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Related: Tekken 8 hands-on: A console-first approach levels up an arcade classic As we move onto the next entry in the series, Dot Esports was recently invited to a preview event with travel expenses provided by Bandai Namco for a first look at Tekken 8, as well as a chance to interview Tekken executive producer Katsuhiro Harada. Tekken producer Michael Murray was also on hand to translate for Harada and offer his own insight. At the end of Tekken 7, the series' main antagonist, Heiachi, finally meets his end at the hands of Kazuya. Upon being defeated, Kazuya dumps Heihachi's body into a sea of lava, which even caught Harada by surprise when the team showed him the animated cutscene. Murray told Dot that Harada in a previous interview \u201cwas surprised at how dead Heihachi was in the story,\" and that when he went to ask the team who created the cutscene about it, they were confused why he was asking as that was the \u201corder\u201d they were given. 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Murray told Dot that Harada in a previous interview \u201cwas surprised at how dead Heihachi was in the story,” and that when he went to ask the team who created the cutscene about it, they were confused why he was asking as that was the \u201corder\u201d they were given. Harada could only laugh at this.<\/p>

Of course, this was all done on purpose. Heihachi had been supposedly dead in a previous game only to come back, so Harada wanted to ensure it was “convincing” this time and to “make sure that Heihachi is dead.”<\/p>