Make your own chibi avatar and explore an actual in-game arcade
Tekken 8’s newest Arcade Mode is taking its name very literally. Come January, we’ll be able to create our own chibi avatars to run around an in-game arcade and play Tekken 8. Of course! It looks like we’ll be able to join tournaments and gain special cosmetics (hello, cat ears) as a reward. Definitely an unexpected change of pace from the main game (and clearly taking a leaf out of Street Fighter 6’s book, too), but the good vibes make it welcome one anyway, especially if there’s some other social element with the cute avatars, too.
We also got another look at the series’ long-runningfamily feud, although our loveable heroes resolve problems with the power of fists, not words. This time around the drama centres on the “showdown” between father and son, Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama respectively. Kazuya has his own daddy issues to deal with though, so we can cut him some slack. Or not. Everyone has daddy issues, right? The full roster has 32 different fighters - including the series' favourite bears and a new Peruvian coffee addict - and all their bulging muscles have been gloriously rendered inUnreal Engine 5.
Tekken 8 will come out on January 26th on Steam, alongside Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.
