can find the Japanese stream below. There is no page up for the English restream yet, but you should keep an eye onJiyuna’s andMurray’s twitter accounts.Update:The English stream is embedded below.The Japanese stream is here.
Japan Fighting Game Roundtable - Predictions and Tekken 8
Many fans believeTekken 8could get announced soon, possibly at this event. I personally wouldn’t expect anything big to happen at the event. Arc System Works has already announced the release date forDNF Dueland showedTestament inGuilty Gear Strive. Capcom has just announcedStreet Fighter 6too. Maybe we’ll get more DLC characters for certain games, but that’s it.
Furthermore, March 21 is a holiday in Japan, and seeing the time this event is happening, it’s nearly only targeted to the Japanese FGC. The future of fighting games is outside Japan though, and Japanese developers do know that, so they won’t announce anything big there.
Tekken 8 could bring Jun Kazama back
However, ifTekken 8does get announced, perhaps we’ll see the return of Jun Kazama. Bandai Namco just announced aTekken: BloodlineNetflix 3DCG anime, taking place beforeTekken 3and before Jun’s disappearance. Jun was only ever playable inTekken 2and theTekken Tag Tournamentgames, so she could come back for 8, who knows. I’m definitely excited for howTekken 8and its story will turn out like, as someone who always loved story lines in fighting games. Will Heiachi actually come back again? Will we see someone getting thrown into a volcano for the nth time?
