Tekken 8 Will Have Denuvo Anti-Tamper Protection

Update: Tekken franchise’s director, Katsuhiro Harada, has clarified that the EULA agreement on Tekken 8’s Steam Store page is probably just a copy/paste of Tekken 7’s agreement. He further said that he had no plans to introduce Denuvo or any other anti-tamper tech in Tekken 8.

this EULA is probably simply a copy/paste of TEKKEN7 or something (I'm not a registered this but sure).
Anyway, I’ve no plans to introduce Denuvo or anything else in TEKKEN8, so stop your tedious allergic reactions to every single thing & sit quietly (sit the hell down). https://t.co/oT1Wj9VTpd

— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) August 7, 2023

Bandai Namco‘s Tekken 8 will be featuring Denuvo anti-tamper tech, as detailed by the game’s Steam Store page. The updated info regarding the Denuvo DRM integration appeared on Tekken 8’s Steam Store page a week after the game’s Closed Network Test was wrapped. Bandai Namco has yet to announce the game’s release date, but all the signs point toward the direction that the game’s launch is just around the corner.

Tekken 7, the most popular installment in the long-running fighting game franchise, also featured Denuvo protection on PC on its launch. However, the Denuvo anti-tamper tech was subsequently removed from the game in 2018 after Tekken’s director, Katsuhiro Harada, publicly claimed that the third-party software was causing performance and framerate issues with the game.

Problem occurred in "TEKKEN7 for PC". that the frame rate drops when hits such as Akuma's "Shakunetsu Hadouken".
Since it's not a problem of graphics & CPU processing, it will not solve even if changing PC setting (problem with encryption program).
We'll fix Soon. Sorry Plz wait.

— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) April 13, 2018

According to Katsuhiro Harada, the Denuvo encryption program was causing issues with Tekken 7 on PC back then. Now, the latest installment of the fighting game franchise, Tekken 8, is set to feature the same third-party encryption program. It remains to be seen if they’ll remove it afterward if the third-party software continues to cause performance issues with Tekken 8 as well.

Anti-tamper 3rd party middleware. It’s live updating programs and I heard “it’s fix soon” from them. We will check it and update.
Thx
RT @TiredOcean: What does the encryption program do?

— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) April 13, 2018

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Furthermore, Capcom‘s Street Fighter 6 also introduced Denuvo anti-tamper tech right before its release on June 2, 2023. The sudden DRM integration caused many fans of the fighting game to voice their concerns, claiming that the DRM integration has caused the performance of the game to suffer drastically compared to the beta, which was held about a week before the game’s launch.

Despite the notorious nature of the third-party encryption software, Bandai Namco has decided to include it with Tekken 8. The game currently doesn’t have a release date. However, it is confirmed to be available to play on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and Steam.