Fist Meets Destiny

Tekken followers bought a recent new take a look at Bandai Namco’s thrilling new fighter Tekken 8 throughout final evening’s Recreation Awards festivities. A brand new trailer provided up new hints on the sequel’s extremely dramatic narrative, whereas additionally sneaking in glimpses of a number of combatants returning to The King of Iron Fist Event.

The preview sees Kazuya Mishima, now totally possessed by the Satan gene, working amok all through the planet, raining destruction down on its populace. Standing towards him would be the newly-reformed Jin Kazama, charged with the blood in his veins and the spirit of his deceased mom in his coronary heart. The preview is a fairly melodramatic affair, as one would count on from the Tekken franchise — however I’ll be darned if it didn’t make the Tekken 8 storyline seem like a fairly cataclysmic affair.

Along with the plot particulars, the trailer additionally featured some returning Tekken acolytes, together with the fiery pro-wrestler, King, the man-mountain android Jack, Bruce-Lee-alike Marshall Legislation, his working buddy Paul Phoenix and the far-too-handsome-to-be-a-special agent Lars. We additionally catch a sneak peek at Jun Kazama herself, suggesting that she too can be making her return to the ring. All of this was rendered in dazzling current-gen expertise, providing visible splendor but to be seen within the long-running sequence. It’s trying good. Rattling good.

Tekken 8 is presently in improvement for PS5. PC, and Xbox Sequence X.