Nevermind family, food, and football — Tekken fans truly have something to be thankful for this week: Namco Bandai has revealed plans to release a title update for Tekken 6. It’s coming to both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game this Thursday.
The upcoming patch will address a number of the issues people have had with Tekken 6′s online play. Read up on the full list of multiplayer tweaks below:
- Improved input response: improvement of the game’s responsiveness to button / command inputs;
- Selectable search priorities for ranked matches: players will be able to set search priorities for opponents in ranked matches based on comparable rank or connection quality as well as location;
- Optimized data transmission between fighters and spectators: fight data will be optimized in order to reduce the bandwidth load on the host’s console;
- Signal strength bars: the signal strength bar will reflect connection quality more accurately;
- Chance to cancel match: players will be able to cancel the match before it begins once the opponent’s signal strength has been displayed on ranked matches.