TEKKEN 5: Dark Resurrection Online – new update

by Nick Haywood on 30 July 2007, 15:14

Tags: Tekken, Sony Computers Entertainment Europe (NYSE:SNE), Sony Online Entertainment (NYSE:SNE), PS2, PSP, PS3, Beat 'em up

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Get yerself some TEKKEN action from the PlayStation Store

Right then, before we go any further, let’s just bring you all up to speed: TEKKEN 5: Dark Resurrection was released earlier this year for download on the PlayStation Network for the PS3. Lucky PS3 owners now had cracking 1080p graphics and classic TEKKEN gameplay all in one package... but no online play. But here’s the good news, the online update, TEKKEN 5: Dark Resurrection Online, is on the way for $9.99... and it brings with it a full online side to TEKKEN.

(Oh, and those of you who didn’t get TEKKEN can still download the original game from the PLAYSTATION Store for $19.99.)

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The new downloadable add-on will have TEKKEN fans thanking the fighting game gods as this marks the first time in the popular fighting franchise’s history that TEKKEN will be playable online. The new online feature will include ranked matches, custom battles, and online tournaments where TEKKEN fans will finally be able to show off their fighting skills to have it out with other fans, outside of their own living rooms.

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Updates to the new TEKKEN5: Dark Resurrection Online will include Opti Match, Quick Match, Custom Match and Friend Match, making it easy to find opponents to fight with anywhere, anytime. Players will also have the opportunity to study their opponents by viewing battles in the lobby while waiting for their turn to conquer and trash talk each other via voice chat. The online update also includes two new single player modes, including Practice mode, where players can hone their fighting skills before battling online, and Survival mode, where players must use their superior TEKKEN skills to defeat as many opponents as possible, one after the other, in a fight to the finish.

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TEKKEN 5: Dark Resurrection Online will also allow players to show off their skills with the Online News Ticker that will post the weekly, monthly and overall rank leaders at any given point. Players will fight their way to the deadly Dark Lord to prove that they are worthy of battling it out in the online TEKKEN ranking.

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