Bandai Namco has announced plans to release a Tekken 8 demo this week.
Fans will be able to sample the game when the demo hitsPlayStation 5on December 14, andXbox Series X/SandPC(Steam) on December 21.
It will include the first chapter of the game’s story, The Dark Awakens, plus a local versus fighting mode.
According toBandai Namco, “Tekken 8continues the tragic saga of the Mishima and Kazama bloodlines and their world-shaking father-and-son grudge matches.
“In this latest chapter, Jin Kazama will seek to defy his fate as he faces his father Kazuya Mishima causing war and destruction across the globe.
“Along with the main storyline experience that flows from Hollywood-grade cutscenes to over-the-top battles, separate character episodes provide more insight into the individual stories of each character.”
The game will also include a new single-player Arcade Quest mode. It sees players create an avatar and visit different digital arcades to participate in matches in a bid to become the world’s top player.
“Originally, this kind of genre was born in the arcades. And they’ve kind of all but disappeared in the West, and even in Japan more recently,” game director Kohei Ikeda told thePlayStation Blog.
“It was a great experience. So people who experienced that culture before could be like, ‘Oh, wow, I remember that. It was awesome.’ Or younger players who maybe had heard of it could get some kind of taste of that online.”
